Code Examples of polymorphic relationships (13)

Polymorphic relationships are used when there may be multiple models related to one particular model, with the potential to have even more models in the future.
For example, Tags may be related to Articles, or to Photos, or maybe in the future to Users, or to Comments, etc. So, to avoid changing the database structure for those new models, you define a Polymorphic relationship, and re-use it for all current/future models, just by changing the Model classes code, but not the database itself.
Read more in the official Laravel docs.

BookStackApp/BookStack
- 17388
- Aug 2015
- Sep 2025
Files in the example
- app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
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laravelio/laravel.io
- 2480
- May 2016
- Sep 2025
Files in the example
- app/Models/Tag.php
- app/Helpers/HasTags.php
- app/Models/Thread.php
- app/Helpers/HasLikes.php
- app/Models/Article.php
- app/Jobs/CreateArticle.php
- app/Jobs/LikeArticle.php
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serversideup/financial-freedom
- 2389
- Mar 2021
- Aug 2025
Files in the example
- app/Models/Transactions/Transaction.php
- app/Services/Transactions/AddTransaction.php
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guillaumebriday/laravel-blog
- 1793
- Dec 2016
- Oct 2024
Files in the example
- database/migrations/2017_11_15_003340_create_likes_table.php
- app/Models/Like.php
- app/Models/Post.php
- app/Concern/Likeable.php
- app/Http/Controllers/Api/V1/PostLikeController.php
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pelican-dev/panel
- 1583
- Mar 2024
- Sep 2025
Files in the example
- database/migrations/2025_05_01_193002_move_to_mountables.php
- app/Models/Mount.php
- app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
- app/Models/Server.php
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beromir/Servas
- 712
- May 2022
- Jul 2025
Files in the example
- app/Models/Group.php
- app/Models/Link.php
- app/Http/Controllers/LinkController.php
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Azuriom/Azuriom
- 695
- Jan 2020
- Aug 2025
Files in the example
- database/migrations/2020_06_30_000000_create_attachments_table.php
- app/Models/Attachment.php
- app/Models/Traits/Attachable.php
- app/Http/Controllers/Admin/PageAttachmentController.php
- app/Models/Page.php
- app/Models/Post.php
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nafiesl/free-pmo
- 453
- Nov 2017
- Oct 2023
Files in the example
- app/Entities/Projects/Project.php
- app/Entities/Projects/Issue.php
- app/Http/Controllers/Projects/CommentsController.php
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academico-sis/academico
- 336
- Dec 2018
- Apr 2025
Files in the example
- database/migrations/2018_12_20_142237_create_comments_table.php
- app/Models/Comment.php
- app/Http/Controllers/CommentController.php
- resources/views/students/show.blade.php
- resources/js/components/StudentCommentComponent.vue
- app/Models/Student.php
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tighten/onramp
- 161
- Jul 2019
- Sep 2025
Files in the example
- app/Models/Module.php
- app/Models/User.php
- app/Models/Completion.php
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MdMostaFizurRahaman/ecommerce
- 29
- May 2022
- Sep 2022
Files in the example
- database/migrations/2021_10_30_003131_create_addresses_table.php
- app/Models/Address.php
- app/Traits/InteractsWithAddress.php
- app/Traits/CreateCustomer.php
- app/Traits/InteractsWithOrder.php
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idanieldrew/redact
- 19
- Feb 2022
- Oct 2023
Files in the example
- Modules/Media/Models/Media.php
- Modules/Media/Database/Migrations/2022_04_28_092229_create_media_table.php
- Modules/Category/Models/Category.php
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JuanDMeGon/Laravel-from-Scratch
- 17
- Apr 2020
- Mar 2021
Files in the example
- app/Cart.php
- app/Product.php
- app/Http/Controllers/OrderController.php
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