4 Laravel 5.5 Features I am looking forward to using
Laravel is one of the most well-documented, innovative, easy-to-use PHP frameworks I’ve ever used. The framework allows the ease of creating a scalable, stable and robust application coupled with the great community support. As Laravel 5.5 about to be released here are 4 features, in no particular order, I am looking forward to using.
1. Custom Validation Rules
As an alternative to using Validator::extend for creating custom validation, Laravel 5.5 will be introducing support for custom validation rule object.
To define a custom validation rule you can use a class which implements the Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Rule interface or use a Closure.
Using the rule like so
2. DD and Dump in Collections
When I am debugging a complex collection pipeline it’s a little challenging. Frequently, I find myself temporarily commenting out pieces of code to confirm the output. In Laravel 5.5, however, you’ll find two new helper methods on the collection instances: dump() and dd(), which will allow you to know what happens in each step of the chain by either using dump() or dd() method.
collect([1,2,3])
->map(function($number) {
return $number * 2;
})->dd()->reject(function($number) {
return $number < 3;
});Dump
collect([1,2,3])
->dump('original')
->map(function(int $number) {
return $number * 2;
})
->dump('modified')
->dd();3. Faster Email Layout Testing
When I prepare the view for my emails, generally uses a service like Mailtrap to investigate the output. In Laravel 5.5, I can return a mailable instance directly from the route and review the output.
$router->get('mail/preview', function() {
return new OrderConfirmation($order);
});Result

4. Fresh Migration
Migrate fresh is similar to migrate:refresh, however, migrate:fresh drops all the tables and migrate the database to start from scratch. This will help me when I need to rebuild your database during development.

