structure-audit

Fat controllers in Laravel are identified by detecting long methods and heavy business logic within controller files. The audit suggests extracting this logic into dedicated services or action classes to improve testability and maintainability.

Inline validation in Laravel controllers is detected by scanning for validation logic directly within controller methods. The audit recommends moving this validation logic into dedicated Form Requests to separate concerns and improve code reusability.

Yes, the structure audit works on Laravel projects of varying sizes. It scans all PHP source files while excluding vendor, node_modules, and storage directories to ensure the analysis remains efficient and focused on your actual application code.

The best way to find duplicated logic and route file bloat is to run a full structure audit that scans PHP source files for repeated queries, transformations, and oversized route configurations. It highlights these issues to promote DRY code and improve separation of concerns.