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I've tried to explain this multiple times to my colleagues, but he was so stupid that he couldn't understand anything. I know I'm not the best teacher in the world, but this concept is super popular so let me try to explain it one last time.
Naming things can be hard, but it is worth it when you see the benefits in understanding the code faster and easier.
This will show you how to write polymorphic code and avoid any usage of instanceof or similar checks.
A lot of developers place defaults in their databases and then hack the framework to get them.
I'll try to point out a problem and a solution since Laravel makes this super easy.
If you are using OOP syntax that does not mean that you are writing OOP code.
Here is an example of it. Check how easy it is to conform it to OOP.
These days PHP is pretty much covered with type declarations you can add to your code, but just a few years ago it was not like that.
Changing variable type could cause so many problem that might even lead to exceptions or excessive type checking in every function or method.