A helper class for Laravel projects.

helpers.php

<?php

use App\Helpers\MiscHelper;
use Illuminate\Pagination\Paginator;

if (!function_exists('to_objects')) {
    /**
     * Convert the array into an instance of stdClass.
     *
     * @param array $array
     *
     * @return stdClass
     */
    function to_objects(array $array)
    {
        return MiscHelper::toObjects($array);
    }
}

if (!function_exists('index')) {
    /**
     * Return an incremented index.
     *
     * @return int
     */
    function index()
    {
        return MiscHelper::index();
    }
}

if (!function_exists('counter')) {
    /**
     * Index counter for pagination.
     *
     * @param int $perPage
     *
     * @return int
     */
    function counter($perPage)
    {
        return MiscHelper::counter($perPage);
    }
}

if (!function_exists('exec_time')) {
    /**
     * Calculate page load time.
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    function exec_time()
    {
        return MiscHelper::execTime();
    }
}

if (!function_exists('get_date_format')) {
    /**
     * Return a formatted date string.
     *
     * @param object|string $date
     * @param string        $format
     *
     * @return bool|string
     */
    function get_date_format($date, $format = 'M d Y')
    {
        return MiscHelper::dateFormat($date, $format);
    }
}

if (!function_exists('get_datetime_format')) {
    /**
     * Return a formatted datetime string.
     *
     * @param object|string $dateTime
     * @param string        $format
     *
     * @return bool|string
     */
    function get_datetime_format($dateTime, $format = 'M d Y, H:i')
    {
        return MiscHelper::dateTimeFormat($dateTime, $format);
    }
}

if (!function_exists('paginate')) {
    /**
     * Use a custom pagination style.
     *
     * @param Paginator $model
     *
     * @return string
     */
    function paginate($model)
    {
        return MiscHelper::paginate($model);
    }
}

if (!function_exists('submit_form')) {
    /**
     * Submit a form using the form controls: save & new, save & close, apply.
     *
     * @param array $redirects
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    function submit_form(array $redirects)
    {
        return MiscHelper::submitForm($redirects);
    }
}

MiscHelper.php

<?php

namespace App\Helpers;

use App\Http\SemanticUIPagination;
use Carbon\Carbon;
use Illuminate\Pagination\Paginator;
use Request;

class MiscHelper
{
    /**
     * Convert the array into an instance of stdClass.
     *
     * @param array $array
     *
     * @return \stdClass
     */
    public static function toObjects(array $array)
    {
        $object = new \stdClass;

        foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
            $object->$key = $value;

            if (is_array($value)) {
                $object->$key = static::toObjects($value);
            }
        }

        return $object;
    }

    /**
     * Return an incremented index.
     *
     * @return int
     */
    public static function index()
    {
        static $tab = 0;

        $tab++;

        return $tab;
    }

    /**
     * Index counter for pagination.
     *
     * @param int $perPage
     *
     * @return int
     */
    public static function counter($perPage)
    {
        return (int) ( $perPage * ( ( Request::get('page') ?: 1 ) - 1 ) ) + 1;
    }

    /**
     * Calculate page load time.
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    public static function execTime()
    {
        return round(microtime(true) - LARAVEL_START, 2);
    }

    /**
     * Return a formatted date string.
     *
     * @param object|string $date
     * @param string        $format
     *
     * @return bool|string
     */
    public static function dateFormat($date, $format = 'M d Y')
    {
        if ($date instanceof Carbon) {
            return $date->format($format);
        }

        return date($format, strtotime((string) $date));
    }

    /**
     * Return a formatted datetime string.
     *
     * @param object|string $dateTime
     * @param string        $format
     *
     * @return bool|string
     */
    public static function dateTimeFormat($dateTime, $format = 'M d Y, H:i')
    {
        return static::dateFormat($dateTime, $format);
    }

    /**
     * Use a custom pagination style.
     *
     * @param Paginator $model
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public static function paginate($model)
    {
        return with(new SemanticUIPagination($model))->render();
    }

    /**
     * Submit a form using the form controls: save & new, save & close, apply.
     *
     * @param array $redirects
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    public static function submitForm(array $redirects)
    {
        switch (Request::input('submit')) {
            case 'save_close':
            default:
                Flash::success('saveClose');

                return redirect($redirects[0]);
            case 'save_new':
                Flash::success('saveNew');

                return redirect($redirects[1]);
            case 'apply':
                Flash::success('changesApplied');

                return redirect($redirects[2]);
        }
    }
}