Composer Run Dev and Laravel Sail - ollieread.com If, like me, you're a user of Laravel Sail for some of your Laravel projects, you'll have probably noticed that the default 'composer run dev' command that ships with Laravel, just won't work for you...

It's been a while, but I've posted a new article on my somewhat updated site!

This one is all about getting Laravels `composer run dev` command to work with Laravel sail.

#laravel #laravelsail #docker

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A screenshot of a mockup homepage for a website that provides detailed breakdowns of Laravel releases/versions

Something like this, which is a mockup I just put together.

I'm spending some time fully documenting the changes in Laravel version 13, 13.1 and 13.1.1 as a proof of concept.

Ultimately, I'd like to provide detailed information about what is actually happened for each version.

#laravel #opensource

I'm currently working on Sprout 2.0, which will have multi-database and domain support, as well as a whole host of additional supporting features!

#laravel #multitenancy

Oh, yes! #laravel

Laravel's Route "Model" Binding | ollieread - PHP and Laravel expert One of Laravel's arguably most used features has to be route model binding, where a model instance with its data will be resolved based on a route parameter. But did you know that this functionality i...

Ever wanted to know how to make your custom classes work with implicit route bindings in #laravel? Without them being models? Or explicitly bound? Or are you just curious about how it all works?

Check out my latest article!

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Manual Service Resolution in Laravel | ollieread - PHP and Laravel expert There are many different ways to manually resolve services in Laravel, with a handful being covered in the docs, though there is a difference in each one. In this article we're going to look at the d...

My newest article is live! This is the most complex so far, and it's primarily informational.

In it, I have a look at the different ways you can manually resolve services/dependencies in Laravel, and what the actual differences are.

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Laravel Middleware Priority | ollieread - PHP and Laravel expert In this article we're going to look at middleware priority, which is something that is briefly mentioned in the documentation, but isn't fully documented.

This week's article is all about #laravel middleware priority, having a look at the functionality not mentioned in the docs! There's more available to you than you know!

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Laravel Middleware Priority | ollieread - PHP and Laravel expert In this article we're going to look at middleware priority, which is something that is briefly mentioned in the documentation, but isn't fully documented.

This week's article is all about #laravel middleware priority, having a look at the functionality not mentioned in the docs! There's more available to you than you know!

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For UNIVERSEly recognised authentication!

Screenshot showing a default configuration for the Laravel JWT package

So, I'm writing a JWT auth package for Laravel, and I've decided to first build a JWT generator package for Laravel.

This is 1-2 hours work, and it's a POC which should work for any JWT generation in Laravel.

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#laravel

Decorating Services in Laravel | ollieread - PHP and Laravel expert In this article we're going to look at one of Laravel's hidden and undocumented features, which allows you to decorate services that are resolved through the service container.

New #laravel article released today! This one is all about an undocumented and hidden feature of Laravel, one that lets you easily register decorators for services!

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I am intrigued! I’m also generally a fan of cute creatures, and its logo has that, so I’m convinced.

Decorating Services in Laravel | ollieread - PHP and Laravel expert In this article we're going to look at one of Laravel's hidden and undocumented features, which allows you to decorate services that are resolved through the service container.

New #laravel article released today! This one is all about an undocumented and hidden feature of Laravel, one that lets you easily register decorators for services!

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Cheeky little icon and styling update I think!

Introducing the Request-derived Context Pattern | ollieread - PHP and Laravel expert This article introduces the Request-derived Context pattern, a formalisation of a common but often unnamed process in web applications: extracting and resolving contextual information from incoming HT...

I've just published my new article on "Request-derived context", an architectural pattern that I put together to define the process we use in modern web applications to retrieve request-based context.

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Introducing the Request-derived Context Pattern | ollieread - PHP and Laravel expert This article introduces the Request-derived Context pattern, a formalisation of a common but often unnamed process in web applications: extracting and resolving contextual information from incoming HT...

I've just published my new article on "Request-derived context", an architectural pattern that I put together to define the process we use in modern web applications to retrieve request-based context.

ollieread.com/articles/int...

A screenshot of the header of ollieread.com showing an upcoming article titled "Introducing the Request-dervied Context Pattern"

This may be the lengthiest, and wordiest article I've written in quite some time.

It's not even strictly about #laravel or #php!

penguins (:

Service Overrides: Core Concepts - Sprout - Multitenancy for Laravel Feature rich, flexible, and easy to use multitenancy package that integrates seamlessly with your Laravel application

After MUCH delay, I've finally completed the documentation for the service overrides that ship with Sprout.

#multitenancy #laravel

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Screenshot showing PHPStorm projects, including Sprout, Sprout Allotment, Sprout Bud, Sprout Propagator, Sprout Seedling, Sprout Terra and Sprout Website

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If you're using Tailwind, its preflight thing uses modern-normalize which sets the HTML line-height to 1.15, which may be important.

Have you looked at the computed tab? It should tell you specifically where it's getting the style from, just in case there's something more specific taking place.

I tried a $100 IDE for BASIC in 2025 YouTube video by Tsoding Daily

I have never identified with someone as much as with @tsoding.bsky.social when he talks about experimenting in order to understand something better:

Timestamp: youtu.be/SbUvlZeKSwk?...

I am absolutely the same! One of the problems I've had with wanting to write content, is that I just want to explain how things work.

I'm so much more interested in learning how things work as opposed to what they're useful for. It's, uh, not my most marketable trait lol

Have a seat

Why is no one addressing the fact that we're looking at Godzilla?

There's now a follow-up article that includes a solution for possible memory issues, as well as a Laravel Octane-specific option!

#laravel #laravel-octane #identity-map

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This man has never written Go. We must protect him. We have it in our power to keep at least one pure programmer!