· 4 days ago· Dev.to
Cloud Architecture: Choosing Between State Pattern and Enum in PHP
In many PHP and Laravel applications, entity lifecycles start simple. An Order can be: Pending Paid Shipped Cancelled When PHP introduced native Enums, they became the perfect fit for this kind of state modeling. They are type-safe, database-friendly, and much cleaner than arbitrary strings spread a
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