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  • bumcheekcity
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    1 year ago

    Laravel definitely uses a lot of static method calls. We use User::find($userID) to pick out a user and the Eloquent ORM uses static calls in the form User::where(‘name’, ‘Jim’)->where(‘age’, ‘>’, 20)->get() etc.

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      1 year ago

      Stuff like Facades really spook me since there’s got to be a better way.

      • bumcheekcity
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        1 year ago

        What is it about them that’s a concern? Some specific use my your coworker that seems nonstandard?

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          1 year ago

          I just don’t like using static classes, that’s all.