0117-spatie-laravel-php-standards

To format Laravel code to Spatie PHP coding standards, apply PSR-12 rules alongside Laravel-first conventions for controllers, Eloquent models, routes, and migrations. This ensures consistent structure, naming, and explicit type hints across your application artifacts.

PSR-12 style rules for Laravel Blade templates and controllers require using curly braces, string interpolation over concatenation, and explicit return types including void. You must also enforce early returns and prioritize Laravel-native conventions over conflicting formatting preferences.

This coding standard works directly with Eloquent models and Laravel migrations by enforcing explicit type hints, return types, and Laravel-native structural conventions. It ensures your database layer and application logic maintain consistent PSR-12 formatting and readability.

To resolve conflicts between personal PHP style preferences and Laravel conventions, you should always prioritize Laravel conventions to maintain project consistency. The guidelines specifically direct you to prefer Laravel-native formatting rules while keeping your overall codebase aligned.

Yes, you need explicit return types and void declarations in Laravel validation rules to meet Spatie and PSR-12 coding standards. Enforcing explicit typing across controllers, config, and validation artifacts improves code clarity and maintainability.