Create new helper

1. Create a helpers.php inside app folder as like app\helpers.php
2. Open composer.json file. Add app\helpers.php inside autoload object with a file object. As like below:

   "autoload": {
   
      "files": [
   
         "app/helpers.php"
   
      ],
   
      "classmap": [
   
         "database/seeds",
   
         "database/factories"
   
      ],
   
      "psr-4": {
   
         "App\\": "app/"
   
      }
   
   },
   

3. Write your helper functions inside helpers.php as like below

   if (! function_exists('excerpt')) {
   function excerpt($string) {
   if(strlen($string)<25)
   return $string;
   else
   return substr($string, 0, 22).'...';
   }
   }

4. Run the following command:
   

       composer dumpautoload
   

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