tighten/parental

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Parental is a Laravel package that adds single table inheritance (STI) to Eloquent models. It lets child models extend a parent model while sharing the same database table, with automatic type-column-based model resolution.

Use cases

• use single table inheritance in laravel eloquent models
• extend a model without creating a new database table
• return child model instances when querying a parent model
• store multiple model types in one table with a type column
• avoid laravel guessing wrong table and foreign key names for subclassed models
• map type column values to class names with aliases

When to choose

• you use laravel eloquent and want STI behavior
• several model variants share one table but need distinct behavior
• you want child models returned automatically from parent queries

When to avoid

• you use a framework other than laravel
• you prefer separate tables per model type or entity inheritance
• your models need different schemas per subclass

Facets

library · maturity stable

orm web-development backend databases php laravel eloquent single-table-inheritance sti polymorphism

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