Before you call/use the helper function in laravel 8, you need to create a helpers.php file inside the app directory.
Laravel 8 custom helper. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a custom helper in laravel 8. And how to call the helper function in laravel 8 on blade view, controller, and model files.
Note that, Laravel 8 custom helper helps to reduce the re-writing the same code again and again. In this custom helper tutorial, we will show you an example of how you can create a function in your custom helper and how to call this function.
How to Create Helper and Function in Laravel 8
1 – Create helpers.php File
In this step, you need create helpers.php in the laravel project inside the app directory.
In this file, you can write our own custom functions and call anywhere in your laravel blade view, controller and model file.
For example, you can create a following functions in your custom helpers.php file:
<?php
function random_code(){
return rand(1111, 9999);
}
function allUpper($str){
return strtoupper($str);
}
2. Add File Path In composer.json File
In this second step, you will add the path of the helpers file in the composer.json file. Let’s go to project root directory and open composer.json file and update the below-given code into the file:
composer.json
"autoload": {
"psr-4": {
"App\\": "app/",
"Database\\Factories\\": "database/factories/",
"Database\\Seeders\\": "database/seeders/"
},
"files": [
"app/helpers.php"
]
},
3 – Run Command for autoloading
In this final step, go to command prompt and type the given command:
composer dump-autoload
After run the above command on command prompt. Then you can use custom helper functions by calling this functions name.
How to use helper function in laravel
Now, you will learn how to call or use above created custom helper function in laravel 8 by examples:
1 – How to call helper function in laravel blade
You can see the following example of how to call helper function in laravel blade view file:
<h2><?php echo allUpper('I am from tutsmake.com') ?></h2>
2 – How to call helper function in laravel controller
You can see the following example of how to call helper function in laravel controller file:
public function index()
{
$data['title'] = toUpper('Title');
return view('view', $data);
}
Conclusion
In this tutorial, you have learned how to create helper and functions in laravel 8. And as well as how to use/call helper functions in laravel 8 on blade view, controller file.
