Modifying the Windows Hosts File

This post will explain how to modify the hosts file on a Windows machine (this post will work for Windows Vista and newer). There are a few different reasons ...

Laravel 4: Getting User Input

Learn how to get input from users in Laravel 4 using the Input facade. Find out how to get the value of a specific input element by name, and how to specify a default value if the input is empty. Additionally, discover how to get all of the input...

Laravel 4: Rendering a View to a String

Laravel 4 provides a way to separate controllers and business logic from the presentation layer through its Views feature. Instead of outputting a view directly to the client, you can render it into a local variable. This is especially useful when...

Passing Data to PHP Anonymous Functions

PHP version 5.3 introduced a new feature called anonymous functions, or lambda functions. They allow for greater flexibility and offer a clean, expressive ...