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Dynamic Cache, Database, and Mail Builders in Laravel 11.31

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The Laravel team released v11.31, which includes dynamic cache/db/mail builders, a cache token repository, a URL::forceHttps() convenience method, and more.

Cache Token Repository

Andrew Brown contributed a cache token repository as an alternative way to store password reset tokens:

This PR proposes a new CacheTokenRepository which will allow the password reset tokens to be handled via cache. IMO cache is a perfect storage medium because it can be more ephemeral, just like the password reset tokens.

To enable this new CacheTokenRepository, adjust your config/auth.php like so:

'passwords' => [
 
    //new cache driver
    'customers' => [
        'driver'   => 'cache',
        'store'    => 'passwords',
        'provider' => 'customers',
        'expire'   => 60,
        'throttle' => 60,
    ],
 
   //default old database driver
    'users'     => [
        'provider' => 'users',
        'table'    =>'password_reset_tokens',
        'expire'   => 60,
        'throttle' => 60,
    ],
],

See Pull Request #53428 for details on the implementation.

Dynamically Build Mailers On-Demand

Steve Bauman contributed the ability to dynamically build a mailer and send it using the Mail::build() method. This allows developers to create mailers based on a given configuration instead of being hard-coded in the config files:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
 
$mailer = Mail::build([
    'transport' => 'smtp',
    'host' => '127.0.0.1',
    'port' => 587,
    'encryption' => 'tls',
    'username' => 'usr',
    'password' => 'pwd',
    'timeout' => 5,
]);
 
$mailer->send($mailable);

See Pull Request #53411 for discussion and implementation details.

Add DB::build() Method

Similar to the Mail::build() method, Steve Bauman contributed DB::build() to dynamically create new DB connections that are not defined in your configuration file:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 
$sqlite = DB::build([
    'driver' => 'sqlite',
    'database' => ':memory:',
]);
 
$mysql = DB::build([
    'driver' => 'mysql',
    'database' => 'forge',
    'username' => 'root',
    'password' => 'secret',
]);
 
$pgsql = DB::build([
    'driver' => 'pgsql',
    // ...
]);
 
$sqlsrv = DB::build([
    'driver' => 'sqlsrv',
    // ...
]);

See Pull Request #53464 for details.

Add Cache::build() to Create On-demand Cache Repositories

Steve Bauman contributed the ability to dynamically build Cache repositories on-demand using the Cache::build() method. Similar to the DB and Mailer dynamic build method, you can create cache repositories not defined in your configuration file:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
 
$apc = Cache::build([
    'driver' => 'apc',
]);
 
$array = Cache::build([
    'driver' => 'array',
    'serialize' => false,
]);
 
$database = Cache::build([
    'driver' => 'database',
    'table' => 'cache',
    'connection' => null,
    'lock_connection' => null,
]);
 
$file = Cache::build([
    'driver' => 'file',
    'path' => storage_path('framework/cache/data'),
]);

See Pull Request #53454 for implementation details.

Batch and Chain onQueue() Method Accepts Backed Enums

Philip Iezzi contributed the ability to use a backed enumeration with the onQueue() method of a Bus chain:

// Before
Bus::chain($jobs)
    ->onQueue(QueueName::long->value)->dispatch();
 
// After
Bus::chain($jobs)
    ->onQueue(QueueName::long)->dispatch();

See Pull Request #53359 for implementation details.

Add Application removeDeferredServices() Method

Ollie Read contributed the removeDeferredServices() application method to remove a deferred service from the application container.

// Before
$deferredServices = $app->getDeferredServices();
 
unset($deferredServices['auth.password'], $deferredServices['auth.password.broker']);
 
$app->setDeferredServices($deferredServices);
 
// After
$app->removeDeferredServices(['auth.password', 'auth.password.broker']);

This use-case isn't a common one that you'll need, but this method compliments to get and set methods of deferred services nicely. See Pull Request #53362 for details.

Ability to Append and Prepend Middleware Priority from the Application Builder

Ollie Read contributed another low-level change to append and prepend middleware priority to the application builder, allowing access to add middleware after/before methods on the kernel:

return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
    ->withRouting(
        web: __DIR__.'/../routes/web.php',
        commands: __DIR__.'/../routes/console.php',
        health: '/up',
    )
    ->withMiddleware(function (Middleware $middleware) {
        $middleware->appendToPriorityList(
            [
                \Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class,
                \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Middleware\AuthenticatesRequests::class,
            ],
            \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\ValidateSignature::class
        );
 
        $middleware->prependToPriorityList(
            [
                \Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class,
                \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Middleware\AuthenticatesRequests::class,
            ],
            \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\ValidateSignature::class
        );
    })
    ->withExceptions(function (Exceptions $exceptions) {
        //
    })->create();

See Pull Request #53326 for further details.

Add forceHttps() Method to Enforce HTTPs Scheme for URLs

Dasun Tharanga contributed the forceHttps() method, which simplifies enforcing HTTPs for URLs requiring such. The method accepts a boolean, making it easy to force HTTPs for a given set of environments:

URL::forceHttps(
    $this->app->isProduction()
);
 
URL::forceHttps(
    $this->app->environment('staging', 'production')
);

See Pull Request #53381 for implementation details.

Release notes

You can see the complete list of new features and updates below and the diff between 11.30.0 and 11.31.0 on GitHub. The following release notes are directly from the changelog:

v11.31.0

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