🔥 #Laravel Tip - If you are updating a record and want to update the timestamp of the parent you can add a touches property to your child model containing the names of the relationships that should have their updated_at timestamp updated when the child model is updated:

🔥#Laravel #Eloquent Tip: You may not always need every column from the relationships you are retrieving. For this reason, Eloquent allows you to specify which columns of the relationship you would like to retrieve. 🔗 https://t.co/RZYbV13yac #Laravel #Code #PHP

🌶️ #Laravel tip: Eloquent 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱() finds a model by its primary key. It can also find a Collection of Models by their primary keys ⚡️ 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗿::𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱([1,2,3]) Let's see some examples 👀 #PHP #Developers #100daysofcodechallenge

Laravel tip: Use the "{action}_at" naming convention for your DATETIME and TIMESTAMP fields. This helps you to instantly recognise in your code when you're using a datetime field 😄 #laravel #php

🔥 #Laravel Tip: Consider refactoring plain PHP procedural code to use Collections instead. It’s a great way to clean up your code and makes it much easier to understand.

Laravel tip of the day: you probably know the Eloquent "when" statement to avoid if-else conditions. But did you know it has another parameter, a "fallback" function, which could be translated as "when not" or "else"? See example.

💡This is a simple service class. It helps you: - Simplifying your overcomplicated controllers - Extracting out reusable code They can be really useful in smaller projects. 🧵Keep Reading

🔥 #Laravel Eloquent Tip - You can use "as" in Eloquent Query Builder to return any column with a new name, exactly like in a regular SQL query.

🌶️ #Laravel tip: When you want to paginate your data results & only show "Next" and "Previous" buttons, you can opt for "simplePaginate()" instead of "paginate()" method. In this case, simplePaginate() is more efficient 👍 #PHP #Developers #100Devs