• Register the service provider: NZTim\Helpers\HelpersServiceProvider

• autolink(string $content) - autolink a string
• flash($message, $type = 'danger') - send flash messages to the view
• markdown(string $content) - renders Markdown GFM style including line breaks
• sanitize(mixed $data) - runs htmlspecialchars() and trim() on a string or an array of strings
• cached_asset($path) - returns asset path with hashed integer value, e.g. main.css -> main.847389233.css
  • Note: .htaccess rule is required, see below

• @autolink($string) - sanitizes the string, autolinks and runs nl2br
• @formerror - echoes the error message with a Bootstrap-compatible red background
• @markdown - Renders markdown, HTML-escapes the content (using Parsedown)
• @nl2br($string) - sanitizes the string and then runs nl2br
• @pagination($paginator) - calls render()

• commonpwd - ensures a password is not on a list of 10,000 common passwords
• fileext:jpg,jpeg,png,gif - validates file extension
• after_or_equal:2019-11-01 - date is after or equal date provided, uses strtotime for comparison

Add this before the Laravel rewrite rule

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^(.+)\.(\d+)\.(bmp|css|cur|gif|ico|jpe?g|js|png|svgz?|webp|webmanifest)$ $1.$3 [L]
</IfModule>

Add php artisan envcheck to your deploy process to enable a comparison check between .env and .env.example

To use this functionality add this method override to your HTTP and Console Kernel classes:

protected function bootstrappers()
{
    return array_merge([\NZTim\Helpers\Local\Local::class], $this->bootstrappers);
}

Replace your .env[.example] file with local[.dist].php, which uses normal config file format.
Add local.php to your .gitignore.
Now you can use local() in your config files in the same way that you use env() but without the downsides.

• 3.0: Removed markdown handling, replace by installing nztim/markdown