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[Database & ORM](/categories/database) 4. / 5. kainiklas/laravel-strict-mode ActiveLibrary[Database & ORM](/categories/database) kainiklas/laravel-strict-mode ============================= Laravel Package to Enable Eloquent 'Strict Mode' and Further Safety Methods. 2.0.0(3y ago)68[2 PRs](https://github.com/kainiklas/laravel-strict-mode/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^8.1 Since Oct 20Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/kainiklas/laravel-strict-mode)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/kainiklas/laravel-strict-mode)[ Docs](https://github.com/kainiklas/laravel-strict-mode)[ RSS](/packages/kainiklas-laravel-strict-mode/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced yesterday READMEChangelog (6)Dependencies (13)Versions (9)Used By (0) Laravel Package to Enable Eloquent "Strict Mode" and Further Safety Methods =========================================================================== [](#laravel-package-to-enable-eloquent-strict-mode-and-further-safety-methods) [![Laravel Strict Mode](art/laravel-strict-mode.png)](art/laravel-strict-mode.png) [![Latest Version on Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1ee4ad410a99610b9f79f84f99c5aa52b064821abeb7755d14056df08760b196/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f6b61696e696b6c61732f6c61726176656c2d7374726963742d6d6f64652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/kainiklas/laravel-strict-mode)[![GitHub Tests Action Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/67efb491a392db61b8424af52a9df4f3035a75e44ee3630c006b2ebe9065baaf/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f616374696f6e732f776f726b666c6f772f7374617475732f6b61696e696b6c61732f6c61726176656c2d7374726963742d6d6f64652f72756e2d74657374732e796d6c3f6272616e63683d6d61696e)](https://github.com/kainiklas/laravel-strict-mode/actions?query=workflow%3Arun-tests+branch%3Amain)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/cfc80ea1b946993cf6bbdf93c73da6bbc2dfc28f811e592ac2ab909fb24002a5/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f6b61696e696b6c61732f6c61726176656c2d7374726963742d6d6f64652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/kainiklas/laravel-strict-mode) Enables the following configurable eloquent "strict mode" features: - Prevent Lazy Loading (N+1) - Non-production: Throws an `Illuminate\Database\LazyLoadingViolationException` exception - Production: Writes a warning into the logs - Prevent defaulting to NULL when using a model's attribute that hasn't been fetched from the DB or doesn't exist on the model - Throws an `Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\MissingAttributeException` exception (all environments) - Alternatively: You can set the config to write a warning to the log - Prevent loosing attributes when creating or updating models because of missing attributes in the $fillable array - Throws an `Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\MassAssignmentException` exception (all environments) - Alternatively: You can set the config to write a warning to the log Enables the following configurable safety methods: - Long-running command monitoring - Writes a warning into the logs including the command name, user and duration which took longer than the specified threshold (default: 5000ms) - Long-running requests monitoring - Writes a warning into the logs including the request url, user and duration which took longer than the specified threshold (default: 5000ms) - Long-running single DB query monitoring - Writes an info into the logs including the SQL query and duration which took longer than the specified threshold (default: 1000ms) - Long-running DB connection monitoring - Writes an info into the logs including the DB connection name which took longer than the specified threshold (default: 2000ms) - Memory Heap Size monitoring - Writes a warning into the logs including when the memory heap size exceeds the specified threshold (default: 50MB) Installation ------------ [](#installation) **Laravel Version ^10.0 required.