Includin many models in the routes `web.php` file practice

Question

I have many routes, and for a single page (my homepage) I need to sample almost all of my models. I do it like that:

use App\Models\Aa;
use App\Models\Bb;
use App\Models\Cc;
// and so on ...

Route::get('/', function () {
    $data_for_view = [
        'aa' => Aa::where('show', true)->inRandomOrder()->limit(4)->get(),
        'bb' => Bb::where('published', true)->limit(4)->get(),
        'cc' => Cc::where('published', true)->limit(4)->get()
        // ... and so on
        // ...
    ];
    return view('welcome', $data_for_view);
});

However, this is the only route that uses so many models. so my questions is: is there a better way to achieve that goal?

is it a standard practice?

Answer 1

In the beginning you should use some controller for that and wrap your all logic inside method

For example: in web.php route file add this:

use App\Http\Controllers\SomeController;
// SomeController
Route::get('/', [SomeController::class, 'index']);

In SomeController

<?php  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
use App\Models\Aa;
use App\Models\Bb;
use App\Models\Cc;

class SomeController extends Controller
{
   
    public function index()
    {
      $data_for_view = [
        'aa' => Aa::where('show', true)->inRandomOrder()->limit(4)->get(),
        'bb' => Bb::where('published', true)->limit(4)->get(),
        'cc' => Cc::where('published', true)->limit(4)->get()
        // ... and so on
        // ...
       ];
        return view('welcome',compact('data_for_view'));
    }
}

You can use artisan command for creating controller.

php artisan make:controller SomeController