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Understanding PHP & Laravel codebases

Practical guides on reading, mapping and refactoring large Laravel apps — from the team building Knoten.

Read your Laravel database schema straight from the code

Read your Laravel database schema straight from the code

Migrations record how your schema was built, not what it is today. Here's how to reconstruct the real picture — tables, columns and relationships.

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Trace a request end-to-end before you change it

Trace a request end-to-end before you change it

Before you touch that controller, know everything it touches. A practical way to follow a request through middleware, services and models — and your best defence against surprise regressions.

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