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Offline Payments in SaaSykit, Nightwatch is LIVE, Filament v4.0 Preview, Laravel 11.18-19 Released, Different Kinds of Smart & more

Ahmad
June 22, 2025

Hey Makers 👋

Hope your week’s been full of momentum, whether you're onboarding new users, playing with pricing strategies, or shipping that next big feature. 💪

This week, we introduced Offline Payments in SaaSykit! You can now accept manual payments from your customers, no payment provider required. Perfect for cash collections or bank transfers or customers who prefer invoices over credit cards.

Meanwhile, Laravel just rolled out a few beautiful updates worth checking out.

Here’s what’s new 👇

Fluent String Encryption & Decryption
You can now encrypt or decrypt strings directly using fluent str() helpers—making chainable transformations cleaner.

$token = str('my-api-key')
    ->encrypt()
    ->prepend('secure:')
    ->append(':done');

Create Batchable Jobs Instantly
Use the --batched flag when generating a job to mark it as part of a batchable queue.

php artisan make:job CleanUpMedia --batched

The generated job will include the Batchable trait and batch-cancellation awareness.

Explicit Model Policies with Attributes
Use the #[UsePolicy(...)] attribute to bind a specific policy to your model explicitly, skipping auto-discovery if needed.

#[UsePolicy(CommentPolicy::class)]
class Comment extends Model {}

Custom Truncation per HTTP Request
You can now define how much of an HTTP exception message should be shown on a per-request basis.

Http::truncateExceptionsAt(150)->get('https://api.example.com/data');

Cast to Fluent Object
Cast model attributes to a Fluent object using AsFluent, enabling dot-notation access and structured nested data.

protected function casts(): array
{
    return ['settings' => AsFluent::class];
}

// Usage
$model->settings->get('notifications.email');

Fail Jobs on Specific Exceptions
Use the FailOnException middleware to prevent retries for specific exception types or custom failure logic.

public function middleware(): array
{
    return [
        new FailOnException([InvalidArgumentException::class])
    ];
}

New Test Assertions for Redirects with Errors
Test that a redirect contains validation errors—or none—with two new assertion methods:

$response->assertRedirectBackWithErrors(['email']);

$response->assertRedirectBackWithoutErrors();

Attach Uploaded Files to Emails Easily
Use the fromUploadedFile() method to turn an uploaded file into a mail attachment.

$mail->attach(Attachment::fromUploadedFile($request->file('invoice')));

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