Laravel 6.x Shift

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This pull request includes the changes for upgrading to Laravel 6.x. Feel free to commit any additional changes to the shift-21353 branch.

Before merging, you need to:

• Checkout the shift-21353 branch
• Review all pull request comments for additional changes
• Update your dependencies for Laravel 6
• Run composer update (if the scripts fail, add --no-scripts)
• Thoroughly test your application (no tests?)

If you need help with your upgrade, check out the Human Shifts. You may also join the Shifty Coders Slack workspace to level-up your Laravel skills.

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ℹ️ Laravel 6 changed the default Redis client from predis to phpredis. You may keep using predis by setting REDIS_CLIENT=predis for your environment.

However, if possible, consider switching to phpredis to gain the performance of its PHP extension and avoid using the deprecated predis dependency which will be removed in Laravel 7.0.

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ℹ️ Shift makes an effort to update your dependencies for Laravel 6. While many of the popular packages are reviewed, you may have to update additional packages or version constraints in order for your application to be compatible with Laravel 6. Watch dealing with dependencies for tips on handling package incompatibilities.

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⚠️ Laravel 6 changed several of the core contracts with new implementations and methods. You should review the Upgrade Guide for more detail on these respective changes:

• Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail

Shift found references to these contracts within:

• app/User.php

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ℹ️ Laravel 6 now requires Carbon 2. While Shift reviewed your application for common breaking changes, you may want to review the Carbon 2 migration notes for additional changes.

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ℹ️ Laravel 6 made performance optimizations for integer key types. If you are using a string as your model's primary key, you may set the $keyType property on your model.

/**
 * The "type" of the primary key ID.
 *
 * @var string
 */
protected $keyType = 'string';

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ℹ️ The mandrill and sparkpost mail drivers, as well as the rackspace storage driver were removed in Laravel 6. If you were using these drivers, you may adopt a community maintained package which provides the driver.

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ℹ️ Previous versions of Laravel would retry jobs indefinitely. Beginning with Laravel 6, the php artisan queue:work now tries a job one time by default. If you want to force jobs to be tried indefinitely, you may pass the --tries=0 option.

[laravel-shift]

🎉 Congratulations, you're now running the latest version of Laravel.

The following Shifts can ensure your app is fully upgraded and following the practices recommended by Laravel and the community:

• Laravel Linter analyzes your codebase for potential opportunities to do things "The Laravel Way".
• Laravel Fixer automates many of the suggestions found by the Linter and other Shifts.
• Upgrade Checker ensures your application is fully upgraded by detecting any outdated code.

In addition, stay upgraded forever as well as run these Shifts by subscribing to one of the new Shifty Plans.