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Fixing Font Rendering Issues with Raw Blade Output

We recently encountered a peculiar font rendering issue in our application where CSS font-family declarations within <style> tags were being improperly escaped. This resulted in the browser ignoring the intended font styles. Here's how we diagnosed and resolved the problem.

The Problem

When using Blade's {{ }} syntax to output the font-family CSS property, single quotes within the font

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PHP Laravel OOP

Extending Models with Method Overrides: A Case Study

Sometimes, the core functionality of a framework needs a little customization to perfectly fit the nuances of a specific application. Recently, we faced a situation where we needed to extend our Tenant model to directly handle subscription checks, which required overriding some core Cashier methods.

The Challenge

Our application uses a multi-tenant architecture. Each tenant needs to manage

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