Weekly thread #44

content/authors/SteveTheBauman.md

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+username: SteveTheBauman
+name: 'Steve Bauman'
+avatar: 'https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1447680179560751115/8Wm9RSco_normal.jpg'
+---

content/authors/enunomaduro.md

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+username: enunomaduro
+name: 'Nuno Maduro'
+avatar: 'https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1433501939648565257/hT4oXpfq_normal.jpg'
+---

content/authors/freekmurze.md

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+username: freekmurze
+name: 'Freek Van der Herten 🔭'
+avatar: 'https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1433390470965735424/f5UiMISj_normal.jpg'
+---

content/authors/jordankdalton.md

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+username: jordankdalton
+name: 'Jordan Dalton'
+avatar: 'https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1408944806517161986/KtHWdoeI_normal.jpg'
+---

content/threads/weekly-thread-2021-44.md

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 slug: weekly-thread-2021-44
 title: 'Weekly thread #44 of 2021'
-tweet_id: '1451526348132978689'
+tweet_id: '1454133799164522500'
 author_username: archtechx
-created_at: 2021-10-24T11:19:00+00:00
+created_at: 2021-10-29T17:17:04+00:00
 links: {  }
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-🔥 This week’s code tips for Laravel developers
+🔥 This week's code tips for Laravel developers
+
+Lots of cool stuff from @enunomaduro and two competing JSON tips 💪

content/tips/create-traits-for-relationships-you-commonly-use-in-your-models-to-make-your-codebase-cleaner-simpler-and-more-consistent.md

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+title: 'Create traits for relationships you commonly use in your models to make your codebase cleaner, simpler, and more consistent ✨'
+tweet_id: '1454133823210459140'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-44
+author_username: jordankdalton
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCZiei8WYAA_mZQ.jpg'
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCZiei7XIAEgVSm.jpg'
+created_at: 2021-10-29T17:11:34+00:00
+slug: create-traits-for-relationships-you-commonly-use-in-your-models-to-make-your-codebase-cleaner-simpler-and-more-consistent
+---
+Laravel Tip: Abstract relations you commonly use to a trait. It’s a DRY approach that keeps your models thin.

content/tips/implement-the-tostring-method-in-a-class-to-specify-custom-logic-for-converting-its-instances-to-strings.md

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+title: 'Implement the __toString() method in a class to specify custom logic for converting its instances to strings'
+tweet_id: '1454133805745385473'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-44
+author_username: enunomaduro
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCx22U5WQAYOWi4.jpg'
+created_at: 2021-10-29T17:11:30+00:00
+slug: implement-the-tostring-method-in-a-class-to-specify-custom-logic-for-converting-its-instances-to-strings
+---
+PHP reminder: you can use the method "__toString()" to specify the string representation of an object. ✅

content/tips/use-constructor-property-promotion-to-define-class-properties-directly-on-the-constructor.md

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+title: 'Use constructor property promotion to define class properties directly on the constructor'
+tweet_id: '1454133812863152128'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-44
+author_username: enunomaduro
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCdTrpMX0AAid3y.jpg'
+created_at: 2021-10-29T17:11:32+00:00
+slug: use-constructor-property-promotion-to-define-class-properties-directly-on-the-constructor
+---
+PHP reminder: you can define your class properties directly on the constructor. ✅

content/tips/use-declarestrict-types1-to-enable-strict-mode-for-type-checking.md

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+title: 'Use declare(strict_types=1) to enable strict mode for type checking'
+tweet_id: '1454133808786202627'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-44
+author_username: enunomaduro
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCiPA0kWUAUoban.jpg'
+created_at: 2021-10-29T17:11:31+00:00
+slug: use-declarestrict-types1-to-enable-strict-mode-for-type-checking
+---
+PHP reminder: The "declare(strict_types = 1);" directive enables strict mode. In strict mode, only a variable of exact type of the “type declaration” will be accepted, or a "TypeError" will be thrown. ✅

content/tips/use-gtnot-to-reverse-an-assertion-in-at-pestphp.md

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+title: 'Use ->not to reverse an assertion in @pestphp '
+tweet_id: '1454133816990240773'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-44
+author_username: enunomaduro
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCtnhAvXEAco-Kc.jpg'
+created_at: 2021-10-29T17:11:33+00:00
+slug: use-gtnot-to-reverse-an-assertion-in-at-pestphp
+---
+Pest reminder: if you know how to test something, "not()" lets you test its opposite. ✅
+
+https://pestphp.com/docs/expectations#expect-not

content/tips/you-can-check-if-a-string-contains-json-by-decoding-it-encoding-it-again-and-comparing-the-value-with-the-original.md

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+title: 'You can check if a string contains JSON by decoding it, encoding it again, and comparing the value with the original'
+tweet_id: '1454133800888410119'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-44
+author_username: freekmurze
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FC4Bs0lXEA4WV-P.jpg'
+created_at: 2021-10-29T17:11:29+00:00
+slug: you-can-check-if-a-string-contains-json-by-decoding-it-encoding-it-again-and-comparing-the-value-with-the-original
+---
+🔥 A way to check if a string contains valid JSON: just decode it,  encode it again, and check if it matches the original value
+#php

content/tips/you-can-make-php-throw-an-exception-when-decoding-json-if-the-value-isnt-valid-json.md

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+title: 'You can make PHP throw an exception when decoding JSON if the value isn''t valid JSON'
+tweet_id: '1454133803056775178'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2021-44
+author_username: SteveTheBauman
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCuqk2zWQAsk08o.jpg'
+created_at: 2021-10-29T17:11:29+00:00
+slug: you-can-make-php-throw-an-exception-when-decoding-json-if-the-value-isnt-valid-json
+---
+Had no idea you could have PHP throw a built-in exception when decoding JSON -- I've always done this manually until today 😭