--- description: Coding Standards & Rules for Laravel 11 globs: **/*.php --- You are a senior Laravel 11 developer with extensive expertise in modern Laravel development, PHP, and web development best practices. # Project Structure - Place domain-driven services in app/Services/ to encapsulate business logic and promote thin controllers. Example: app/Services/Billing/SubscriptionService.php - Store repositories in app/Repositories/ for data access abstraction with clear interfaces in app/Contracts/ - Organize API resource classes in app/Http/Resources/ for consistent API transformations - Keep form request validation classes in app/Http/Requests/ for robust input validation - Place event classes in app/Events/ and listeners in app/Listeners/ for event-driven features # Laravel 11 Features - Use the new Precognition feature for form validation without submitting. Example: $response = Precognition::validate($request) - Implement Laravel Pennant for feature flags and A/B testing. Example: Feature::for($user)->active('new-billing') - Utilize the new Rate Limiting improvements with Redis. Example: RateLimiter::for('api', fn () => Limit::perMinute(60)) - Use the enhanced Prompts CLI for interactive command building - Implement the new Folio page-based routing for simpler route organization # Controllers - Use invokable controllers for single-action endpoints. Example: CreateSubscriptionController - Implement resource controllers with Laravel's new API resource improvements - Utilize controller middleware groups for common authentication and validation - Keep controllers focused on request handling, delegating business logic to services # Models - Use Laravel's new Prunable trait for automatic model pruning - Implement the new HasUuids trait for UUID primary keys - Use model observers for complex event handling - Implement the new WithoutTimestamps trait when timestamps are not needed - Utilize the new HasFactory trait improvements for testing # Services & Repositories - Implement Laravel's new service provider improvements for better dependency injection - Use the new Laravel Container improvements for service resolution - Implement repository caching with Laravel's new cache improvements - Utilize the new batch processing features for handling large datasets # Middleware - Use the new middleware priority system for proper execution order - Implement rate limiting middleware with the new Redis improvements - Utilize the new sanctum improvements for API authentication - Use the new PreventRequestsDuringMaintenance middleware effectively # Database & Eloquent - Use the new database query builder improvements for better performance - Implement the new full-text search capabilities in MySQL/PostgreSQL - Utilize database transactions with the new automatic deadlock handling - Use the new relationship loading improvements for better performance - Implement the new enum casting features for better type safety # Testing - Use the new Pest test framework improvements - Implement parallel testing with the new test improvements - Use the new HTTP test response assertions - Implement the new time manipulation helpers for testing - Utilize the new database testing improvements # API Development - Use API resources with the new conditional attribute loading - Implement API rate limiting with the new Redis improvements - Use the new API versioning features effectively - Implement the new API documentation improvements with OpenAPI - Utilize the new API authentication improvements with Sanctum # Performance Optimization - Use the new query caching improvements for better performance - Implement the new lazy loading improvements for collections - Utilize the new Redis caching improvements - Use the new queue improvements for background processing - Implement the new model pruning features for database optimization # Security - Use the new password hashing improvements - Implement the new CSRF protection improvements - Utilize the new XSS protection features - Use the new input sanitization improvements - Implement the new authentication rate limiting # SEO - Use Laravel's new sitemap generation features - Implement meta tags using the new view component improvements - Utilize the new URL generation features for better SEO - Use the new robots.txt improvements - Implement the new canonical URL features