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A Fluent Email Validation Rule Added in Laravel 11.38

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The Laravel team released v11.38, which includes a fluent Email validation rule, the ability to retrieve a form request or fluent value as an array, a finally() pipeline method, and more.

Fluent Email Validation Rule

Sander Muller contributed a fluent Email rule to "provide a similar experience as the Password and File validation rules."

// Before
$request->validate([
  'email' => ['required', 'string', 'email', 'strict', 'dns'],
]);
 
// After
$request->validate([
  'email' => ['required', 'string', Rule::email()->strict()->dns()],
]);

See Pull Request #54067 for details.

Add array() Method to FormRequest and Fluent

Steve Bauman contributed an array() method to cast a value from a form request object or Fluent instance:

$fluent = new Fluent(['email' => 'test@example.com']);
 
$fluent->array('email'); // ['test@example.com']
 
// ?email=test@example.com
$request->array('email'); // ['test@example.com']

See Pull Request #54177 for details.

Add a finally() Method to Pipeline

Nuno Maduro contributed a finally() method that can specify a callback to be executed regardless of a pipeline's outcome.

// Before
try {
    $result = Pipeline::send($deployment)
        ->through([PipeOne::class, PipeTwo::class]) // one of the pipes does not call the $next or throws an exception...
        ->then(fn () => $deployment->deploy());
} finally {
    // perform clean up...
}
 
 
// After
$result = Pipeline::send($deployment)
     ->through([PipeOne::class, PipeTwo::class]) // one of the pipes does not call the $next or throws an exception...
     ->finally(fn () => /** perform clean up */)
     ->then(fn () => $deployment->deploy());

See Pull Request #54110 for details.

Add --except Flag to the Artisan Optimize Commands

Jon Erickson contributed an --except option to skip commands when running optimizations. This new option allows you to include partial keys and a comma-separated list of command names to exclude:

# Skip by command name
php artisan optimize --except route:cache
 
# Skip by key
php artisan optimize --except route
 
# Skip by comma delimited list of keys or command names
php artisan optimize:clear --except route,view:cache

Filter Routes by Action in route:list

@miccehedin contributed the --action option to find routes using a specific action string:

route:list --action=TestController

Release notes

You can see the complete list of new features and updates below and the diff between 11.37.0 and 11.38.0 on GitHub. The following release notes are directly from the changelog:

v11.38.0

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