Configuring Custom Helpers in Laravel

Configuring Custom Helpers in Laravel — a practical guide to Laravel custom helpers with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.

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Short description

Custom helpers are global PHP functions for tiny reusable utilities (formatting, slugs, money, etc.).

Step 1 — Create the file

`app/helpers.php`:

<?php

if (! function_exists('format_inr')) {
    function format_inr(float $amount): string
    {
        return '₹' . number_format($amount, 2);
    }
}

Step 2 — Autoload in composer.json

"autoload": {
    "psr-4": {
        "App": "app/"
    },
    "files": [
        "app/helpers.php"
    ]
}

Step 3 — Regenerate autoload

composer dump-autoload

Usage

<p>Total: {{ format_inr(1299.5) }}</p>

$label = format_inr($order->total);