Controllers

Responsibilities

• Handle only HTTP requests
• Delegate business logic to actions, batches, or pipelines
• Return HTTP responses
• Use single action controllers

Naming

• Use singular nouns
• Use descriptive names that clearly communicate the controller's purpose
• Use the Controller suffix

Location

• Place controllers in the app/Http/Controllers directory
• If a project has HTTP and API routes split into HTTP and API directories
• Use subdirectories to organize controllers

Order of Parameters

1. Route parameters
2. Request parameters
3. Dependencies

Request Validation

• Use Form Requests to validate incoming requests
• Use the rules method to define the validation rules
• Use the array syntax to define the rules (not the | syntax)
• Create a Rule object for complex validation rules

Response

• Use the response helper to return responses
• Use the explicit response method
  • return response()->json($data, 200);
• Use the redirect method to return redirects
  • Use the route method to redirect to a named route
    • return redirect()->route('home');