Laravel 5.1 Helpers

helpers.php

<?php


if (!function_exists('faker')) {

    /**
     * Generate or get a faker localized instance
     * @param  locale $l
     * @example
     * <code>
     * faker()->name; //will use app locale
     * faker('pt_BR')->name;//change locale to pt-br
     * faker()->email; //now the locale is back to default (app.locale or en_US)
     * </code>
     * @return \Faker\Generator
     */
    function faker($l = null)
    {
        static $faker, $locale;

        if (!$faker or (!$l and  $l != $locale)) {
            $faker = \Faker\Factory::create($l ?: config('app.locale'));

            $locale = $l;
        }

        return $faker;
    }
}


if (!function_exists('rksort')) {
    /**
     * Sort an associative array by key recursively
     *
     * @param  array &$array
     * @return bool
     */
    function rksort(&$array)
    {
        foreach ($array as &$value) {
            if (is_array($value)) {
                rksort($value);
            }
        }

        return ksort($array);
    }
}