While parameterized queries are the preferred method, sole() adds an extra layer of protection when using raw queries, especially when only one record should match.
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Migrating Pinkary from Laravel Forge to Laravel Cloud
A practical engineering write-up on moving Pinkary from Laravel Forge to Laravel Cloud. It walks through the real migration issues they hit, including SQLite to MySQL differences, query rewrites, and storage assumptions in the codebase. Read more…