Laravel Model and Migration from JSON: A Practical Guide
Turn a sample API payload into an Eloquent model and migration, then review the column types, casts, foreign keys and nullable fields a single record cannot reveal.
· 9 min read
Developer guides — page 2
Practical guides for developers: data formats, encoding, regular expressions, debugging and more, with examples you can try in our free online tools.
JSON Merge Patch vs JSON Patch: RFC 7396 and RFC 6902 Compared
RFC 7396 merge patches and RFC 6902 JSON Patches both describe partial updates, but they differ on nulls, arrays and preconditions. Worked examples show when to use each.
· 7 min read
How to Decode a SAML Response and Read What It Says
Capture a SAMLResponse or SAMLRequest in your browser, remove its Base64 and DEFLATE layers, and read the fields that explain most single sign-on failures.
· 8 min read
How to Convert docker run to Docker Compose, Flag by Flag
A practical walkthrough for turning docker run commands into a compose.yaml, with a flag-to-key mapping table, a multi-container example and a checklist of what to review after converting.
· 9 min read
How to Convert curl to PHP Guzzle: Flags, Bodies and Errors
A practical walkthrough of turning curl commands into Guzzle 7 requests, with a flag-by-flag mapping, JSON, form and multipart examples, and error handling.
· 8 min read
How to Check a Content Security Policy with a CSP Evaluator
Read a Content Security Policy directive by directive, fix the weaknesses a CSP evaluator reports, and roll out a strict nonce-based policy in report-only mode first.
· 7 min read
Regex basics for developers: a practical guide
Regular expressions look cryptic until you know the dozen building blocks they are made of. This practical guide covers the syntax you will use every day, real patterns you can adapt and the traps that cause bugs and slow code.
· 6 min read
Base64 encoding explained (with examples)
Base64 turns any bytes into plain text so they survive systems built for text. Learn exactly how the encoding works, why output ends with “=”, where Base64URL fits in and the mistakes that trip developers up.
· 5 min read
How to debug invalid JSON: common errors and fixes
“Unexpected token” and “Expecting property name” tell you where JSON parsing failed, not why. This guide shows how to read those errors, the dozen mistakes behind most invalid JSON, and how to stop them happening again.
· 6 min read
JSON vs YAML vs TOML: when to use which
JSON, YAML and TOML can all describe the same data, but they are built for different jobs. Here is how they differ, where each one bites, and how to pick the right one for APIs and config files.
· 6 min read