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Collection Best Practices
Use Higher-Order Messages for Simple Operations
Explicit closure:
$users->each(function (User $user) {
$user->markAsVip();
});
Concise equivalent:
$users->each->markAsVip();
Higher-order messages are available for supported collection methods such as each, map, filter, and sum. Use an explicit closure when arguments or nontrivial logic would be clearer.
Choose Between cursor() and lazy()
cursor() executes one query and hydrates models individually, but it cannot eager load relationships. The database driver's result buffering can still consume substantial memory for very large results. Use it for low-memory, attribute-only iteration when one long-running query is acceptable.
lazy() executes multiple chunked queries and returns a flat LazyCollection. It supports eager loading relationships for each chunk and avoids holding one database cursor open for the entire iteration.
With relationships:
User::with('roles')->lazy()->each(function (User $user) {
// The roles for this chunk have been eager loaded.
});
Without relationships:
User::cursor()->each(function (User $user) {
// Process model attributes.
});
Use lazyById() When Updating Records While Iterating
lazy() uses offset pagination, so updates to columns that affect the query can shift rows and cause records to be skipped or processed twice. lazyById() paginates by a monotonic key and is safer when updating other columns during iteration. Do not change the pagination key itself while iterating.
Use toQuery() for Bulk Operations on Collections
Use toQuery() to build a query from the models in an Eloquent collection instead of manually constructing a whereIn clause.
Manual query:
User::whereIn('id', $users->modelKeys())->update(['active' => false]);
Collection query:
$users->toQuery()->update(['active' => false]);
toQuery() requires a non-empty Eloquent collection whose models are of the same type. Like other bulk Eloquent updates, it does not dispatch per-model update events, so use it only when those events are not required.
Use #[CollectedBy] for Custom Collection Classes
The #[CollectedBy] attribute declares the custom collection class without requiring a newCollection() override.
#[CollectedBy(UserCollection::class)]
class User extends Model {}