Buying Ammunition Online, Our Top Ten Places to Shop

Opinion: Here are AmmoLand’s top ten (10) ammo retailers that we use to get the best prices when buying ammunition online for our guns.
AmmoLand Editor’s Note, ammunition prices that are shown in online seller’s screen-grabs are only valid at the time of the article publish date. Internet ammo prices always subject to change.

Buying Ammunition Online, Our Top Ten Places to Sho
Buying Ammunition Online, Our Top Ten Places to Shop

USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- Lower Prices, bundle deals, discounts, and convenience are just a few words that come to mind as to why buying ammunition online is a good idea.

Often prices at retail are nearly double the online prices, which, for the avid shooter, makes life a touch more difficult. Online sales of ammo typical help you avoid sales tax unless you live in the same state as the company itself, however, in most cases, you can save your self 8-10% on your purchase by purchasing online. If sales tax saving is not enough, online shopping provides much deeper inventory opportunities.

These days, and due to public pressure and anti-gun measures, many major storefront ammunition retailers have eliminated ammo sales from their operations. While this seems like a loss for the public, it strengthens the ability to support real pro-gun industry and 2A supporting companies. Here are our top ten online ammunition retailers in no particular order.

Buying Ammunition Online, Here Are Our Top Ten Places

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Brownells, Ammunition Sales:

Led by the Bureau of Propaganda, Brownell’s own staff who’s unafraid to troll the folks down in Bentonville and stand up to the digital powers in California, Brownells offers a smooth process for selecting, buying and shipping. The Brownells website features make it easy to quickly narrow down what you need by ammo subcategories and even price range. Brownells understands the needs of shooters and even help you narrow in on price per rounds and display in real-time what is on clearance sale. [check AmmoLand’s page tracking the best of Brownell’s ammunition deals]

Choose from Handgun, Rifle, Rimfire, and Shotgun on an easy-to-use scroll down menu and sift through over 3,500 options to find what you need for your weekend at the range or to stock-pile your safe room. Brownells has a fair shipping policy with the free shipping threshold starting at $99 with coupon codes.  www.brownells.com

Palmetto State Armory, Cheap Ammo Sales:

Palmetto State Armory Ammo Sales Cheap
Palmetto State Armory Cheap Ammo Sales

Regardless if its a weekend with the crew or you are gearing up to defend your home turf when bulk selection is needed, Palmetto state Armory is one of the best online e-sales platforms. PSA offers not only a variety of rounds you need but the bulk ammo we all desire. Palmetto State stocks over 3,000 online ammunition options and some of the best pricing options on cases of ammunition over 1,000 rounds in popular calibers such as .223/5.56, 9mm, and .45 ACP. Shipping costs are based on distance and weight. Keep a close eye on their daily ammo deals if you plan on buying ammo online [check the AmmoLand’s PSA bargain page] since they will offer free shipping on certain items from time-to-time. https://ift.tt/PPYAaT

Sportsman’s Guide, Ammunition Online:

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Sportsman’s Guide: bullets, ammunition, and sales bargains.

The Sportsman’s Guide club membership of $49.99 per year provides ample value for purchasing ammunition online. Not only does Sportsmans Guide give you a variety of options when buying ammo online for handguns, shotguns, and both rimfire and centerfire rifles, Club Members never pay a penny for standard shipping on orders of $49 or more, and they give you 5% off on guns & ammo daily. [AmmoLand tracks Sportsman’s Guide ammo bargains here.] Sportsman’s guide has highly competitive pricing on bulk 1,000 cans of .223 ammunition and all the hunting ammunition you need for your season. www.sportsmansguide.com

Natchez Shooters Supplies, Bulk Low Price Ammo:

Natchez Shooters Supplies, Bulk Low Price Ammo
Natchez Shooters Supplies, Bulk Low Price Ammo

If you want everyday quality discounts and low prices on bulk ammunition [ammo reloaders check out this bulk buy on 6000 bullets of Hornady .22 cal ], from your pistols to your ARs and even shotshells for your duck guns, look at the offerings from Natchez Shooters Supplies. With reliable 1-2 day shipping from the time of order, Natchez Shooters Supplies brings avid ammunition users their savings by buying through them. In addition to selling ammunition online, Natchez Shooters Supplies offers gear for hunting, fishing, camping, clothing, and optics. [Check AmmoLand’s page tracking the best of Natchez Shooters Supplies deals] Natchez is a quality online shopping destination for you and your family.  www.natchezss.com

Gorilla Ammunition, High-Quality Ammunition:

Gorilla Ammunition Premium Quality Ammunition
Gorilla Ammunition Premium Quality Ammunition

