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12. Eager Loading

Avoiding the N+1 query problem.

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Lazily accessing relationships in a loop triggers one query per iteration, known as the N+1 problem. Eager loading with ->with('relation') fetches related models in a single additional query. Nested and conditional eager loading are supported via dot notation and closures, e.g. ->with(['comments' => fn($q) => $q->latest()]).

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