Tips and tricks

See what's new. Both from the Backpack team, and from developers just like you. Then publish articles to share your knowledge and get a little exposure.

Top 10 PHP Features You Can Use in 2024

Hey PHP fans! This article highlights some excellent new features of our favorite scripting language. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, these will make your coding life easier and more fun. Let's dive into the to...

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Karan Datwani

Laravel Advanced: Top 10 Validation Rules You Didn't Know Existed

Do you know all the validation rules available in Laravel? Think again! Laravel has many ready-to-use validation rules that can make your code life a whole lot easier. Let’s uncover the top 10 validation rules you probably didn’t...

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Karan Datwani

Laravel Advanced: Little Known Relationships - hasOneThrough() and hasManyThrough()

You've probably used hasOne, hasMany, belongsTo, and belongsToMany relationships in your projects. But did you know Laravel also offers...

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Karan Datwani

Laravel Advanced: Caching - Explained Simply

Caching is like keeping your favorite toy right on top of your toy box, so you can grab it quickly whenever you want to play. Similarly...

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Karan Datwani

Laravel Advanced: Lesser-Known, Yet Useful Composer Commands

Composer is the go-to dependency manager for PHP, and if you're working with Laravel, you're already familiar with frequently used comm...

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Karan Datwani

Laravel Advanced: Know the sneaky $loop.

Blade provides directives like @foreach, @while, @for, and @forelse for working with PHP's loop. Did you know... A handy $loop variable...

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Karan Datwani

Top 10 Laravel Collection Methods You Have Never Used.

In this article series, we go a little deeper into parts of Laravel we all use, to uncover functions and features that we can use in ou...

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Karan Datwani

Laravel Advanced: Top 5 Scheduler Functions You Might Not Know About

In this article series, we go a little deeper into parts of Laravel we all use, to uncover functions and features that we can use in ou...

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Karan Datwani

How to add a tooltip to a field label

Someone just asked me why "it is not possible in Backpack to add a question icon next to each field, with a tooltip for more info...

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Cristian Tabacitu

New in v6: How to create a Quick Button in BackpackForLaravel

Hey there, fellow developers! In this article, we're going to explore the awesome new feature in version 6 of Backpack for Laravel - th...

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Karan Datwani

New in v6: How to build Custom Form Operation in Backpack v6

Hey devs, check out the amazing new feature in Backpack v6 - building custom forms with ease! In the past, creating a custom operation...

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Karan Datwani

New in v6: How to use Uploaders - Making Upload Fields Easier Than Ever!

Hey there, my friends! I've got some exciting news about Backpack v6 that will make your life as a developer even easier. Introducing a...

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Karan Datwani

New in v6: How to use Dropzone for Easy File Uploads!

Hey there! I've got some fantastic news to share with you about Backpack v6! We've introduced an amazing new feature called the "D...

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Karan Datwani

How to Fix Error 525 - SSL Handshake failed with LetsEncrypt and Laravel Forge

If you're anything like us, you use Laravel Forge to provision your servers and LetsEncrypt SSL certificates. After all, it's the defau...

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Cristian Tabacitu

Once in a while, re-publish the CSS and JS assets

You should consider replacing Backpack's CSS and JS dependencies every few months. How? This article answers exactly that. But first of...

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Cristian Tabacitu

How to follow a Github project (without getting A BUNCH of notifications)

I'm sure there are projects you'd like to be up-to-date with. Nowadays, there's a really easy way to do that, even if the devs don't ha...

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Cristian Tabacitu