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Failing to load Xdebug when running PHPUnit Tests

I have been having a option for a few days. When I try to run a PHPUnit test I get a message saying failed to load Xdebug. I have tried to reinstall, change filepaths etc but I am getting nowhere. Hoping somebody can help me out 🙂 Answer Failing loading xxxx.dll is an indication that PHP can’t load the …

Trying to get property name and id of laravel payload

I have this JSON payload below and want to get names and ids from the payload. However, l cannot object names and ids from the payload. Decode JSON Api json payloads Answer Use json_decode to decode the json to an associative array, then access the elements of the array as you would any other assoc array. It …

Getting a substr of a {{ var }} in php

I am populating a HTML table: This yields: 61 event 40012345 substr( 40012345, 0, 24) 60 event 4001234 substr( event has a very long description. The list should show a 25 char substring., 0, 24) Thanks…Dan’l Answer Reorganize your html/php: You can also use Laravel Helpers for string related vari…

How to preserve formatting and protect the code from scripts

I am trying to find a way to escape the scripts or tags inserted to my database and at the same time preserve the text formatting. However I bumped into several problems that only solved either of the two. I’m trying to do it in $blog[‘title’] and $blog[‘content’] I tried using n…