Introduction to Laravel Eloquent ORM

What is Eloquent?

Eloquent is Laravel built-in ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) that makes it incredibly easy to interact with your database. Each database table has a corresponding Model.

Basic Operations

Create records with User::create([...]), query with User::where(...)->get(), update with $user->update([...]), and delete with $user->delete().

Relationships

Define relationships between models: hasOne, hasMany, belongsTo, belongsToMany. Eloquent handles the SQL joins under the hood.