Jobs dispatched in a transaction re-query the DB via SerializesModels before commit, reading stale data. Use afterCommit() to delay dispatch until after commit.
HTML assertions on complex views are brittle. Use viewData() to assert view variables directly, and compare Models by id or toArray() to avoid identity issues.
Assertions inside a closure pass silently even if never called. Wrap the closure in Mockery::spy to verify invocation count and arguments in PHPUnit tests.
Mocking IteratorAggregate breaks foreach in PHPUnit. Return an ArrayObject from the mocked getIterator method to make foreach iterate over test data correctly.
Laravel min/max rules compare string length by default, letting 0 pass validation. Add the numeric rule to switch to value comparison and fix the bug.
When a method uses random_int internally, Mockery::capture with passthru captures the intermediate value so you can compute the expected result and assert it.
VMware Fusion Player is free for personal use. Create a VMware account to get a License Key and download link, with tips for bypassing form validation issues.
DBngin supports multiple MySQL versions but never adds them to PATH. Add one line to .bashrc pointing to the latest version to get the mysql command working.
Passing a Generator directly to LazyCollection causes iterator_to_array to expand it all at once. Wrap it in a Closure to restore true lazy evaluation.
Casting a GuzzleHttp Response to string auto-seeks to 0, but getContents() never resets the pointer, so the second call returns empty. Always rewind manually.