Unlike others, Gorilla ammunition is its in-house brand manufacturing popular calibers for hunting, target shooting, defense, subsonic, and polymer. According to their website, they host one of the few in-house ballistics laboratories among manufacturers equipped with pressure sensors and Oehler 85 Acoustical velocity & targeting system to build the best ammunition possible. [find Ammoland’s page tracking the news & deals at Gorilla Premium Ammunition here] Free shipping is available when you buy ammunition online over ten boxes. Additionally, Gorilla Ammunition offers firearm parts through their store. Don’t forget to check out their great apparel available as well.  www.gorillaammo.com

Rainier Arms:

Rainer Arms Bullets Ammunition Reloading Parts Sale Prices Free Shipping
Rainer Arms Bullets Ammunition Reloading Parts Sale Prices Free Shipping

Rainer Arms is full of options to outfit your gun room from brand name ammo from CCI, Aguila and Hornady ammunition to gun parts and deals on premier shooting sports brands. Rainer Arms, the Washington-based company has its own ammunition brand, Rainier Munitions, and also hosts the Apx Club to give hunters and shooters alike a membership-based pricing & shipping opportunities for $99.99 per year. [see AmmoLand’s deal tracking page for Rainer found here] The Apex club provides access to new product listings, exclusive access to events, and fee ground shipping on ammo orders in the contiguous United States. www.rainierarms.com

Primary Arms, More Ammo Deals:

Primary Arms, More Ammo Deals
Primary Arms, More Ammo Deals

Primary Arms hosts over 24 brands of ammunition, including Sig Sauer, Barnes, and Sellier & Bellot all available buy online through their website. Both handgun and rifle rounds are available in both popular centerfire and rimfire calibers, and Primary arms host some of the most reliable brands like Federal, PMC, and Hornady. In addition to ammo Primary arms is also home to full lines of firearm parts for popular caliber guns such as the AK-47, the AR-15, AR-308, and handguns. [check AmmoLand’s page tracking the best deals at Primary including ammunition.]

Sportsman’s Warehouse, Clearance Ammo:

Sportsman's Warehouse, Clearance Ammo
Sportsman’s Warehouse, Clearance Ammo

Sportsman’s Warehouse is a time-honored brand known amongst sportsmen across the country who buy ammunition online. They proudly host 12 popular brands which equate to over 287 individual ammo SKUs of available rifle, shotgun, and pistol ammunition to buy online. Sportsman’s Warehouse might be a waterfowl hunters’ best friend as they position their steel shot ammo competitively. [Ammoland’s deals page for Sportsman’s Warehouse] You’ll want to check this site out if you hunt ducks and geese before your trip to the blind.  www.sportsmans.com

Botach, Surplus Ammo:

Botach Ammo Store Retailer Bargain Price Coupon Codes
Botach Ammo Store Retailer Bargain Price Coupon Codes

Everything you need to outfit your tactical shooting needs and to outfit your wardrobe with street clothes from Adidas and Under Armour. If you were disappointed in “Richards Sporting Goods,” look no further than Botach when you need to buy ammunition online. Twenty-four brands and 143 SKUs of ammunition. Botach features not just popular calibers for handgun, centerfire, and rimfire rifles but also provide opportunities to buy defense ammunition online with options such as SDI 12-Gauge 60-Caliber 3 Rubber Ball Round and the SDI 12-Gauge Bean Bag Round. [Check out all the great savings we have recoded at AmmoLand’s Botach deals page.] Don’t forget to pick out a great deal on ammunition storage while you shop as well.  www.botach.com

Optics Planet, Brand Name Ammunition Cheap:

Optics Planet, Brand Name Ammunition Cheap
Optics Planet, Brand Name Ammunition Cheap

To finish up the top ten places to buy ammunition online, it would be remiss if we left out the expansive options available on Optics Planet. With 476 ammunition products to choose from, you’ll be able to find what you need for every gun you have. Optics Planet gives hunters and shooters alike consistent discounts on ammunition and shows you the percentage savings. [track AmmoLand’s deal page for Optics Planet here.] Optics Planet also allows you to compare attributes of ammunition side-by-side with each other.  www.opticsplanet.com

Buying ammunition online gives you options, discount values, and the ability to find great bundle deals to save you money and time. With a bit of planning and persistence, you can take advantage of what is possible through our top ten online ammunition retailers.

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Quick start for Laravel Orchid

Quick start for beginners


This quick start guide provides a basic introduction to the infrastructure and includes information. about screens and form elements. To select the basic set of functions, we will create a simple utility for sending emails.

