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In this final article of our Database & Eloquent category, we'll walk through how to implement soft deletes, query soft-deleted records, and restore or permanently remove them when needed.
In this article, we'll walk through each of these features, showing how they let you keep formatting logic neatly organized directly within your models, instead of scattered throughout your controllers and views.
In this article, we'll explain the difference between lazy loading and eager loading, how the N+1 problem happens, and how to fix it using Eloquent's with() method.
In this article, we'll cover the three most common relationship types in Laravel: one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many, along with how to define and use each one.
In this article, we'll compare Eloquent and the Query Builder side by side, and walk through practical guidelines for choosing between them.
In this article, we'll introduce Eloquent's core concepts — models, basic queries, and simple CRUD operations — giving you the foundation needed before we explore more advanced Eloquent features in later articles.
In this article, we'll walk through creating factories, defining realistic fake data, and writing seeders to populate your database efficiently.
In this article, we'll cover how migrations work, how to create and run them, and how to modify existing tables as your application evolves.
In this article, we'll walk through installing MySQL (if you haven't already), creating a database, configuring your .env file correctly, and troubleshooting the most common connection issues beginners run into.
