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title: 'There''s great value in understanding how object state of Models works. This is mostly relevant in (Feature) tests because they touch many parts of your codebase in one PHP/Laravel App state'
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created_at: 2021-04-06T16:07:40+00:00
slug: theres-great-value-in-understanding-how-object-state-of-models-works-this-is-mostly-relevant-in-feature-tests-because-they-touch-many-parts-of-your-codebase-in-one-phplaravel-app-state
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For example, use $model->is($anotherModel) to check if they refer to the same row.