laravel learning course

laravel learning course

/*learning laravel*/

// dd($user->toArray());			--this two are valid... the 2nd pops out all of the users...
// dd($user::all()->toArray());	--select * anyway
dd($users->toArray())	//the output as an array




//installing and using composer
$ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
$ mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
//installing laravel...
composer create-project laravel/laravel tlaravel --prefer-dist 		//used here the name tlaravel as project name

//virtual hosts configs
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/the-current-site		//<VirtualHost *:80>   ServerName tlaravel.dev   ServerAlias tlaravel.dev  DocumentRoot /media/sf_sandbox/tlaravel/public/ </VirtualHost>
//u have to put the 
sudo nano /etc/hosts

//in the laravel installation there is a file "artisan" that stands for the command line related to laravel...

//see how to upgrade php to a version up 5.4, apparently laravel-artisan requieres it...

--mounted image from a box designed speficly for laravel... //https://github.com/bryannielsen/Laravel4-Vagrant

//inside artisan u can run the server with the command
php artisan serve //u can specify the port adding 		--port=8887


//a very imoirtant part in laravel are the routes...
Route::get('tasks', 'TasksController@index');
//the Controller
class TasksController extends BaseController
{
	function index()
	{
//in artisan u can do
php artisan help migrate:make	//to get help from the console..
//this is called migration 		with the form: 		migrate:make [--bench[="..."]] [--create] [--package[="..."]] [--path[="..."]] [--table[="..."]] name
php artisan migrate:make create_tasks_table --create --table="tasks"
//this will create a migration file in app/migrations/

//in this file we specify the structure of the table... $table->string('title');	$table->text('body'); etc.. and run the command: php artisan migrate...
//if u made a mistake, just run: php artisan migration:rollback		//and it will rollback the last migration made

//passing arguments to the view... 
return View::make('tasks.index')->with('tasks', $tasks) 	//or
return View::make('tasks.index', ['tasks'=>$tasks])			//or
return View::make('tasks.index', compact('tasks'))

//the seeding part begins in the app/database/seeds folder. There, in the master DatabaseSeeder, in the run method u put the table to seed
//create a new page to seed and this is the one that is going to be referenced.
php artisan db:seed
//in the routes u can put 
return User::find(2);
//the model will be automaticly loaded...
return User::where('username', '=', $auser)->first(); //using wheres
return User::whereUsername($auser)->first(); //laravel inferes the field from the method and by default the comparison is '='

Task::find(1);

laravel uses the convention that when naming the model in models folder, u dont have to put the table's name, only put th esingular noun and laravel assumes the plural (model::user table::users)
//check the plugin made by JWay for lavarel and sublime...