Sometimes, no matter how senior you are, little issues like this can humble you. I recently faced a confusing issue where I was expecting a relationship to give me a User object, but instead, it just gave me a number! After two days of scratching my head, I finally figured out what went wrong.
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Eloquent Query Classes Pattern
Learn how to use Eloquent Query Classes to organize important database logic in Laravel without adding a full repository layer. Read more