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Controller Cleanup
Keep controllers small and focused on orchestration.
Move auth/validation to Form Requests
- Create a Request class (e.g.,
StoreUserRequest) and useauthorize()+rules() - Type-hint the Request in your controller method; Laravel runs it before the action
php artisan make:request StoreUserRequestExtract business logic to Actions/Services
- Create a small Action (one thing well) or a Service for larger workflows
- Pass a DTO from the Request to the Action to avoid leaking framework concerns
php
final class CreateUserAction {
public function __invoke(CreateUserDTO $dto): User { /* ... */ }
}Prefer Resource or Single-Action Controllers
- Use resource controllers for standard CRUD
- For one-off endpoints, use invokable (single-action) controllers
Testing
- Write feature tests for the controller route
- Unit test Actions/Services independently with DTOs
