{"id":4783,"date":"2024-09-14T07:07:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T07:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rengga.dev\/blog\/?p=4783"},"modified":"2024-09-14T07:08:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T07:08:35","slug":"starting-a-new-laravel-app-with-the-shouldbestrict-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rengga.dev\/blog\/starting-a-new-laravel-app-with-the-shouldbestrict-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting a New Laravel App with the shouldBeStrict Model"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rengga Dev<\/strong> – So you have an idea for a brand new app. You install Laravel, you’re ready to get started. What’s the first thing you should do?<\/p>\n

For me, I open up the app service provider and go down to the boot method and set the global\u00a0Model::shouldBeStrict()<\/code>:<\/p>\n

public function boot(): void\r\n{\r\n    Model::shouldBeStrict();\r\n}<\/pre>\n
With this turned on it does the following:<\/p>\n
public static function shouldBeStrict(bool $shouldBeStrict = true)\r\n{\r\n    static::preventLazyLoading($shouldBeStrict);\r\n    static::preventSilentlyDiscardingAttributes($shouldBeStrict);\r\n    static::preventAccessingMissingAttributes($shouldBeStrict);\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n
This does three things:<\/p>\n
    \n
  1. Prevents lazy loading<\/li>\n
  2. It prevents silently discarding attributes.<\/li>\n
  3. It prevents accessing missing attributes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Preventing Lazy Loading<\/h2>\n
    Here is an example of lazy loading.<\/p>\n
    $articles = \\App\\Models\\Article::get();\r\n \r\nforeach ($articles as $article) {\r\n     echo \"<li>\" . $article->user->name . \"<\/li>\\n\";\r\n}<\/pre>\n
    If you run this, it will output what you expect. However, it\u2019s lazy loading the user relationship, causing a new query for every loop.<\/p>\n
    With\u00a0shouldBeStrict<\/code>\u00a0turned on instead of running the code you\u2019ll get an error giving you instant feedback:<\/p>\n
    Attempted to lazy load [user] on model [App\\Models\\Article] but lazy loading is disabled.<\/pre>\n
    Prevent Silently Discarding Attributes<\/h2>\n
    Here is an example showing trying to update an attribute that is not fillable:<\/p>\n
    $user->fill([\"remember_token\" => \"bar\"]);\r\n<\/pre>\n
    Now this will return an exception:<\/p>\n
    Add fillable property [remember_token] to allow mass assignment on [App\\Models\\User].<\/pre>\n
    Prevent Accessing Missing Attributes.<\/h2>\n
    Let\u2019s pretend we are trying to display a property on the User that may not exist:<\/p>\n
    {{ $user->nonexistant }}<\/pre>\n
    By default, Laravel will just not display anything because the property is not found, but with Strict mode turned on you get:<\/p>\n
    The attribute [nonexistant] either does not exist or was not retrieved for model [App\\Models\\User].<\/pre>\n
    This really helps in cases where you might make a spelling mistake like:<\/p>\n
    {{ $user->emial }}<\/pre>\n
    Now, you\u2019ll get instant feedback you messed up.<\/p>\n
    Turning on\u00a0Model::shouldBeStrict()<\/code>\u00a0is now the first thing I do on every app, and it helps prevent me from making basic mistakes that could be harmful to the app later on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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