Building practical backend systems and writing about what actually works.
Hi, I’m Dick van der Heiden, a back-end PHP developer who likes to use the Laravel framework. As a business owner I'm involved in project planning, process design and project management. I really like bridging the gap between technical execution and strategic decision-making.
Laravel Engineer
- Laravel Certified Developer
- Professional use of Laravel since v4
Business Owner
- Co-owner of the web agency Goedemiddag
- Founder of my personal business Vdhicts
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A starter feed is already wired up so you can replace the sample content and start publishing.
MariaDB 11 removed the mysqldump binary, which can break backups for projects still using the MySQL driver. Switching drivers isn’t always straightforward due to differences like UUID storage. This post shows a simple workaround to fix backups without changing your database schema.
Redirects in HydePHP
Using a HydePHP extension that generates static redirect pages from configuration without relying on server-side routing or hosting-specific features.
UUID support works as easily as possible, by just adding the HasUuids trait to your models. Be aware that it requires the model events to be fired so saving the model quietly do...
Retrieving invoices from the Exact Online API
The Exact Online API has a lot of endpoints and options, which sometimes makes it a challenge to work with...