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// controller
$course = Course::with(...)->checkEstablishmentOnView()->excludeArchived()->findOrFail($id);
$view = View::make('some.view')->with('course', $course);

return response()->json(['html' => $view->render()]);


// kahlan spec
it('does some magic and unicorns and all that stuff', function () {
    allow(Double::classname(['class' => App\Course::class]))->toReceive('::with')->andReturn($query = Double::instance());

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<?php

namespace App\Presenters;

use ArrayAccess;
use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Pagination\Paginator;

class Decorator

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<?php
$user = User::find($user_id);

$user->branches->load([
    'roles' => function ($q) use ($user_id) {
        $q->where('permissions_users.user_id', $user_id);
    },
    'roles.permissions',
]);

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<?php

Response::macro('multiFormat', function ($data, $html = '') {
    if (request('format') == 'json') {
        return $this->json($data);
    }

    if (request('format') == 'xml') {
        if (!is_array($data) && !$data instanceof Arrayable) { /* 400 Bad Request*/ }

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<?php 

// Freek posted a query today, that drives OhDearApp filters (the app recommended!):
// @link https://twitter.com/freekmurze/status/972299131497713664

// We can make the query more eloquent, so why don't we use a scope!

// I
// Let's make it really eloquent and get here:
$site->downtimePeriods()

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<?php

// Do this (explicit routes are better):
Route::get('qualification', function () {/**/});
Route::get('qualification/{year}/{month}', function ($year, $month) {/**/});


// You could also do this (but don't in your case):
// @link https://laravel.com/docs/5.6/routing#parameters-regular-expression-constraints
Route::get('qualification/{year_month?}', function ($year_month = null) {

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<?php

// assuming you want to get conv where last message doesn't come from the OP
Coversation::where('author_id', '!=', function ($q) {
  $q->select('author_id')->from('messages')->whereRaw('conversation_id = conversations.id')->latest()->limit(1);
})->get() 

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<?php

$ids = array_unique([1,2,3,4,5, ...]);

// relation() is HasMany

// check if all $ids belong to this parent model:
$parent_model->relation()->whereIn('id', $ids)->count() === count($ids)

// check if $ids match all of the children records:

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<?php 

public function someController(Request $request)
{
  // asumming ValidatesRequests trait in use we'll call $this->validate
  
  $this->validate($request, [
    // first set of rules
  ]);
  

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<?php

$mock = $this->createMock(SomeDependency::class);
$mock->expects($this->once())->method('firstMethod')->willReturn('something');
$mock->expects($this->once())->method('secondMethod')->willReturn('something else');

$cut = new SomeClass($mock)
$cut->act();

// how to ensure there's no method called other than the 2 above?