php - How to create Helper Methods on Laravel not a Facade

Question

I've read a lot of questions on how to make helper methods in Laravel 5.1. But I don't want to achieve this via a Facade.

HelperClass::methodName();

I want to make helper methods just like on these methods Laravel Helper Methods like:

myCustomMethod();

I don't want to make it a Facade. Is this possible? How?

Answer 1

To start off I created a folder in my app directory called Helpers. Then within the Helpers folder I added files for functions I wanted to add. Having a folder with multiple files allows us to avoid one big file that gets too long and unmanageable.

Next I created a HelperServiceProvider.php by running the artisan command:

artisan make:provider HelperServiceProvider Within the register method I added this snippet

public function register()
{
    foreach (glob(app_path().'/Helpers/*.php') as $filename){
        require_once($filename);
    }
}

lastly register the service provider in your config/app.php in the providers array

'providers' => [
    'AppProvidersHelperServiceProvider',
]

After that you need to run composer dump-autoload and your changes will be visible in Laravel.

now any file in your Helpers directory is loaded, and ready for use.

Hope this works!