At this stage, it is necessary that you have already installed the framework and the platform, created the database and started the webserver.

First, you need to create a screen to display the submission form, using the command:

php artisan orchid:screen EmailSenderScreen

A new file EmailSenderScreen.php will be created in the app/Orchid/Screens directory:

namespace App\Orchid\Screens; use Orchid\Screen\Screen; class EmailSenderScreen extends Screen { /** * Name and description properties are responsible for * what name will be displayed * on the user screen and in headlines. */ public $name = 'EmailSenderScreen'; public $description = 'EmailSenderScreen'; /**      * A method that defines all screen input data      * is in it that database queries should be called,      * api or any others (not necessarily explicit),      * the result of which should be an array,      * appeal to which his keys will be used.      */ public function query(): array { return []; } /**      * Identifies control buttons and events.      * which will have to happen by pressing      */ public function commandBar(): array { return []; } /**      * Set of mappings      * rows, tables, graphs,      * modal windows, and their combinations      */ public function layout(): array { return []; } }

The main difference of the screen from the controller is the structure defined in advance, which serves only one-page defining data and events.

Like the controller, the screen needs to be registered in the route file, Define it in the file for the admin panel routes/platform.php:

use App\Orchid\Screens\EmailSenderScreen; $this->router->screen('email', EmailSenderScreen::class)->name('platform.email');

After we have registered a new route, you can go to the browser at /dashboard/email, to look at the empty screen, fill it with the elements.

Add a name and description:

/** * Display header name. * * @var string */ public $name = 'Email sender'; /** * Display header description. * * @var string */ public $description = 'Tool that sends ad-hoc email messages.';

To display the input fields, we describe them in the Layouts method:

/** * Views. * * @return Layout[] */ public function layout(): array { return [ Layout::rows([ Input::make('subject') ->title('Subject') ->required() ->placeholder('Message subject line') ->help('Enter the subject line for your message'), Relation::make('users.') ->title('Recipients') ->multiple() ->required() ->placeholder('Email addresses') ->help('Enter the users that you would like to send this message to.') ->fromModel(User::class,'name','email'), Quill::make('content') ->title('Content') ->required() ->placeholder('Insert text here ...') ->help('Add the content for the message that you would like to send.') ])->with(70) ]; }

Now our page has some elements but does not produce any action. to define them you need to create a new public method and specify a link to it in commandBar:

namespace App\Orchid\Screens; use App\User; use Illuminate\Http\Request; use Illuminate\Mail\Message; use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail; use Orchid\Screen\Fields\Input; use Orchid\Screen\Fields\Quill; use Orchid\Screen\Fields\Relation; use Orchid\Screen\Layout; use Orchid\Screen\Actions\Button; use Orchid\Screen\Screen; use Orchid\Support\Facades\Alert; class EmailSenderScreen extends Screen { /** * Display header name. * * @var string */ public $name = 'Email sender'; /** * Display header description. * * @var string */ public $description = 'Tool that sends ad-hoc email messages.'; /** * Query data. * * @return array */ public function query(): array { return []; } /** * Button commands. * * @return Link[] */ public function commandBar(): array { return [ Button::make('Send Message') ->icon('icon-paper-plane') ->method('sendMessage') ]; } /** * Views. * * @return Layout[] */ public function layout(): array { return [ Layout::rows([ Input::make('subject') ->title('Subject') ->required() ->placeholder('Message subject line') ->help('Enter the subject line for your message'), Relation::make('users.') ->title('Recipients') ->multiple() ->required() ->placeholder('Email addresses') ->help('Enter the users that you would like to send this message to.') ->fromModel(User::class,'name','email'), Quill::make('content') ->title('Content') ->required() ->placeholder('Insert text here ...') ->help('Add the content for the message that you would like to send.') ])->with(70) ]; } /** * @param Request $request * * @return \Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse */ public function sendMessage(Request $request) { Mail::raw($request->get('content'), function (Message $message) use ($request) { $message->subject($request->get('subject')); foreach ($request->get('users') as $email) { $message->to($email); } }); Alert::info('Your email message has been sent successfully.'); return back(); } }

After that, can to send email messages to addresses.

Note that by default the smtp driver is enabled for sending mail, You can change it in the .env file tolog for verification.

Since our utility is mixed up, we can dream up and imagine that our boss asked us to put the title of our messages like “Campaign news for July”, but be able to change it. To do this, add the key to the query method with the name of our element:

/** * Query data. * * @return array */ public function query(): array { return [ 'subject' => date('F').' Campaign News', ]; }

Now the field with the name subject automatically fits the value from the result.

