What is the best practice to create a custom helper function in php Laravel 5?

Question

I have

the default created_at date keep printing out as an MySQL format : 2015-06-12 09:01:26. I wanted to print it as my own way like 12/2/2017, and other formats in the future.

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I created

a file called DataHelper.php and store it at /app/Helpers/DateHelper.php - and it looks like this

<?php

namespace App\Helpers;

class DateHelper {

    public static function dateFormat1($date) {
        if ($date) {
            $dt = new DateTime($date);

        return $dt->format("m/d/y"); // 10/27/2014
      }
   }
}

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I want

to be able to called it in my blade view like

DateHelper::dateFormat1($user->created_at)

I'm not sure what to do next.

What is the best practice to create a custom helper function in php Laravel 5?

Answer 1

1. Within your app/Http directory, create a helpers.php file and add your functions.
2. Within composer.json, in the autoload block, add "files": ["app/Http/helpers.php"].
3. Run composer dump-autoload

That should do it. :)