Laravel v5.3.19 is now released

Laravel released v5.3.19 which includes a few small changes and improvements as well as a complete rewrite of the middleware sorting so that middleware calls with parameters now work properly.

#PHP Artisan make:model

A new addition to Laravel is the ability to specify the creation of a resourceful controller when you are creating a new Model through Artisan. This means you can pass a -c or --controller flag to make:model:

php artisan make:model Post --controller

#Laravel Image Dimensions Validation

New in Laravel v5.3 is the ability to validate image files to ensure they meet certain dimensions and through the validator this can be setup with a string format:

'avatar' => 'dimensions:min_width=100,min_height=200,ratio=3/2'

Now in v5.3.19 this can be specified through a fluent syntax similar to unique and exists validation rules:

Rule::dimensions()->minWidth(100)->minHeight(100)->ratio(3/2)

#Laravel Validation in and not_in

The in and not_in validation received the ability to pass an array.

// Previous
in:php,laravel,...
// New
Rule::in(['php','laravel'])

Then the same for not_in

// Previous
not_in:php,laravel,...
// New
Rule::notIn(['php', 'laravel'])

Either style is valid and the new object-based style parses down into the old way. So you are free to use whichever suits your app.

#After Validation Hook

Now your controllers can have a new withValidator method so you can easily call any hooks after validation:

protected function withValidator($validator)
{
  $validator->after(function($validator) {
    if ($this->somethingElseIsInvalid()) {
        $validator->errors()->add('field', 'Something is wrong with this field!');
    }
  });
}

Previously you had to manually setup the $validator = Validator::make() before you could use an after hook which meant you lost the ability to utilize the ValidatesRequests trait.

#Upgrading Laravel

To get this latest version all you need to do is run composer update and you can find a complete list of changes in the changelog