Laravel Eloquent Getting Started Guide PDF

Eloquent: Getting Started Introduction Laravel includes Eloquent, an object-relational mapper (ORM) that makes it enjoyable to interact with your database. When using Eloquent, each database table has a corresponding "Model" that is used to interact with that table. In addition to retrieving r...

Eloquent: Getting Started Introduction Laravel includes Eloquent, an object-relational mapper (ORM) that makes it enjoyable to interact with your database. When using Eloquent, each database table has a corresponding "Model" that is used to interact with that table. In addition to retrieving records from the database table, Eloquent models allow you to insert, update, and delete records from the table as well. Before getting started, be sure to configure a database connection in your application's config/database.php configuration file. For more information on configuring your database, check out the database configuration documentation. Laravel Bootcamp If you're new to Laravel, feel free to jump into the Laravel Bootcamp. The Laravel Bootcamp will walk you through building your first Laravel application using Eloquent. It's a great way to get a tour of everything that Laravel and Eloquent have to offer. Generating Model Classes To get started, let's create an Eloquent model. Models typically live in the app\Models directory and extend the Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model class. You may use the make:model Artisan command to generate a new model: php artisan make:model Flight If you would like to generate a database migration when you generate the model, you may use the --migration or -m option: php artisan make:model Flight --migration You may generate various other types of classes when generating a model, such as factories, seeders, policies, controllers, and form requests. In addition, these options may be combined to create multiple classes at once: # Generate a model and a FlightFactory class... php artisan make:model Flight --factory php artisan make:model Flight -f # Generate a model and a FlightSeeder class... php artisan make:model Flight --seed php artisan make:model Flight -s # Generate a model and a FlightController class... php artisan make:model Flight --controller php artisan make:model Flight -c # Generate a model, FlightController resource class, and form request classes... php artisan make:model Flight --controller --resource --requests php artisan make:model Flight -crR # Generate a model and a FlightPolicy class... php artisan make:model Flight --policy # Generate a model and a migration, factory, seeder, and controller... php artisan make:model Flight -mfsc # Shortcut to generate a model, migration, factory, seeder, policy, controller, and form requests... php artisan make:model Flight --all php artisan make:model Flight -a # Generate a pivot model... php artisan make:model Member --pivot php artisan make:model Member -p Inspecting Models Sometimes it can be difficult to determine all of a model's available attributes and relationships just by skimming its code. Instead, try the model:show Artisan command, which provides a convenient overview of all the model's attributes and relations: php artisan model:show Flight Eloquent Model Conventions Models generated by the make:model command will be placed in the app/Models directory. Let's examine a basic model class and discuss some of Eloquent's key conventions: