Laravel 8 Create Custom Helper Function Example

In this tutorial we will see laravel 8 create custom helper function example. As we all know laravel provides many in-built function in their framework, but many times we need to require our own customised function to use in our project at that time we need to create custom helper function. So, here I am show you custom helper function example in laravel 8.

You can create own custom helper function in laravel 6, laravel 7 and larvel 8. Laravel includes a variety of global "helper" PHP functions.

Arrays & Objects

 

Paths

 

Strings

 

Fluent Strings

 

URLs

 

Miscellaneous

 

So, let's see how to create custom helper in laravel 8.

Step 1 : Create helpers.php File

In this step, we will create app/helpers.php file in our laravel project and adding the below code.

app/helpers.php

<?php
  
function change_Date_Format($date,$format){
    return \Carbon\Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', $date)->format($format);    
}

?>

 

 

Step 2: Add Helper File Path In composer.json File

Add below code in composer.json file.

"autoload": {
        "psr-4": {
            "App\\": "app/",
            "Database\\Factories\\": "database/factories/",
            "Database\\Seeders\\": "database/seeders/"
        },
         "files": [
            "app/helpers.php"
        ]
    },

 

Step 3: Run Command

Now, run below command in your terminal

composer dump-autoload

 So, we are done with custom helper function in laravel 8, as of now we can use this function any where.

Here i am using this function in blade file.

<html>
 <head>
     <meta charset="utf-8">
     <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
     <title>Laravel 8 Create Custom Helper Functions Example - Techsolutionstuff</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="">
 </head>
 <body>
    <h3>Laravel 8 Create Custom Helper Functions Example - Techsolutionstuff</h3>
     <h3>New Date Format: {{ change_Date_Format(date('Y-m-d'),'m/d/Y')  }}</h3>
 </body>
</html>

 


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