Laravel 4 Helpers

helpers.php

<?php

/**
 * Helpers for Laravel 4
 * Author: Anthony Vipond 
 */

// Preformat the dump and die function
if (!function_exists('d')) {
    function d($mixed) {
        print '<pre>';
        dd($mixed);
    }
}

// Quickly set the application to a logged in state
if (!function_exists('li')) {
    function li($id = 36020) {
        Auth::loginUsingId($id);
    }
}

// Quickly set the application to a non-logged in state
if (!function_exists('lo')) {
    function lo() {
        Auth::logout();
    }
}

// Dump an iterable variable (very useful on Eloquent collections)
if (!function_exists('di')) {
    function di ($mixed) {
        print "Iterable has " . count($mixed) . " elements";
        print "<pre>";
        foreach ($mixed as $item) {
            print_r($item);
            print "<hr/>";
        }
        die;
    }
}