All this time, to display the screen, it was necessary to specify an explicit page in the browser, add a new item to the menu, for this in the composer file at app/Orchid/Composers/MainMenuComposer.php we add the declaration:

$this->dashboard->menu ->add(Menu::MAIN, ItemMenu::label('Email sender') ->icon('icon-envelope-letter') ->route('platform.email') ->title('Tools') );

Now our utility is displayed on the left menu and is active when visiting. Navigation can be carried out not only through transitions from the menu but also through bread crumbs, to add them to our screen you need to add a new ad in the routes/breadcrumbs.php by route name

Breadcrumbs::for('platform.email', function ($trail) { $trail->parent('platform.index'); $trail->push('Email sender'); });

Congratulations, you should now understand how the platform works! This is a very simple example, but the development process will be identical in many aspects. Now we recommend to going the Screens section to learn more about the possibilities that are in your hands.

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It will kill….and then some.

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Dan Keffeler’s winning run at the 2019 BladeSports National Championships. If you’re not familiar with Dan’s work, he also makes some impressive swords and choppers in modern high alloy tool steel.

Damn… that is an impressive blade. Notice it is not pointy which makes it totally cool in the formerly Great Britain.

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Lessons from The Art of War: Good Leaders vs. Bad Leaders

Editor’s Note: The following is adapted from The Ultimate Art of War by Antony Cummins, in which the author offers a fresh translation as well as a distillation and commentary of Sun Tzu’s teachings. The excerpt below provides a short summary of the qualities that Sun Tzu thought made up bad leaders versus good leaders. 

The Qualities of a Bad Leader

Sun Tzu lists the following five characteristics that, if found to dominate a leader’s personality, will bring the downfall of that leader’s army:

1. Recklessness. Leaders who move forward to fight at every opportunity and see all situations as reason for a battle will get their army killed in the end.

2. Over-Cautiousness. Leaders who always avoid fights, look for the way out and are preoccupied by a wish to return home safely will end up being cornered and captured, because the enemy will find a way to chase them into a trap.

3. Hot-Headedness. Leaders who are easily angered can be provoked into declaring war without a plan in place.

4. Vanity. Leaders who have a high self-esteem and a desire to preserve their noble reputation at all costs can be manipulated through character assassination and slander.

5. Excessive Compassion. Leaders who care too much about the welfare of their people can lose sight of their objectives. Hard as it may sound, you have to be prepared to accept a certain amount of collateral damage in a campaign. If the enemy suspects that you are trying to avoid incurring any casualties whatsoever, they may try to manipulate you by targeting civilians knowing that this will throw you into confusion.

The above five characteristics exist in all humans, but none of them should be dominant. Do not let your personality become an obvious target for the enemy.

War Tip: Do not be too quick to battle or too quick to retreat. Do not anger in haste or place too much importance on your personal honor. Learn to accept that there will be casualties in war.

The Qualities of a Good Leader

Sun Tzu [says] that an army must be commanded by a single person who makes each soldier feel as if they were being led personally by the hand. This is how to make the army work as one.

The perfect leader will have the following qualities:

1. Calmness. A good leader is neither angry nor forceful. “Power” is not “force” and an army cannot be kept together for long through intimidation. Therefore, remain calm most of the time and only show your teeth when it is really necessary.

2. Unpredictability. Do not make the obvious move, and avoid leaving a pattern in your past activities. The enemy should not be able to identify what you will do in the future from what you did in the past. Do not take predictable routes, change your camp position . . . keep the enemy guessing.

3. Inscrutability. You also need to be unreadable, so that even if an enemy spy succeeds in infiltrating your camp and observes you from close quarters they still cannot read your thoughts.

4. Self-Discipline. There is a difference between obedience, discipline, and self-discipline. Many people are obedient, some have discipline forced upon them, but few are self-disciplined. While others rest and relax, the good leader works and only rests when it is the correct time.

5. Secrecy. There is a delicate balance between keeping plans secret and involving your command team. Too much secrecy and the command team will be alienated; too little and plans will be leaked. It appears Sun Tzu prefers more secrecy and to keep his command team loyal in other ways.

6. Leading By Example. Always be there with your troops (but maybe not always at the front), be observable, and earn the respect of the soldiers by sharing their hardships. Sun Tzu uses various images here to back up his point that the commander is “with the troops.” The first image he gives is of the commander leading the troops up a ladder that is then kicked away, allowing for no return. Alternatively, the army is represented as a great herd of animals moving as one with the leader in the center directing them all in a way that cannot be predicted from the outside. Be with the troops in all dangerous situations, but remain unknown to the enemy.

