Questions & Answers

Route model binding automatically resolves route parameters into model instances.

Eloquent is Laravel ORM for working with database records using PHP models.

A one-to-many relationship connects one parent model with multiple child records.

belongsTo defines the inverse side of a relationship where the current model belongs to another model.

Eager loading loads related records together with the primary query.

N+1 occurs when one query loads parent records and an additional query is executed for each parent relationship.

The fillable property defines which model attributes may be assigned using mass assignment.

Attribute casting converts selected model attributes into useful PHP data types or structures.

Accessors transform model attributes when reading them and mutators transform values when setting them.

Local scopes allow reusable query constraints to be defined inside an Eloquent model.

Laravel pagination limits large result sets and generates navigation links.

API Resources transform Eloquent models into controlled JSON representations.