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Bootstrap

In file bootstrap/app.php, you can setup route, global middlewares, redirects, expections, etc. Usually you will not need to update anything unless you have specific global middlewares, api routes or other global settings.

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Strict mode

By default, enables strict mode for Eloquent Models in non-production environment. If you want to disable strict mode then go to AppServiceProvider.php and delete or comment this line of code. 
Model::shouldBeStrict(! $this->app->isProduction());

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What is strict mode?

  • It prevents lazy loading (n+1 query problem)
  • It prevents creating or updating non-fillable attributes (this kit uses $guarded instead, so this will not affect anything unless you start using $fillable in Models)
  • and it prevents accessing missing attributes.

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Why should I use strict mode?

It prevents silent data loss, catches typos early, ensures data integrity, and facilitates debugging, so it’s recommended to keep the strict more enabled.

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Polymorphic relationships

When using polymorphic relationships in Laravel you must save model name in database along with the ID. It’s good practice to map full class namespaces to readable strings. For example user instead of App\Models\User. You can achieve this by enforcing morph map in AppServiceProvider.php. Or you can remove to keep using long names. 
Relation::enforceMorphMap([
    'admin' => \App\Models\Admin::class,
    'user' => \App\Models\User::class,
]);

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Models

As mentioned under Strict mode, uses $guarded, instead of the default $fillable property for mass assignment. This prevents having bloated Models and allows seemless dynamic addition of new properties. Instead, uses Form Requests to pass validated data on create or update of Eloquent Models, so it will never end up with bad data. Here is an example of simple profile update using Form Request UpdateProfileRequest. Only validated data from the request is being passed to the update() method. This way we are in a total control of data so no need to explicitly define fillable properties. 
public function update(UpdateProfileRequest $request): RedirectResponse
{
    $request->user()->update($request->validated());

    return back();
}
If you are more comfortable with fillable properties, you are free to use them. It will not break or affect the app in any way. Full docs coming soon…

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Validation

By default, uses Form Requests and Policies to validate form data. You can follow an official Laravel docs on how to generate Policies and Form Requests. All the predefined core Policies can be found in /app/Policies folder, while all the predefined Polices per module can be found under /modules/{name}/app/Policies folder. All the predefined core Form Requests can be found in /app/Http/Requests folder, while all the predefined Form Requests per module can be found under /modules/{name}/app/Http/Requests folder.

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Authorization

When using form request for validation, you must implement authorize method which will allow or prevent further access, based on the rules. Here you can use Policies or regular conditions. This is the example from source code to check if users must be authenticated to create Roadmap posts. 
public function authorize(): bool
{
    // Guests can't create posts
    if (config('roadmap.must_be_authenticated') && ! $this->user()) {
        return false;
    }

    return true;
}

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Rules

When using form request for validation, you must implement rules method which will define the validation rules. You can define rules as string where validators are separated with pipe or as array of validators. Here you can find the list of all available validators. 
public function rules(): array
{
    return [
        'title' => 'required|string|max:120',
        'content' => 'required|string',
    ];
}

public function rules(): array
{
    return [
        'title' => [
            'required',
            'string',
            'max:120',
        ],
        'content' => [
            'required',
            'string',
        ],
    ];
}

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Messages

When using form request for validation, you can implement messages method where you can customize validation messages. By default, validation messages will use lang/en/validation.php translation file. To define the message for your rules you should use this format rule_name.validator_name 
public function messages(): array
{
    return [
        'title.required' => __('Feature title is required.'),
        'content.required' => __('Feature content is required.'),
    ];
}

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Input sanitizer

Package: https://github.com/elegantweb/sanitizer To use sanitizer in Form Request, you should first use the SanitizesInput trait. Then define filters() method where you can define sanitizer rules per input field. 
public function filters(): array
{
    return [
        // Capitalize the title
        'title' => 'capitalize',
    ];
}
Or you can validate and sanitize input in your Controller. 
use Elegant\Sanitizer\Sanitizer;

$data = $request->validate([
    'name' => 'required',
    'email' => 'required|email',
]);

$data = (new Sanitizer($data, [
    'name' => 'capitalize',
    'email' => 'lowercase',
]))->sanitize();

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Failed authorization

When using form request for validation, you can implement failedAuthorization method where you can customize message for failed authorization. By default, validation messages will be “This action is unauthorized”. 
use Illuminate\Auth\Access\AuthorizationException;

protected function failedAuthorization()
{
    throw new AuthorizationException(__('You are not allowed to do this.'));
}

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Shared props

Shared properties are available in every page and component via Inertia usePage() method or $page variable. Read more about it here.

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List of props

  • app: contains common application props such as name, locale, settings, etc.
  • flash: contains status, description and type of flash message
  • modules: contains all the enabled modules
  • legalPages: contains the link data of all legal pages
  • auth: contains the data of authenticated user

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Dynamic global props

Pass them via Controller to the view.
  • pageTitle: main title of the page (also used for tab title and fallback for meta titles)
  • pageDescription: main description of the page (also used as fallback for meta descriptions)
  • pageUrl: link to the page (used in AdminLayout only)
  • meta: meta data for SEO, see more here
return Inertia::render('Profile/Index', [
    'pageTitle' => __('My profile'),
    'pageDescription' => __('Manage your account information.'),
]);

return Inertia::render('Roadmap::Admin/Show', [
    'pageTitle' => $post->title,
    'pageUrl' => route('roadmap.show', $post->slug),
]);

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Example

Here is example how to get authenticated user name from shared props using both: 
<script setup lang="ts">
import { computed } from "vue";
import { usePage } from "@inertiajs/vue3";

const user = computed(() => usePage().props.auth.user);
</script>

<template>
  {{ user?.name }}
</template>
Go to HandleInertiaRequests.php, under share method to view and/or update your shared props. There is also type PageProps for shared props in /resources/js/types/index.d.ts which you can update accordingly.

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Ziggy

Ziggy is package used to enable Laravel routes inside Vue. Routes are also available as shared prop. Routes are initialized in file /resources/views/app.blade.php using the blade rule @routes, which uses the settings from this file /config/ziggy.php. Feel free to update it by your project requirements. By default, all routes are available except admin area routes, which are only available once the Admin has logged in. 
@if (auth()->guard('admin')->check())
    @routes(['admin'])
@endif

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Slugs

Spatie Sluggable is package used to enable slug creation for pretty URLs certain Models like blog posts and tags. To enable slugs you should use the Spatie\Sluggable\HasSlug trait and the Spatie\Sluggable\SlugOptions class on your Eloquent Model. You should also add a field to Model’s table where generated slug will be saved. 
public function getSlugOptions(): SlugOptions
{
    return SlugOptions::create()
        ->generateSlugsFrom('title')
        ->saveSlugsTo('slug');
}

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Media uploads

Spatie Media Library is package used to provide image uploads. You can update the settings here: config/media-library.php.
Default settings are usually good enough. To enable image uploads you should implement Spatie\MediaLibrary\HasMedia interface and use the App\Traits\HasMediaUploads trait on your Eloquent Model. Then you should register your media collecions and conversions.
The example below creates cover media for blog post with thumbnail and small image. 
public function registerMediaCollections(): void
{
    $this
        ->addMediaCollection('cover')
        ->useDisk('public')
        ->singleFile()
        ->registerMediaConversions(function (Media $media) {
            $this
                ->addMediaConversion('thumb')
                ->fit(Fit::Crop, 150, 150)
                ->nonQueued();

            $this
                ->addMediaConversion('small')
                ->width(640)
                ->nonQueued();
        });
}
  • addMediaCollection: Defines the collection name.
  • useDisk: Defines the disk name.
  • singleFile: There will always be just one file uploaded.
  • registerMediaConversions: Resized variants of original file. Read more in official docs.
Then you should upload the image in your Controller or Service/Action.
Method uploadImage is defined in the trait HasMediaUploads where you can check it’s definition. It accepts four parameters:
  • UploadedFile|string $fileOrPath: Uploaded image file or path to the image.
  • string $mediaCollection: Name of the media collection which you want to process. Defaults to cover.
  • string $diskName: Storage disk name. Defaults to empty string and uses the disk defined with useDisk chained method. You can set this parameter to override the default disk. You can use custom local storage or external storage. All disks are defined in config/filesystems.php.
  • bool $public = true: File will be publicly visible when true. This is usually used when uploading files to remote disks.
if ($request->image) {
    $post->uploadImage($request->image);
}
And finally, this is how you can get the uploaded image URL.
 
// Get collection cover with original size
$post->getFirstMediaUrl('cover')

// Get collection cover with conversion thumb
$post->getFirstMediaUrl('cover', 'thumb')
For additional customization, please, visit the package docs.

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Storage (disks)

By default, there are two local disks: public (/storage) and avatars (/storage/avatars), and one external disk: s3. You can update those disks, delete them (if you delete them you will need to update the code using those disks) or create new local or external disks (MinIO, DigitalOcean Spaces, etc.).

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Local public disks

To make files accessible from the web, you should create a symbolic link from your public/storage folder to the disk storage location. You can do this by running this terminal command: 
php artisan storage:link
You can also destroy the link if you don’t use it: 
php artisan storage:unlink
Read more about it in official Laravel docs.

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AWS S3

To configure S3 driver as your storage, follow the official Laravel docs.

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Translations

At the moment, starter kit supports one language out of the box. Default language is english. To change default locale, set APP_LOCALE in .env file to desired locale. 
APP_LOCALE=hr
Then duplicate en.json file and en folder in /lang, rename them to your new locale and adjust the translations.

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Localization

If you want to add localization to your application, you can do it using the Laravel Localization package. You will also need to handle Model translations using other packages or custom.
Pre-configured localization with translatable Models will be available with v2.

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Sitemap

app/Console/Commands/GenerateSitemap.php Generate sitemap.xml file for your application. Sitemap command is triggered daily, which you can update here routes/console.php.
To run scheduled commands your should setup the queue on your server.
To run it manually, run this in your terminal: 
php artisan sitemap:generate

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Server side rendering

To build file for SSR, first run this command to generate routes: 
php artisan ziggy:generate
Then build the resource files: 
npm run prod
Then start Inertia SSR server.

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Local development

Run this command in your terminal. This will start the SSR on port 13714. 
php artisan inertia:start-ssr
To run Inertia SSR on custom port, update the url in config file config/inertia.php and pass the port number as second prop to createServer method in resources/js/ssr.ts file. 
'ssr' => [
    'enabled' => true,
    'url' => 'http://127.0.0.1:13715',
],

createServer((page) => {
  // Create Inertia App...
}, 13715);

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Laravel Forge

Go to your site, click Application in sidebar and under Laravel section enable Inertia SSR. That’s it. It will create a daemon and update your deploy script to handle the SSR.