Larastan v1.0 Released

Larastan is a static analysis command-line tool built on top of PHPStan and focuses on finding errors in your Laravel code before running it. If you’ve ever used PhpStorm, you’ve probably experienced static analysis of your PHP code both in real-time and within code inspections.

Although Larastan has been out for a few years now this week they just announced their first v1.0 release, and it helps catch bugs before you even write tests for the code:

• Adds static typing to Laravel to improve developer productivity and code quality
• Supports most of Laravel's beautiful magic
• Discovers bugs in your code without running it

You can use Larastan to analyze application code as well as use it to analyze your Laravel packages. If you've yet to give it a try now is a great time to start. For more details check out our full post.

This week's new posts

Laravel 8.69 Released
The Laravel team released 8.69 with enum model casts, an enum validation rule, mask() method for Str and Stringable, and the latest changes in the v8.x branch.

Provide Country and Other Locale Data in Laravel
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Getting Started With PHP in 2022
Mohamed Said has a new video on the Laravel YouTube channel for those getting started with PHP or wanting a refresher.

Video: Getting ready for PHP 8.1
In this video, learn about some of the deprecations and changes coming to PHP 8.1 and how to start getting your apps ready.

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Community Links

How to Automatically Delete Related Rows in Laravel
postsrc.com

Laravel 8.65.0 - New "headline" method on Str class
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Laravel 8.68.0 - 3 New Things Added
youtu.be

How to Use Laravel With MongoDB: A Comprehensive Guide
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A look at new features and improvements since the original Laravel 8.0 release: Collections
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Laravel Model Sanitize
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Laravel Model Soft Cascade
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Laravel Meta Fields
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Laravel World
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User Roles: Many Fields in Users, or Separate Tables? [VIDEO]
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