Laravel 7 Create Custom Helper

Hello Devs,

In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to get create custom hepler function in laravel 7.

Follow this step by step guide given below:

Step 1:

Create helpers.php File

<?php
  
    function changeDateFormate($date,$date_format){
        return \Carbon\Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', $date)->format($date_format);    
    }
   
    function productImagePath($image_name)
    {
        return public_path('images/products/'.$image_name);
    }

Step 2: 

Add File Path In composer.json File

"autoload": {
        "classmap": [
            ...
        ],
        "psr-4": {
            "App\\": "app/"
        },
        "files": [
            "app/helpers.php"
        ]
    },

Step 3: 

Run Command

composer dump-autoload

Example 1

$imageName = 'example.png';
   $fullpath = productImagePath($imageName);
   print_r($fullpath);

Example 2

{{ changeDateFormate(date('Y-m-d'),'m/d/Y')  }}

I hope this example helps you.