7. Responsibility. As leader you must confidently assume responsibility for the whole force. Be at the center of everything and use your troops in the most efficient way with the best results.

War Tip: A perfect leader is calm, unpredictable, unreadable, self-disciplined, discreet, is in the thick of it with the troops and is in total command from the center.

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Taken from The Ultimate Art of War, text copyright © Antony Cummins, Watkins Media 2019.

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How Rubber Balls Are Made

How Rubber Balls Are Made

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Ever wonder how they make basketballs or other bouncy rubber balls? It’s not as simple as just blowing up a rubber balloon. Science Channel’s How It’s Made visited a ball factory to walk us through the fascinating process, which includes making an inflatable bladder, then wrapping it in nylon thread and a segmented rubber skin.

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80s/90s Commercial Mix

80s/90s Commercial Mix

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If you grew up any time in the 1980s or early 1990s, you’ll appreciate this epic compilation of commercials from the era. K. Huntington dug up many of these clips from old Betamax tapes a few years back. Even if you don’t have four hours to kill, it’s worth skipping around a bit to check out some random retro goodness.

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Dark Empire: Episode 1

Dark Empire: Episode 1

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The first episode of animator Ian WilkinsStar Wars fan series is here, and it’s every bit as good as we hoped it would be. Many years after the fall of Vader and the Emperor at Endor, remaining members of the Rebel Alliance must once again defend against the Empire as they regain strength against the New Republic.

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bumbummen99/shoppingcart

LaravelShoppingcart

Build Status codecov StyleCI Total Downloads Latest Stable Version Latest Unstable Version License

This is a fork of Crisane’s LaravelShoppingcart extended with minor features compatible with Laravel 6.

Installation

Install the package through Composer.

Run the Composer require command from the Terminal:

composer require bumbummen99/shoppingcart 

Now you’re ready to start using the shoppingcart in your application.

As of version 2 of this package it’s possibly to use dependency injection to inject an instance of the Cart class into your controller or other class

Overview

Look at one of the following topics to learn more about LaravelShoppingcart

Usage

The shoppingcart gives you the following methods to use:

Cart::add()

Adding an item to the cart is really simple, you just use the add() method, which accepts a variety of parameters.

In its most basic form you can specify the id, name, quantity, price and weight of the product you’d like to add to the cart.

Cart::add('293ad', 'Product 1', 1, 9.99, 550);

As an optional fifth parameter you can pass it options, so you can add multiple items with the same id, but with (for instance) a different size.

Cart::add('293ad', 'Product 1', 1, 9.99, 550, ['size' => 'large']);

The add() method will return an CartItem instance of the item you just added to the cart.

Maybe you prefer to add the item using an array? As long as the array contains the required keys, you can pass it to the method. The options key is optional.

Cart::add(['id' => '293ad', 'name' => 'Product 1', 'qty' => 1, 'price' => 9.99, 'weight' => 550, 'options' => ['size' => 'large']]);

New in version 2 of the package is the possibility to work with the Buyable interface. The way this works is that you have a model implement the Buyable interface, which will make you implement a few methods so the package knows how to get the id, name and price from your model. This way you can just pass the add() method a model and the quantity and it will automatically add it to the cart.

As an added bonus it will automatically associate the model with the CartItem

Cart::add($product, 1, ['size' => 'large']);

As an optional third parameter you can add options.

Cart::add($product, 1, ['size' => 'large']);

Finally, you can also add multipe items to the cart at once. You can just pass the add() method an array of arrays, or an array of Buyables and they will be added to the cart.

When adding multiple items to the cart, the add() method will return an array of CartItems.

Cart::add([  ['id' => '293ad', 'name' => 'Product 1', 'qty' => 1, 'price' => 10.00, 'weight' => 550],  ['id' => '4832k', 'name' => 'Product 2', 'qty' => 1, 'price' => 10.00, 'weight' => 550, 'options' => ['size' => 'large']] ]);  Cart::add([$product1, $product2]); 

Cart::update()

To update an item in the cart, you’ll first need the rowId of the item. Next you can use the update() method to update it.

If you simply want to update the quantity, you’ll pass the update method the rowId and the new quantity:

$rowId = 'da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709';  Cart::update($rowId, 2); // Will update the quantity

If you want to update more attributes of the item, you can either pass the update method an array or a Buyable as the second parameter. This way you can update all information of the item with the given rowId.

Cart::update($rowId, ['name' => 'Product 1']); // Will update the name  Cart::update($rowId, $product); // Will update the id, name and price 

Cart::remove()

To remove an item for the cart, you’ll again need the rowId. This rowId you simply pass to the remove() method and it will remove the item from the cart.

