Laravel 11.27 Released

This week, the Laravel team released v11.27, with a configurable default currency in the Number helper, a Str::doesntContain() method, Schema::hasTable() performance improvements, and more.

#Globally Change the Default Currency of the Number Helper

Ryan Holton contributed a configurable default currency setting for the Number helper. The USD currency setting is still the default, but now you can define a different default without using the in argument to override:

use Illuminate\Support\Number;
 
// Set the default currency
Number::useCurrency('EUR');
 
$currency = Number::currency(1000);
// €1,000.00
 
$currency = Number::currency(1000, in: 'USD');
// $1,000.00
 
// Some code that uses USD and defaults back to EUR after
Number::withCurrency('USD', function () {
    //
});

You can see the example output with this Tinkerwell session:

#String doesntContain() method

Ryan Holton contributed a doesntContain() method to the Str helper, which is the inverse of the contains() method:

use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 
$str = 'My favorite food is Pizza';
 
Str::doesntContain($str, 'Steak'); // true
Str::doesntContain($str, 'Pizza'); // false
Str::doesntContain($str, ['Steak', 'Spaghetti']); // true
Str::doesntContain($str, ["Steak", "Spaghetti", "Pizza"]); // false

You can see the example output with this Tinkerwell session:

#Improve Schema::hasTable() Performance

Hafez Divandari contributed a performance update to the Schema::hasTable() method:

The Schema::hasTable() method is using the Schema::getTable() method internally, which could sometimes result in an expensive query. This PR improves the performance of Schema::hasTable() by using more lightweight queries.

#Add Extension Support to Str::inlineMarkdown()

Ryan Chandler added markdown extension support to the Str::inlineMarkdown() and str()->inlineMarkdown() methods, matching the update in Laravel 11.14 to add extension support to the markdown() method.

#HTTP Kernel Methods to Append Middleware Relative to Other Middleware

Ollie Read contributed an update to the HTTP Kernel that allows programmatic insertion of the middleware in relation to existing middleware in the priority stack. Specifically, it introduces two new public methods:

• addToMiddlewarePriorityAfter(): inserts middleware after specified middleware.
• addToMiddlewarePriorityBefore(): inserts middleware before specified middleware.

These changes make it easier for package developers to manage middleware priority without requiring user intervention.

Here are two examples from the pull request description:

$kernel->addToMiddlewarePriorityAfter(
    \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\ValidateSignature::class,
    [
        \Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class,
        \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Middleware\AuthenticatesRequests::class,
    ],
);
 
$kernel->addToMiddlewarePriorityBefore(
    \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\ValidateSignature::class,
    [
        \Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class,
        \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Middleware\AuthenticatesRequests::class,
    ],
);

#Release notes

You can see the complete list of new features and updates below and the diff between 11.26.0 and 11.27.1 on GitHub. The following release notes are directly from the changelog:

#v11.27.1

• [11.x] Fix border overflow on theme switcher when hovering by @mezotv in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53064
• [11.x] Optimize commands registry by @erikgaal in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/52928
• [11.x] Fix laravel/framework#53071 by @it-can in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53072

#v11.27.0

• [11.x] feat: narrow types for throw_if and throw_unless by @calebdw in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53005
• [11.x] Prevent calling tries() twice by @themsaid in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53010
• [11.x] Improve PHPDoc by @schulerj89 in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53009
• [11.x] Utilise Illuminate\Support\php_binary() by @crynobone in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53008
• [11.x] Set HasAttributes@casts() array generics by @cosmastech in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53024
• [11.x] Improve Schema::hasTable() performance by @hafezdivandari in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53006
• [11.x] Always inherit parent attributes by @royduin in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53011
• [11.x] feat: introduce option to change default Number currency by @sts-ryan-holton in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53022
• [11.x] feat: add Str::doesntContain() method and supporting tests by @sts-ryan-holton in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53035
• [11.x] Str: Add extension support for Str::inlineMarkdown() by @ryangjchandler in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53033
• Fix: Correct typehint on repository retrieval methods by @liamduckett in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53025
• [11.x] Test for forgetting non-flexible keys for file driver by @timacdonald in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53018
• Add metadata to mailable view data by @TobMoeller in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53042
• [11.x] PHPDoc Improvements by @schulerj89 in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53054
• [11.x] Test Improvements by @toarupg0318 in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53057
• [11.x] PHPDoc Improvements by @seriquynh in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53053
• Add Exception Handling for jsonOptions() Method by @shamimulalam in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53056
• [11.x] Fixes make:model for Form Requests by @joshmanders in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53052
• [11.x] Fixes validation using shouldConvertToBoolean when parameter uses dot notation by @bytestream in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53048
• [11.x] Add methods to the HTTP kernel to append middleware relative to other middleware by @ollieread in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/52897
• [11.x] Add --json flag to queue:work command for structured logging by @josecl in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/52887
• [11.x] Improve performance of Redis queue block_for when a worker has multiple queues to service by @michael-scinocca in https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/52826