kyledoesdev/essentials

Essentials for my Laravel applications.

v0.0.9 2026-08-01 22:14 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.4|^8.5
• illuminate/contracts: ^12.0|^13.0
• illuminate/http: ^12.0|^13.0
• illuminate/support: ^12.0|^13.0
• spatie/laravel-package-tools: ^1.16
• spatie/laravel-stats: ^2.3

Requires (Dev)

• laravel/pint: ^1.14
• nunomaduro/collision: ^8.8
• orchestra/testbench: ^10.0.0|^11.0.0
• pestphp/pest: ^4.0
• pestphp/pest-plugin-arch: ^4.0
• pestphp/pest-plugin-laravel: ^4.0

MIT

• Kyle Evangelisto

• laravel
• essentials
• kyledoesdev

Published on Packagist.org on 2026-08-01 22:14 UTC

README

Essential utilities for my Laravel applications — the helpers, macros and generators I'd otherwise copy between projects.

Installation

composer require kyledoesdev/essentials

Features

Timezone detection — timezone() resolves the timezone for the current request from the authenticated user, an IP geo lookup, then config('app.timezone'). Results are cached per IP address.

Carbon macro — Carbon::parse($date)->inUserTimezone() shifts an instance into that timezone.

Action generator — php artisan make:action CreateUserAction scaffolds action classes into app/Actions.

Developer middleware — IsDeveloper aborts with a 403 unless the authenticated user has is_dev.

Model stats — HasStatsAfterEvents records created and deleted counts through spatie/laravel-stats.

String helpers — toSafeFileName() strips characters that break downloads.

Configuration

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=essentials-config

Requirements

• Laravel 12+
• PHP 8.4 / 8.5

License

essentials is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

Credits

Created by kyledoesdev