Simplify Your Laravel Codebase: Best Practices for Readable and Concise Syntax

Laravel offers various techniques to streamline your code, enhancing readability and maintainability. Below are examples of common syntax and their shorter, more readable counterparts:

Session Handling:

• Session::get('cart') => session('cart')
• $request->session()->get('cart') => session('cart')
• Session::put('cart', $data) => session(['cart' => $data])

Request Input:

• $request->input('name'), Request::get('name') => $request->name, request('name')
• $request->has('value') ? $request->value : 'default'; => $request->get('value', 'default')

Redirects:

• return Redirect::back() => return back()

Null Check:

• is_null($object->relation) ? null : $object->relation->id => optional($object->relation)->id (PHP 8: $object->relation?->id)

View Data Passing:

• return view('index')->with('title', $title)->with('client', $client) => return view('index', compact('title', 'client'))

Date Handling:

• Carbon::now(), Carbon::today() => now(), today()

Service Container:

• App::make('Class') => app('Class')

Query Builder:

• ->where('column', '=', 1) => ->where('column', 1)
• ->orderBy('created_at', 'desc') => ->latest()
• ->orderBy('age', 'desc') => ->latest('age')
• ->orderBy('created_at', 'asc') => ->oldest()
• ->select('id', 'name')->get() => ->get(['id', 'name'])
• ->first()->name => ->value('name')

By adopting these practices, you can simplify your Laravel codebase, making it more concise and easier to maintain without sacrificing functionality.