laravel-patterns

Laravel 13 Patterns

When to Use

Use this skill when building Laravel 13 applications to ensure consistent, maintainable architecture. It covers the full spectrum of Laravel patterns: from attribute-driven models and modular structure to Actions, Services, DTOs, Eloquent best practices, Queues, Caching, API Resources, and Event-driven design.

Laravel 13 Model Attributes

Laravel 13 introduces PHP 8 attribute-driven model configuration, replacing traditional property declarations.

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Attributes\{
    Table, Fillable, Hidden, Casts, Connection,
    Tries, Timeout, MaxExceptions, ScopedBy
};
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

#[Table('users', key: 'user_id')]
#[Fillable(['name', 'email', 'password'])]
#[Hidden(['password', 'remember_token'])]
#[Casts([
    'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
    'is_admin' => 'boolean',
    'settings' => 'array',
])]
#[Connection('mysql')]
class User extends Model
{
    public function posts(): HasMany
    {
        return $this->hasMany(Post::class);
    }
}

Queue Job Attributes

Queue jobs also use attributes instead of property declarations:

use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use Illuminate\Queue\Attributes\{
    Connection, Tries, Timeout, MaxExceptions, Backoff
};

#[Connection('redis')]
#[Tries(5)]
#[Timeout(120)]
#[MaxExceptions(3)]
#[Backoff(30)]
class ProcessPodcast implements ShouldQueue
{
    public function handle(): void
    {
        // ...
    }
}

Console Command Attributes

use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Attribute\AsCommand;

#[AsCommand('mail:send {user}')]
class MailSend extends Command
{
    public function handle(): void
    {
        $this->info('Sent!');
    }
}

Modular/Domain Structure

Organize by feature, not by type. Each domain is self-contained.

app/
  Modules/
    User/
      Actions/
        CreateUserAction.php
        UpdateUserAction.php
        DeleteUserAction.php
      DTOs/
        CreateUserDTO.php
        UpdateUserDTO.php
      Models/
        User.php
        UserProfile.php
      Policies/
        UserPolicy.php
      Resources/
        UserResource.php
        UserCollection.php
      Controllers/
        UserController.php
      Requests/
        StoreUserRequest.php
        UpdateUserRequest.php
      Tests/
        CreateUserTest.php
        UpdateUserTest.php
    Order/
      Actions/
        PlaceOrderAction.php
        CancelOrderAction.php
      DTOs/
        PlaceOrderDTO.php
      Models/
        Order.php
        OrderItem.php
      Enums/
        OrderStatus.php
      Events/
        OrderPlaced.php
      Listeners/
        SendOrderConfirmation.php