Laravel Eloquent Scopes: Cleaner & Reusable Queries

Eloquent Scopes are one of Laravel’s most elegant features for organizing database queries and keeping your codebase clean.

Instead of repeating query conditions across controllers and services, scopes allow you to define reusable constraints directly inside the model.

## What Are Eloquent Scopes?
Eloquent Scopes are reusable query methods defined inside your Eloquent models.

Laravel supports two types:
- Local Scopes
- Global Scopes

## Local Scopes
Local scopes are perfect for repeated query conditions.

### Example
```php
class Post extends Model
{
    public function scopePublished($query)
    {
        return $query->where('published', true);
    }

    public function scopeLatestPublished($query)
    {
        return $query->published()
                     ->orderByDesc('published_at');
    }
}


Usage

Post::published()->get();

Post::latestPublished()->paginate(10);

The result:

Cleaner queries

Better readability

Less duplication

Why Scopes Matter

Without scopes, query logic often spreads across:

Controllers

Services

Repositories

Scopes centralize query logic inside the model, improving:

Maintainability

Readability

Long-term scalability

Global Scopes

Global scopes apply constraints automatically to all queries.

Common Use Cases

Soft deletes

Multi-tenant filtering

Active-only records


class ActiveScope implements Scope
{
    public function apply(Builder $builder, Model $model)
    {
        $builder->where('is_active', true);
    }
}


Best Practices

Use clear and meaningful scope names

Keep scopes focused on query logic

Combine scopes for flexible queries

Prefer scopes over duplicated conditions

Final Thoughts

Eloquent Scopes don’t just shorten queries —
they significantly improve the structure of your Laravel applications.

A must-use feature for every Laravel developer 💜