Edit: For everyone who is considering to apply the repository pattern in Laravel. I have stepped away from it, since Eloquent ORM already kind of acts as a repository.
In this git repository you'll find some code examples of my implementation of the repository pattern in Laravel
The place where you should create a repository is inside the App\Repositories folder.
Every repository should be registerd inside a Service Provider. To keep it simple, I placed this inside the AppServiceProvider.php file.
I'm considering about creating a package to simplify the use of my way of implementing the repository pattern. This package will only contain some abstract base classes.
// App/Controllers/CoursesController.php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Repositories\Course\CourseRepositoryInterface;
class CoursesController extends Controller
{
/** @var \App\Repositories\Course\CourseRepositoryInterface */
protected $courseRepository;
/**
* Constructor function of CoursesController
*
* @return void
*/
public function __construct(CourseRepositoryInterface $courseRepository)
{
$this->courseRepository = $courseRepository;
}
/**
* Returns the courses catalog page.
*
* @return \Illuminate\View\View
*/
public function index()
{
$courses = $this->coursesRepository->getAll();
return view('courses.index', [
'courses' => $courses,
]);
}
}