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Laravel 5: Accessing and Manipulating Configuration Values With config

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The config helper function can be used to accomplish many different tasks, depending on the types of arguments, and number of arguments supplied to the function. For example, the config function can be used to resolve an instance of the...

Laravel 5: Accessing and Manipulating Session Data With session

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The session function can be used to resolve the "\Illuminate\Session\SessionManager" instance from the service container, retrieve session values, and even set new session values. These different behaviors are controlled by the types, and number,...

Laravel 5: Accessing and Sending HTTP Responses With response

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The response helper function is a useful function that can be used to accomplish two different tasks. If no arguments are supplied to the response function, an implementation of "Illuminate\Contracts\Routing\ResponseFactory" will be returned (by...

Laravel 5: Accessing Session Input Data With old

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The old helper function is used to retrieve an old input item. It is a shortcut to calling the "Illuminate\Http\Request::old" instance method. It accepts a $key argument and a $default argument. They $key should be the name of the input item to...

Laravel 5: Accessing the Service Container With app

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The app function provides access to the "Illuminate\Container\Container" instance. Because Container is a singleton, any call to app() will return the same Container instance. The app function can also be used to resolve registered dependencies...

Laravel 5: Accessing Validation Features With validator

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The validator helper function is a versatile helper function. If no arguments are supplied to the validator function (all arguments are optional), the function will return a "Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Factory" implementation instance (the...

Laravel 5: Attempt an Error-Prone Operation a Number of Times With retry

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The retry helper function can be used to attempt an operation that is prone to throwing exceptions a set number of times. This helper function can also wait a certain number of milliseconds between attempts. If the operation specified in the...