$rowId = 'da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709';  Cart::remove($rowId);

Cart::get()

If you want to get an item from the cart using its rowId, you can simply call the get() method on the cart and pass it the rowId.

$rowId = 'da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709';  Cart::get($rowId);

Cart::content()

Of course you also want to get the carts content. This is where you’ll use the content method. This method will return a Collection of CartItems which you can iterate over and show the content to your customers.

This method will return the content of the current cart instance, if you want the content of another instance, simply chain the calls.

Cart::instance('wishlist')->content();

Cart::destroy()

If you want to completely remove the content of a cart, you can call the destroy method on the cart. This will remove all CartItems from the cart for the current cart instance.

Cart::weight()

The weight() method can be used to get the weight total of all items in the cart, given there weight and quantity.

The method will automatically format the result, which you can tweak using the three optional parameters

Cart::weight($decimals, $decimalSeperator, $thousandSeperator);

You can set the default number format in the config file.

If you’re not using the Facade, but use dependency injection in your (for instance) Controller, you can also simply get the total property $cart->weight

Cart::total()

The total() method can be used to get the calculated total of all items in the cart, given there price and quantity.

The method will automatically format the result, which you can tweak using the three optional parameters

Cart::total($decimals, $decimalSeparator, $thousandSeparator);

You can set the default number format in the config file.

If you’re not using the Facade, but use dependency injection in your (for instance) Controller, you can also simply get the total property $cart->total

Cart::tax()

The tax() method can be used to get the calculated amount of tax for all items in the cart, given there price and quantity.

The method will automatically format the result, which you can tweak using the three optional parameters

Cart::tax($decimals, $decimalSeparator, $thousandSeparator);

You can set the default number format in the config file.

If you’re not using the Facade, but use dependency injection in your (for instance) Controller, you can also simply get the tax property $cart->tax

Cart::subtotal()

The subtotal() method can be used to get the total of all items in the cart, minus the total amount of tax.

The method will automatically format the result, which you can tweak using the three optional parameters

Cart::subtotal($decimals, $decimalSeparator, $thousandSeparator);

You can set the default number format in the config file.

If you’re not using the Facade, but use dependency injection in your (for instance) Controller, you can also simply get the subtotal property $cart->subtotal

Cart::discount()

The discount() method can be used to get the total discount of all items in the cart.

The method will automatically format the result, which you can tweak using the three optional parameters

Cart::discount($decimals, $decimalSeparator, $thousandSeparator);

You can set the default number format in the config file.

If you’re not using the Facade, but use dependency injection in your (for instance) Controller, you can also simply get the subtotal property $cart->discount

Cart::initial()

The initial() method can be used to get the total price of all items in the cart before discount.

The method will automatically format the result, which you can tweak using the three optional parameters

Cart::initial($decimals, $decimalSeparator, $thousandSeparator);

You can set the default number format in the config file.

If you’re not using the Facade, but use dependency injection in your (for instance) Controller, you can also simply get the subtotal property $cart->initial

Cart::count()

If you want to know how many items there are in your cart, you can use the count() method. This method will return the total number of items in the cart. So if you’ve added 2 books and 1 shirt, it will return 3 items.

Cart::count(); $cart->count();

Cart::search()

To find an item in the cart, you can use the search() method.

This method was changed on version 2

Behind the scenes, the method simply uses the filter method of the Laravel Collection class. This means you must pass it a Closure in which you’ll specify you search terms.

If you for instance want to find all items with an id of 1:

$cart->search(function ($cartItem, $rowId) {  return $cartItem->id === 1; });

As you can see the Closure will receive two parameters. The first is the CartItem to perform the check against. The second parameter is the rowId of this CartItem.

The method will return a Collection containing all CartItems that where found

This way of searching gives you total control over the search process and gives you the ability to create very precise and specific searches.

Cart::setTax($rowId, $taxRate)

You can use the setTax() method to change the tax rate that applies to the CartItem. This will overwrite the value set in the config file.

Cart::setTax($rowId, 21); $cart->setTax($rowId, 21);

Cart::setGlobalTax($taxRate)

You can use the setGlobalTax() method to change the tax rate for all items in the cart. New items will receive the setGlobalTax as well.

Cart::setGlobalTax(21); $cart->setGlobalTax(21);

Cart::setGlobalDiscount($discountRate)

You can use the setGlobalDiscount() method to change the discount rate for all items in the cart. New items will receive the discount as well.

