laravel

Laravel Development Skill — PHP Framework Mastery

This skill provides comprehensive Laravel development patterns following convention-over-configuration principles, Eloquent-first data access, and enterprise-grade architecture.

Key Principles

• Convention over Configuration: Follow Laravel naming conventions for zero-config discovery
• Eloquent-First: Use ORM for all data access; raw SQL only for complex queries
• Validation at the Edge: Form Requests validate before reaching controllers
• Thin Controllers, Fat Models: Business logic in models and services, not controllers

Project Scaffolding

Model Creation (All-in-One)

php artisan make:model Product -crR
# Creates: Model + Controller (resource) + Form Requests + API Resource

Flag	Creates
-c	Controller
-r	Resource controller (CRUD methods)
-R	Form Requests (StoreRequest, UpdateRequest)
-m	Migration
-f	Factory
-s	Seeder

Eloquent ORM

Relationships

class User extends Model
{
    // One-to-One
    public function profile(): HasOne
    {
        return $this->hasOne(Profile::class);
    }

    // One-to-Many
    public function posts(): HasMany
    {
        return $this->hasMany(Post::class);
    }

    // Inverse: belongsTo (on the child model)
    public function author(): BelongsTo
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(User::class, 'author_id');
    }

    // Many-to-Many (pivot table)
    public function roles(): BelongsToMany
    {
        return $this->belongsToMany(Role::class)
            ->withPivot('assigned_at')
            ->withTimestamps();
    }

    // Polymorphic
    public function comments(): MorphMany
    {
        return $this->morphMany(Comment::class, 'commentable');
    }

    // Has-One-Through
    public function license(): HasOneThrough
    {
        return $this->hasOneThrough(License::class, Subscription::class);
    }
}