install laravel
- composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel:^10.0 laravel_demo
Create Helpers folder then Create custom_helper.php file inside :
app/Helpers/custom_hleper.php
then create helper functions in custom_helper.php file
if (!function_exists('getCategoryList')) {
function getCategoryList()
{
return DB::table('category')->select('*')->where('status','1')->get()->toArray();
}
}
then Load this helper file
Open the composer.json file from project folder
"autoload": {
"psr-4": {
...
},
"files": [
"app/Helpers/custom_helper.php"
]
},
then run below command in command prompt :
composer dump-autoload
You can now use your custom helper functions from anywhere in your Laravel application. For example:
$categoryList = getCategoryList();