Cart::setGlobalDiscount(50); $cart->setGlobalDiscount(50);

Cart::setDiscount($rowId, $taxRate)

You can use the setDiscount() method to change the discount rate that applies a CartItem. Keep in mind that this value will be changed if you set the global discount for the Cart afterwards.

Cart::setDiscount($rowId, 21); $cart->setDiscount($rowId, 21);

Buyable

For the convenience of faster adding items to cart and their automatic association, your model has to implement the Buyable interface. You can use the CanBeBought trait to implement the required methods but keep in mind that these will use predefined fields on your model for the required values.

<?php namespace App\Models;  use Gloudemans\Shoppingcart\Contracts\Buyable; use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;  class Product extends Model implements Buyable {  use Gloudemans\Shoppingcart\CanBeBought; }

If the trait does not work for on the model or you wan’t to map the fields manually the model has to implement the Buyable interface methods. To do so, it must implement such functions:

 public function getBuyableIdentifier(){  return $this->id;  }  public function getBuyableDescription(){  return $this->name;  }  public function getBuyablePrice(){  return $this->price;  }  public function getBuyableWeight(){  return $this->weight;  }

Example:

<?php namespace App\Models;  use Gloudemans\Shoppingcart\Contracts\Buyable; use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;  class Product extends Model implements Buyable {  public function getBuyableIdentifier($options = null) {  return $this->id;  }  public function getBuyableDescription($options = null) {  return $this->name;  }  public function getBuyablePrice($options = null) {  return $this->price;  } }

Collections

On multiple instances the Cart will return to you a Collection. This is just a simple Laravel Collection, so all methods you can call on a Laravel Collection are also available on the result.

As an example, you can quicky get the number of unique products in a cart:

Cart::content()->count();

Or you can group the content by the id of the products:

Cart::content()->groupBy('id');

Instances

The packages supports multiple instances of the cart. The way this works is like this:

You can set the current instance of the cart by calling Cart::instance('newInstance'). From this moment, the active instance of the cart will be newInstance, so when you add, remove or get the content of the cart, you’re work with the newInstance instance of the cart. If you want to switch instances, you just call Cart::instance('otherInstance') again, and you’re working with the otherInstance again.

So a little example:

Cart::instance('shopping')->add('192ao12', 'Product 1', 1, 9.99, 550);  // Get the content of the 'shopping' cart Cart::content();  Cart::instance('wishlist')->add('sdjk922', 'Product 2', 1, 19.95, 550, ['size' => 'medium']);  // Get the content of the 'wishlist' cart Cart::content();  // If you want to get the content of the 'shopping' cart again Cart::instance('shopping')->content();  // And the count of the 'wishlist' cart again Cart::instance('wishlist')->count();

You can also use the InstanceIdentifier Contract to extend a desired Model to assign / create a Cart instance for it. This also allows to directly set the global discount.

<?php namespace App; ... use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable; use Gloudemans\Shoppingcart\Contracts\InstanceIdentifier; class User extends Authenticatable implements InstanceIdentifier { ... /** * Get the unique identifier to load the Cart from * * @return int|string */ public function getInstanceIdentifier($options = null) { return $this->email; } /** * Get the unique identifier to load the Cart from * * @return int|string */ public function getInstanceGlobalDiscount($options = null) { return $this->discountRate ?: 0; } } // Inside Controller $user = \Auth::user(); $cart = Cart::instance($user); 

N.B. Keep in mind that the cart stays in the last set instance for as long as you don’t set a different one during script execution.

N.B.2 The default cart instance is called default, so when you’re not using instances,Cart::content(); is the same as Cart::instance('default')->content().

Models

Because it can be very convenient to be able to directly access a model from a CartItem is it possible to associate a model with the items in the cart. Let’s say you have a Product model in your application. With the associate() method, you can tell the cart that an item in the cart, is associated to the Product model.

That way you can access your model right from the CartItem!

The model can be accessed via the model property on the CartItem.

If your model implements the Buyable interface and you used your model to add the item to the cart, it will associate automatically.

Here is an example:

 // First we'll add the item to the cart. $cartItem = Cart::add('293ad', 'Product 1', 1, 9.99, 550, ['size' => 'large']);  // Next we associate a model with the item. Cart::associate($cartItem->rowId, 'Product');  // Or even easier, call the associate method on the CartItem! $cartItem->associate('Product');  // You can even make it a one-liner Cart::add('293ad', 'Product 1', 1, 9.99, 550, ['size' => 'large'])->associate('Product');  // Now, when iterating over the content of the cart, you can access the model. foreach(Cart::content() as $row) {  echo 'You have ' . $row->qty . ' items of ' . $row->model->name . ' with description: "' . $row->model->description . '" in your cart.'; }

Database

Configuration

To save cart into the database so you can retrieve it later, the package needs to know which database connection to use and what the name of the table is. By default the package will use the default database connection and use a table named shoppingcart. If you want to change these options, you’ll have to publish the config file.

