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title: 'You can define default model data for BelongsTo relationships'
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thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-17
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created_at: 2022-04-29T14:00:19+00:00
slug: you-can-define-default-model-data-for-belongsto-relationships
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🔥 Laravel Tip: Default Models.

In your relationships, you can define default models. 

That way if the relationship doesn't exist it will return a default model so you don't have to check if is null every time.