Helper Functions.
// Get Model from Eloquent object (controller)
$model = get_class($object); // Full path
$model = class_basename(get_class($object)); // Model name
// Get current path
// eg: foo/bar
$uri = $request->path();
// or
$uri = Request::path(); // Blade: {{ Request::path() }}
// Get current url
// eg: http://domain.com/foo/bar
$url = $request->url();
// or
$url = Request::url(); // Blade: {{ Request::url() }}
// http://easylaravel.com/check-current-url
// Debug queries
dump($query->toSql()); // Get the query string
dump($query->getBindings()); // Get the query bindings