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AfyaCore HMIS: Master Patient Index & FEFO Pharmacy Inventory Engine (Premium)
High-volume hospital EMR architecture combining longitudinal patient record indexing, FEFO (First Expired First Out) stock batch control, and M-Pesa/insurance billing reconciliation.Requires Premium Membership (KES 500/month) to unlock full database schema,...
// AfyaCore HMIS FEFO Stock Allocation Engine
namespace App\Services;
class PharmacyBatchService {
public function allocateFEFOStock(int $itemId, int $requestedQty): array {
$batches = StoreBatch::where('item_id', $itemId)
->where('quantity_remaining', '>', 0)
->...Offloading Slow Work with Laravel Queues (Premium)
Sending email, resizing images or calling third-party APIs inside a web request makes users wait. Push that work onto a queue and the response returns instantly while a worker handles...
// app/Jobs/SendWelcomeEmail.php
class SendWelcomeEmail implements ShouldQueue
{
use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
public function __construct(public User $user) {}
public function handle(): void
{
Mail::to($this->user->email)->send(new Welc...Validating Input Cleanly with Form Requests (Premium)
Stuffing validation rules into a controller makes it noisy. A Form Request moves rules, authorization and custom messages into their own class, and Laravel auto-validates before the controller method even...
// php artisan make:request StorePostRequest
class StorePostRequest extends FormRequest
{
public function authorize(): bool
{
return $this->user()->can('create', Post::class);
}
public function rules(): array
{
return [
'title' => ['required', 'string...Shaping JSON Responses with Eloquent API Resources (Premium)
Returning a raw model leaks every column and couples your API to your schema. An API Resource is a transformation layer: you decide exactly which fields ship, rename them, and...
// php artisan make:resource PostResource
class PostResource extends JsonResource
{
public function toArray($request): array
{
return [
'id' => $this->id,
'title' => $this->title,
'excerpt' => Str::limit(strip_tags($this->body), 140...Reusable Query Logic with Eloquent Scopes (Premium)
When the same where clauses appear all over your app, wrap them in a query scope. Scopes read like plain English and keep filtering rules in one place.
class Post extends Model
{
// Local scopes: prefix with "scope"
public function scopePublished($query)
{
return $query->whereNotNull('published_at')
->where('published_at', '<=', now());
}
public function scopeSearch($query, ?string $term)
{...