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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 17/12/2025

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 10/07/2025

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 10/07/2025

Calling the syncWithoutDetaching method on a Belongs To Many relationship now automatically handles empty values like an empty collection, empty array, or null.

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 10/07/2025

New string methods, doesntStartWith and doesntEndWith offer a more readable way to check if strings don’t start or end with a substring.

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 10/07/2025

It’s now much easier to fetch config as a Collection.

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 10/07/2025

Fluent objects are now iterable.

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 10/07/2025

Here are some of the updates included in this week's edition of the New in Laravel newsletter! ↓ A new context Blade directive has been added, allowing you to check and fetch context values easily.

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 11/06/2025

I'm putting together a newinlaravel.com release to send out soon — it's a really good one! Subscribe if you're not already to get today's edition.

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 04/06/2025

Finally, listening for model notifications just got easier with the new useEchoNotification hook for React and Vue.

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 04/06/2025

You can now call static methods on Collection items using higher order syntax.

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 04/06/2025

Reordering queries in descending order is now simpler with the new reorderDesc method.

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 04/06/2025

In this week's edition of the newinlaravel.com newsletter! ↓ Cast database strings directly into URI objects with a brand new `AsUri` cast.

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 28/05/2025

Another edition of newinlaravel.com is going out today! If you’re not already signed up, join 1.5k developers staying up-to-date :)

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 21/05/2025

Finally, context sharing just got easier with a new Context contextual attribute for resolving values. newinlaravel.com/s/context-co...

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Context Contextual Attribute Introduced

Context sharing just got easier with a new Context contextual attribute for resolving context values.

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 21/05/2025

Another new test assertion. Test redirections to controller actions with the new assertRedirectToAction method.

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 21/05/2025

Next, a new assertClientError method helps API response testing by checking if status codes fall in the 4xx range.

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 21/05/2025

Here’s what’s new in Laravel 12.15.0! First, you can now provide a default value when retrieving an enum from request data.

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 20/05/2025

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 10/05/2025

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 08/05/2025

If you've recently subscribed to newinlaravel.com and missed yesterday's edition, you can now resend the latest edition here: newinlaravel.com/resend 🔄 Only works if you're a confirmed subscriber, so if you've not joined yet, head to newinlaravel.com :)

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 05/05/2025

In case you missed it, last week I launched newinlaravel.com — the easiest way to keep up-to-date with changes in the Laravel ecosystem! It’s free, forever.

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 28/04/2025

Today I'm launching newinlaravel.com — the easiest way to keep up-to-date with changes in the Laravel ecosystem! It’s free, forever. newinlaravel.com

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 29/04/2025

Glad to hear that — and yeah same, I've had this idea on the backburner for a while and figured it'd be a super simple way to keep up-to-date!

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 28/04/2025

Thanks! And that's a pain — if you didn't already would you mind marking not spam? Appreciate it!

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Alex Garrett-Smith @alex.gs · 28/04/2025

Today I'm launching newinlaravel.com — the easiest way to keep up-to-date with changes in the Laravel ecosystem! It’s free, forever. newinlaravel.com

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