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Gloudemans\Shoppingcart\ShoppingcartServiceProvider" --tag="config" 

This will give you a cart.php config file in which you can make the changes.

To make your life easy, the package also includes a ready to use migration which you can publish by running:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Gloudemans\Shoppingcart\ShoppingcartServiceProvider" --tag="migrations" 

This will place a shoppingcart table’s migration file into database/migrations directory. Now all you have to do is run php artisan migrate to migrate your database.

Storing the cart

To store your cart instance into the database, you have to call the store($identifier) method. Where $identifier is a random key, for instance the id or username of the user.

Cart::store('username'); // To store a cart instance named 'wishlist' Cart::instance('wishlist')->store('username'); 

Restoring the cart

If you want to retrieve the cart from the database and restore it, all you have to do is call the restore($identifier) where $identifier is the key you specified for the store method.

Cart::restore('username'); // To restore a cart instance named 'wishlist' Cart::instance('wishlist')->restore('username'); 

Merge the cart

If you want to merge the cart with another one from the database, all you have to do is call the merge($identifier) where $identifier is the key you specified for the store method. You can also define if you want to keep the discount and tax rates of the items.

// Merge the contents of 'savedcart' into 'username'. Cart::instance('username')->merge('savedcart', $keepDiscount, $keepTaxrate); 

Exceptions

The Cart package will throw exceptions if something goes wrong. This way it’s easier to debug your code using the Cart package or to handle the error based on the type of exceptions. The Cart packages can throw the following exceptions:

Exception Reason
CartAlreadyStoredException When trying to store a cart that was already stored using the specified identifier
InvalidRowIDException When the rowId that got passed doesn’t exists in the current cart instance
UnknownModelException When you try to associate an none existing model to a CartItem.

Events

The cart also has events build in. There are five events available for you to listen for.

Event Fired Parameter
cart.added When an item was added to the cart. The CartItem that was added.
cart.updated When an item in the cart was updated. The CartItem that was updated.
cart.removed When an item is removed from the cart. The CartItem that was removed.
cart.stored When the content of a cart was stored.
cart.restored When the content of a cart was restored.

Example

Below is a little example of how to list the cart content in a table:

 // Add some items in your Controller. Cart::add('192ao12', 'Product 1', 1, 9.99); Cart::add('1239ad0', 'Product 2', 2, 5.95, ['size' => 'large']);  // Display the content in a View. <table>  <thead>  <tr>  <th>Product</th>  <th>Qty</th>  <th>Price</th>  <th>Subtotal</th>  </tr>  </thead>   <tbody>   <?php foreach(Cart::content() as $row) :?> <tr> <td> <p><strong><?php echo $row->name; ?></strong></p> <p><?php echo ($row->options->has('size') ? $row->options->size : ''); ?></p> </td> <td><input type="text" value="<?php echo $row->qty; ?>"></td> <td>$<?php echo $row->price; ?></td> <td>$<?php echo $row->total; ?></td> </tr> <?php endforeach;?> </tbody> <tfoot> <tr> <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td> <td>Subtotal</td> <td><?php echo Cart::subtotal(); ?></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td> <td>Tax</td> <td><?php echo Cart::tax(); ?></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td> <td>Total</td> <td><?php echo Cart::total(); ?></td> </tr> </tfoot> </table>

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Metatags

Metatags

A Laravel package to fetch all metadata of a webpage.

Installation

Perform the following operations in order to use this package

  • Run composer require "mobiosolutions/metatags" in your terminal

  • Add Service Provider Open config/app.php and add mobiosolutions\metatags\Providers\MetatagsProvider::class, to the end of providers array:

    'providers' => array( .... mobiosolutions\metatags\Providers\MetatagsProvider::class, ), 

    Next under the aliases array:

    'aliases' => array( .... 'Metatags' => mobiosolutions\metatags\Facades\MetatagsFacade::class ), 

Requirements

  • You need to install the DOM extension.

How to use

  • After following the above steps,

    // Add to your controller to get all metatags data use Metatags; $metadata = Metatags::get("https://example.com/"); print_r($metadata); 

    Get only OG ( Open Graph ) Metatages data

    $getOGTags = true; $metadata = Metatags::get("https://example.com/",$getOGTags); OR $metadata = Metatags::get("https://example.com/",true); print_r($metadata); 

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