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Laravel's Route "Model" Binding

Part 5 - The Hidden Parts of Laravel
13 Minutes Read

A source-driven walkthrough of how Laravel resolves route parameters into model instances, covering the UrlRoutable interface and implicit binding customization.

laravel
models
eloquent
routing
route-parameters
laravel/laravel
>= 12.41.0

Manual Service Resolution in Laravel

Part 4 - The Hidden Parts of Laravel
14 Minutes Read

An examination of the various methods for manually resolving services from Laravel's service container, with recommendations on which to use.

laravel
service-container
service-locator

Laravel Middleware Priority

Part 3 - The Hidden Parts of Laravel
7 Minutes Read

An exploration of Laravel's undocumented middleware priority feature that controls execution order when multiple middleware pieces apply to a route.

laravel
middleware
undocumented

Decorating Services in Laravel

Part 2 - The Hidden Parts of Laravel
5 Minutes Read

How to use Laravel's undocumented extend method to add functionality to existing services without modifying their code.

laravel
design-patterns
decorator
dependency-injection
service-container
undocumented

Introducing the Request-derived Context Pattern

20 Minutes Read

Defining the Request-derived Context Pattern, an architectural approach for extracting and managing contextual information from HTTP requests.