Week 17/2022

content/tips/you-can-define-default-model-data-for-belongsto-relationships.md

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+title: 'You can define default model data for BelongsTo relationships'
+tweet_id: '1520040284783972352'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-17
+author_username: cosmeescobedo
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQ6XRnBVgAAHT1w.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-04-29T14:00:19+00:00
+slug: you-can-define-default-model-data-for-belongsto-relationships
+---
+🔥 Laravel Tip: Default Models.
+
+In your relationships, you can define default models. 
+
+That way if the relationship doesn't exist it will return a default model so you don't have to check if is null every time.

content/tips/you-can-dynamically-create-and-extend-interfaces-in-php.md

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+title: 'You can dynamically create and extend interfaces in PHP'
+tweet_id: '1520040287719944192'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-17
+author_username: freekmurze
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FRLy5UXWYAIRIet.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-04-29T14:00:20+00:00
+slug: you-can-dynamically-create-and-extend-interfaces-in-php
+---
+🔥 Did you know you can dynamically create and/or extend interfaces in #PHP? 
+
+Example from the @pestphp codebase: https://github.com/pestphp/pest/blob/1.x/src/Contracts/HasPrintableTestCaseName.php

content/tips/you-can-make-concurrent-requests-using-the-http-clients-pool-method.md

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+title: 'You can make concurrent requests using the Http client''s `pool() method'
+tweet_id: '1520040293952675840'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-17
+author_username: cosmeescobedo
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQ6aAz0VgAARieH.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-04-29T14:00:21+00:00
+slug: you-can-make-concurrent-requests-using-the-http-clients-pool-method
+---
+🔥 Laravel Tip: Concurrent Requests.
+
+Using the HTTP client you can make concurrent requests using the pool method.

content/tips/you-can-use-eloquents-exists-method-to-check-whether-a-record-exists.md

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+title: 'You can use Eloquent''s `exists()` method to check whether a record exists'
+tweet_id: '1520040290911879168'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-17
+author_username: ecrmnn
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FRXTNRNWUAA7JtE.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-04-29T14:00:20+00:00
+slug: you-can-use-eloquents-exists-method-to-check-whether-a-record-exists
+---
+This is old, but still a great feature. Eloquent is so smooth! Check if a record exists in Laravel with exists() and doesNotExists()

content/tips/you-can-validate-a-field-and-exclude-it-from-the-validated-data.md

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+title: 'You can validate a field and exclude it from the validated() data'
+tweet_id: '1520040281818550274'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-17
+author_username: mattkingshott
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FRLzG4QXEAAOfyA.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-04-29T14:00:18+00:00
+slug: you-can-validate-a-field-and-exclude-it-from-the-validated-data
+---
+🔥 #Laravel Tip: When you need to validate a field, but don't actually require it for anything e.g. 'accept terms and conditions', make use of the 'exclude' rule. That way, the 'validated' method won't return it...

content/tips/you-can-validate-json-columns-at-the-database-level.md

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+title: 'You can validate JSON columns at the database level'
+tweet_id: '1520040296930705408'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-17
+author_username: tobias_petry
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FRQ0DmDXsAE_gbI.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-04-29T14:00:22+00:00
+slug: you-can-validate-json-columns-at-the-database-level
+---
+⚡️ Database Tip
+
+Extending a traditional database schema with NoSQL-like JSON columns can make the schema more understandable. But you should also ensure these JSON documents conform to an expected schema!
+
+https://sqlfordevs.io/tips/json-schema-validation