Architecture · easy

18. Facades

Static-like access to container services.

Facades provide a static interface to classes bound in the service container, such as Cache::get() or Route::get(). Behind the scenes they resolve the underlying object from the container, making them testable despite the static syntax. Laravel also supports facade mocking (Cache::shouldReceive()) for unit tests.

Check your understanding

1. What do facades actually do under the hood?
Create global variablesResolve an object from the service containerBypass the container entirelyCompile to raw SQL
2. How can you mock a facade in a test?
It's impossibleFacade::shouldReceive()Overwrite the class fileUse raw SQL instead