Laravel v5.4.29 is Released with Two New Blade Directives

Laravel V5.4.29 is now released and available. This is a maintenance release but it includes two new Blade Directives, a --force option on some of the “make” commands, and more.

#New @auth and @guest Directives

The @auth directive allows you to simplify the check to see if a user is logged in. For example, in the past you might use:

@if(Auth::check())
   You are logged in.
@endif

Now with the @auth directive, this can be simplified to:

@auth
   You are logged in.
@endauth

It also supports the Guard to use as the first parameter:

@auth('admin')
    You are logged in through admin guard
@endauth

The other new directive is @guest which is the inverse:

@guest
   Welcome Guest
@endauth

#v5.4.29 Complete Changelog

#Added

• Added ManagesFrequencies::twiceMonthly() method (#19874)
• Added RouteCollection::getRoutesByName() method (#19901)
• Added $expiresAt parameter to CallbackEvent::withoutOverlapping() (#19861)
• Support keeping old files when testing uploads (#19859)
• Added --force option to make:mail, make:model and make:notification (#19932)
• Added support for PostgreSQL deletes with USES clauses (#20062, f94fc02)
• Added support for CC and BBC on mail notifications (#20093)
• Added Blade @auth and @guest directive (#20087, #20114)
• Added option to configure MARS on SqlServer connections (#20113, c2c917c)

#Changed

• Support object items in Arr::pluck() (#19838, #19845)
• MessageBag interface now extends Arrayable (#19849)
• Made Blueprint macroable (#19862)
• Improved performance for Arr::crossJoin() (#19864)
• Use the correct User model namespace for new policies (#19965, a7094c2)
• Consider scheduled event timezone in inTimeInterval() (#19959)
• Render exception if handler can’t report it (#19977)
• Made MakesHttpRequests::withServerVariables() public (#20086)
• Invalidate session instead of regenerating it when logging out (#20107)
• Improved InvalidPayloadException error message (#20143)

#Fixed

• Don’t re-escape a View instance passed as the default value to @yield or @section directives (#19884)
• Make sure migration file is loaded before trying to rollback (#19922)
• Fixed caching issue in mix() (#19968)
• Signal alarm after timeout passes (#19978)