How to Install Laravel IDE Helper

INTRODUCTION:

Hello, fellow developers. What’s up?, I hope you are doing fine. In this extended tutorial, we will learn how to install laravel ide helper.

Laravel IDE Helper Installation:

At first, we will install our package using the below composer command. copy & paste the following into your terminal and hit enter from your keyboard.

composer require --dev barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper

Quick Note: If you experience version conflicts with doctrine/dbal, please try the below command.

composer require --dev barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper --with-all-dependencies

Laravel IDE Helper Modify Package Discovery:

You may want to control or enable/disable package discovery. Then copy & paste the below code snippet into your composer.json file.

"extra": {
  "laravel": {
    "dont-discover": [
      "barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper"
    ]
  }
}

Configuring Config.php File:

Please add this below line to your provider array of config.php files.

Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\IdeHelperServiceProvider::class,

Also, you can load/unload the Laravel IDE Helper Service Provider by adding the below code in your AppServiceProvider>register function.

public function register()

{
    if ($this->app->isLocal()) {
        $this->app->register(\Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\IdeHelperServiceProvider::class);
    }
}

PHPDoc generation for Laravel Facades:

Please follow the below command to generate automatic laravel facades. Copy & paste the following command into your terminal and hit enter from your keyboard.

php artisan ide-helper:generate

PHPDocs generation for Laravel Models:

Please follow the below command to generate automatic laravel facades. Again please copy & paste the following command into your terminal and hit enter from your keyboard.

php artisan ide-helper:models

You can learn more from their documentation.

CONCLUSION:

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