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Quick Tip

Force query without $fillable/$guarded

If you create a Laravel boilerplate as a "starter" for other devs, and you're not in control of what THEY would later fill in Model's $fillable/$guarded, you may use forceFill()

$team->update(['name' => $request->name])

What if "name" is not in Team model's $fillable? Or what if there's no $fillable/$guarded at all?

$team->forceFill(['name' => $request->name])

This will "ignore" the $fillable for that one query and will execute no matter what.

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