How to utilize facades in laravel?

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by adan , in category: PHP Frameworks , 3 months ago

How to utilize facades in laravel?

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by daisha , 3 months ago

@adan 

In Laravel, facades provide a static interface to classes that are available in the application's service container. This allows you to use classes easily without having to manually resolve them from the container. Here's how you can utilize facades in Laravel:

  1. Import the facade class at the top of your file:
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use IlluminateSupportFacadesFacadeName;


  1. To use the facade, you can call the static method on the facade class directly:
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FacadeName::method();


  1. You can also use the facade by using the facade() helper function:
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facade('facadeName')->method();


  1. Facades can also be resolved from the container directly by using the app() function:
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app('facadeName')->method();


  1. Facades can also be used in Blade templates by wrapping the facade call in @ symbol:
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@FacadeName::method()


It is recommended to use facades sparingly and only when necessary, as they can make your code less testable and harder to maintain. It is always better to inject dependencies using dependency injection rather than relying on facades.