moai-lang-php

Create a controller extending Controller, inject a Form Request class for validation, and return an API Resource wrapping the model. The Form Request defines rules like required, email, and unique constraints, keeping validation logic out of the controller.

Eloquent is Laravel's Active Record ORM where models handle their own persistence, while Doctrine is Symfony's Data Mapper ORM separating entities from persistence logic. Eloquent favors convention and speed; Doctrine favors explicit mapping with attributes.

Yes, PHP 8.3 supports readonly classes where all properties are immutable, and backed enums with methods, constants, and match expressions. Both features are stable and production-ready for typed, predictable code.

Both work with Laravel; PHPUnit uses class-based test methods while Pest offers a functional, expectation-based syntax with less boilerplate. Pest is built on PHPUnit, so both integrate with artisan test and CI pipelines.

Stale caches or outdated autoloaders cause these errors. Run composer dump-autoload -o to rebuild the autoloader, and clear caches with php artisan config:clear, cache:clear, route:clear, and view:clear.

Use eager loading with the with() method to load relationships in a single query, and call Model::preventLazyLoading() in non-production environments to detect accidental lazy loading during development.