** You can install the package via composer: ``` composer require kainiklas/laravel-strict-mode ``` Optionally, you can publish the config file. ``` php artisan vendor:publish --tag="laravel-strict-mode-config" ``` You can influence the behaviour with environment variables. This is the contents of the published config file. ``` return [ /** * Throws Illuminate\Database\LazyLoadingViolationException if model is lazy loaded. * Exception is only thrown if log_lazy_loading is set to false. */ 'prevent_lazy_loading' => env( 'PREVENT_LAZY_LOADING', true, ), /** * Lazy Loading violation is logged. No exception is thrown. * Only works, if prevent_lazy_loading is true. */ 'log_lazy_loading' => env( 'LOG_LAZY_LOADING', env('APP_ENV') == 'production' ), /** * Prevent non-fillable attributes from being silently discarded. * Instead, throws Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\MassAssignmentException. * Exception is only thrown if log_prevent_silently_discarding_attributes is false. */ 'prevent_silently_discarding_attributes' => env( 'PREVENT_SILENTLY_DISCARDING_ATTRIBUTES', true ), /** * Log warning Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\MassAssignmentException * instead of throwing the exception. * Only works if prevent_silently_discarding_attributes is true. */ 'log_prevent_silently_discarding_attributes' => env( 'LOG_PREVENT_SILENTLY_DISCARDING_ATTRIBUTES', false ), /** * If activated an Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\MissingAttributeException * is thrown whenever an attribute is accessed which is not present in the model, * instead of falling back to NULL. * * Exception is only thrown if log_prevent_accessing_missing_attributes is false. */ 'prevent_accessing_missing_attributes' => env( 'PREVENT_ACCESSING_MISSING_ATTRIBUTES', true ), /** * Log warning Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\MissingAttributeException * instead of throwing the exception. * Only works if prevent_accessing_missing_attributes is true. */ 'log_prevent_accessing_missing_attributes' => env( 'LOG_PREVENT_ACCESSING_MISSING_ATTRIBUTES', false ), /** * Logs a warning if a command runs longer than the specified threshold. */ 'log_long_running_command' => env( 'LOG_LONG_RUNNING_COMMAND', true ), /** * Threshold for long running command in milliseconds [ms]. */ 'log_long_running_command_threshold' => env( 'LOG_LONG_RUNNING_COMMAND_THRESHOLD', 5000 // [ms] ), /** * Logs a warning if a HTTP request runs longer than the specified threshold. */ 'log_long_running_request' => env( 'LOG_LONG_RUNNING_REQUEST', true ), /** * Threshold for long running HTTP request in milliseconds [ms]. */ 'log_long_running_request_threshold' => env( 'LOG_LONG_RUNNING_REQUEST_THRESHOLD', 5000 // [ms] ), /** * Logs a warning if a DB connection runs longer than the specified threshold. */ 'log_long_running_total_db_query' => env( 'LOG_LONG_RUNNING_TOTAL_DB_QUERY', true ), /** * Threshold for long running db connection in milliseconds [ms]. */ 'log_long_running_total_db_query_threshold' => env( 'LOG_LONG_RUNNING_TOTAL_DB_QUERY_THRESHOLD', 2000 // [ms] ), /** * Logs a warning if a single DB Query runs longer than the specified threshold. */ 'log_long_running_single_db_query' => env( 'LOG_LONG_RUNNING_SINGLE_DB_QUERY', true ), /** * Threshold for long running single DB Query in milliseconds [ms]. */ 'log_long_running_single_db_query_threshold' => env( 'LOG_LONG_RUNNING_SINGLE_DB_QUERY_THRESHOLD', 1000 // [ms] ), /** * Logs a warning if a request cycle consumed more memory than the specified threshold. */ 'log_memory_heap_size' => env( 'LOG_MEMORY_HEAP_SIZE', true ), /** * Threshold for memory heap size in Megabytes [MB]. */ 'log_memory_heap_size_threshold' => env( 'LOG_MEMORY_HEAP_SIZE_THRESHOLD', 50 // [MB] ), ]; ``` Testing ------- [](#testing) ``` composer test ``` Changelog --------- [](#changelog) Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently. Contributing ------------ [](#contributing) Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details. Security Vulnerabilities ------------------------ [](#security-vulnerabilities) Please review [our security policy](../../security/policy) on how to report security vulnerabilities. Acknowledgements ---------------- [](#acknowledgements) This package is based on the following article: - [Laravel's safety mechanisms](https://planetscale.com/blog/laravels-safety-mechanisms#model-strictness) by [Aaron Francis](https://github.com/aarondfrancis) Credits ------- [](#credits) - [Kai Niklas](https://github.com/kainiklas) - [All Contributors](../../contributors) License ------- [](#license) The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information. ### Health Score 28 — LowBetter than 52% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity10 Limited adoption so far Community10 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity61 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 68.9% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. 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