01 - BelongsTo vs BelongsToMany vs Polymorphic: 3 Examples
29 - Polymorphic Relations: Explained with Example
Polymorphic relations are challenging to understand at first glance. So, the best way to explain it is with examples
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Laravel: BelongsTo vs Polymorphic? Let's Test!
I get a lot of questions about database structure, and in this video I will practically test two different DB structures and we will try to see which is better: belongsTo with three columns, or polymorphic relations?
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Eloquent Polymorphic Relations: Properly Explained
Polymorphic relations are one of the most difficult concept to understand for junior developers, and I tried to do it with a real-life example.
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Polymorphic Relations in Laravel: 8 Open-Source Practical Examples
Polymorphic relationships are one of the most complex relationships in Laravel. In this post, let's examine eight examples from Laravel open-source projects and how they use them.
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Laravel: BelongsToMany or Polymorphic Relations? Practical example.
When structuring a database, similar relationships may repeat, like a Task may be assigned to a User, User Group, or User Role. Is it worth thinking about polymorphic? In this example, let's compare the performance and convenience to use.
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Laravel Polymorphic Many-To-Many: Get All Related Records
In Laravel's many-to-many polymorphic relations, there is a situation where you can't get ALL records of different models by their "parent" record. Let me explain, and show the potential solution.
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BelongsToMany vs Polymorphic: Performance Benchmark
In Laravel Eloquent, polymorphic structure is probably slower for queries. But by how much? Let's measure.
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Laravel Polymorphic: ***able Suffix - Change/Skip It?
I want to share my recent discovery, maybe it will be news to some of you as well.
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Laravel.io Portal: Polymorphic Relations Example
A great example of reusable polymorphic relations is an open-source portal Laravel.io, let's take a look at its structure.
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laravelio/laravel.io
laravelio/laravel.io
Files in the example:
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app/Models/Tag.php
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app/Helpers/HasTags.php
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app/Models/Thread.php
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app/Helpers/HasLikes.php
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app/Models/Article.php
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app/Jobs/CreateArticle.php
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app/Jobs/LikeArticle.php
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guillaumebriday/laravel-blog
guillaumebriday/laravel-blog
Files in the example:
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database/migrations/2017_11_15_003340_create_likes_table.php
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app/Models/Like.php
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app/Models/Post.php
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app/Concern/Likeable.php
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app/Http/Controllers/Api/V1/PostLikeController.php
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tighten/onramp
tighten/onramp
Files in the example:
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app/Models/Module.php
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app/Models/User.php
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app/Models/Completion.php
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JuanDMeGon/Laravel-from-Scratch
JuanDMeGon/Laravel-from-Scratch
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app/Cart.php
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app/Product.php
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app/Http/Controllers/OrderController.php
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academico-sis/academico
academico-sis/academico
Files in the example:
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database/migrations/2018_12_20_142237_create_comments_table.php
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app/Models/Comment.php
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app/Http/Controllers/CommentController.php
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resources/views/students/show.blade.php
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resources/js/components/StudentCommentComponent.vue
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app/Models/Student.php
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serversideup/financial-freedom
serversideup/financial-freedom
Files in the example:
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app/Models/Transactions/Transaction.php
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app/Services/Transactions/AddTransaction.php
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BookStackApp/BookStack
BookStackApp/BookStack
Files in the example:
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app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
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nafiesl/free-pmo
nafiesl/free-pmo
Files in the example:
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app/Entities/Projects/Project.php
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app/Entities/Projects/Issue.php
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app/Http/Controllers/Projects/CommentsController.php
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MdMostaFizurRahaman/ecommerce
MdMostaFizurRahaman/ecommerce
Files in the example:
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database/migrations/2021_10_30_003131_create_addresses_table.php
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app/Models/Address.php
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app/Traits/InteractsWithAddress.php
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app/Traits/CreateCustomer.php
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app/Traits/InteractsWithOrder.php
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idanieldrew/redact
idanieldrew/redact
Files in the example:
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Modules/Media/Models/Media.php
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Modules/Media/Database/Migrations/2022_04_28_092229_create_media_table.php
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Modules/Category/Models/Category.php