🧪 Laravel Tinker Playground

Laravel Tinker is a powerful REPL for testing your Laravel code interactively. This mini project helps beginners understand how to use Tinker effectively with real examples.

🚀 Getting Started

1. Clone the Repo

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/laravel-tinker-playground.git
cd laravel-tinker-playground
composer install

2. Setup Environment

cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate

Make sure to configure your .env file for a local MySQL setup.

3. Run Migrations & Seeders

php artisan migrate
php artisan db:seed

4. Enter Tinker

php artisan tinker

📌 What You’ll Learn

• Basic Eloquent Queries: User::all(), Post::find(1)
• Creating Records using User::create()
• Using Factories
• Relationship Testing: User::find(1)->posts, Post::find(1)->user
• Simulating Auth: auth()->login(User::find(1))

📦 Models Included

• User (hasMany Posts)
• Post (belongsTo User)

🎓 Perfect For

• Laravel beginners learning Eloquent
• Experimenting before writing controllers
• Debugging model logic