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Validate and Convert HEIC Images in Laravel 13.24
Laravel 13.24 adds native HEIC, HEIF, and AVIF support to the image validation rule and image API. Learn how t...
Mohamed Said
Reject Unexpected Array Keys with Laravel Validation (Laravel 13.24)
Laravel 13.24 introduces the `array_keys` validation rule, letting you whitelist exactly which keys an array m...
Mohamed Said
Saga Lara Flow: Durable Workflows and Compensating Transactions on Laravel Queues
Saga Lara Flow is a Laravel package that lets you write long-running business processes as plain PHP methods o...
Mohamed Said
Managed Queues: Autoscaling Queue Workers on Laravel Cloud
Laravel Cloud's managed queues feature autoscales workers based on queue pressure, surfaces failed jobs in a r...
Mohamed Said
Filament v4.12 & v5.7: Major Performance Improvements and Security Patches
Filament v4.12.6 and v5.7.6 ship massive rendering speed gains—up to 92% faster form fields—alongside security...
Mohamed Said
Laravel Boost Project Rules: Teach AI Agents Your Team's Conventions
Laravel Boost v2.5.0 introduces project rules — scoped Markdown files committed to your repo that teach AI age...
Mohamed Said
Extract an Image's Dominant Color in Laravel 13.24
Laravel 13.24 added dominantColor() to the first-party image API. Learn how to extract, store, and use an imag...
Mohamed Said
Image Dominant Color and HEIC Support in Laravel 13.24
Laravel 13.24 adds dominant color detection, HEIC/AVIF image support, a modelKeys() query builder method, a ne...
Mohamed Said
Laravel Doctor: Diagnose Your Laravel App With One Artisan Command
Laravel Doctor, announced at Laracon US 2026, adds an `artisan doctor` command that runs comprehensive health...
Mohamed Said