Recently, I had to create a simple settings page to manage general settings for a website with Filament. Filament is a Laravel-based admin panel that provides an intuitive interface for managing your application's data.
In this blog post, I'll walk you through the steps I took to create the settings page, including how to use migrations to store the data, how to update the settings from the Filament admin panel, and how to dynamically build the edit form depending on the setting type.
Collections in Laravel allow us to represent a set of objects and manipulate them in multiple ways. We could say that they are like an array with batteries, which makes them really useful when working with Laravel, but have you ever wonder how to make your own collection?
One of the most challenging parts of web development I've experienced is the relationship between tables in relational databases; it always leaves me perplexed. Fortunately, in Laravel, there is a fantastic resource called Eloquent which has been a lifesaver for me.
When I first started learning how to create packages in PHP, I often wondered how
I could test my packages locally, or even how I could install an open-source
package to examine it and potentially contribute to it. In the past, every time
I used a PHP package, I used the composer require command. But now, I will
show you how to install your packages locally and test them.