MVC & Eloquent

Model-View-Controller. It is the architectural pattern used by Laravel to separate logic (Controller), data (Model), and display (View).

What does MVC stand for?

It handles the user's request, processes logic, retrieves data (via Models), and passes that data to the View.

Role of the Controller

It is the layer responsible for interacting directly with the database tables.

Role of the Model

app/Http/Controllers

Standard directory for Controllers

Pass an array as the second argument to the view() helper: return view('home', ['categories' => $categories]);

How to pass data from a Controller to a View

Model-View-Controller. It is the architectural pattern used by Laravel to separate logic (Controller), data (Model), and display (View).

What does MVC stand for?

php artisan make:model ModelName

Artisan command to create a Model

Query Builder (using the DB facade).

Eloquent ORM (using Models).

Two main ways to retrieve DB data in Laravel

Route::get('/', [HomeController::class, 'index']); (Uses an array with the Class and the method name).

Route syntax using a Controller

It handles the user's request, processes logic, retrieves data (via Models), and passes that data to the View.

Role of the Controller

$categories = Category::all();

Eloquent syntax to get all categories

app/Models

Standard directory for Models

@foreach($items as $item) ... @endforeach

Blade directive for looping through data

It is the layer responsible for interacting directly with the database tables.

Role of the Model

$categories = DB::table('categories')->get();

Query Builder syntax to get all categories

php artisan make:controller ControllerName

Artisan command to create a Controller