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Helpers

Elemental includes a variety of global helper functions. You can use these functions in any way that is convenient to you.

app()​

The app function returns the Application instance:

$app = app();

This is pretty useful when you want to register your own services as well as resolve any framework or custom service.

app()->bind(CustomService::class, function () {
    return new CustomService(new anotherService());
});

$service = app()-make(CustomService::class);

dump()​

The dump function dumps the variable passed as the first argument. You can also pass an additional second argument that can serve as the identifier on screen:

dump($value);
dump($user, "user");

dd()​

The dd function dumps the given variable and ends the execution of the script:

dd($value);
dd($user, "user");

console_log()​

The console_log function serves as a unique tool for logging variables, distinct from the dump function. Notably, it doesn't return output to the browser; instead, it directs information to the console initiated by the script. You can pass any variable number of arguments to the console_log function.

console_log($value);
console_log($user, $post, $image, $comment);

router()​

The router function returns the Router instance.

$router = router();

view()​

The view function is used to return a view from the controller method:

return view("Login");

component()​

The component function is used to return a view as a component to be used inside another view:

<body>
    <?= component("Logo")?>
    //...
</body>

redirect()​

The redirect function returns a redirect HTTP response and is used to redirect to any other route.

return redirect("/home");

abort()​

The abort function throws an Exception which returns an error page with the set code and status.

abort(400, "Bad Request");

abort_if()​

The abort_if function throws an Exception which returns an error page with the set status code and message if the passed condition is true.

abort_if($conditionBad, 400, "Bad Request");

abort_unless()​

The abort_unless function throws an Exception which returns an error page with the set status code and message if the passed condition is false.

abort_unless($conditionGood, 400, "Bad Request");