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Catalogs get reorganized. A category moves under a different parent, a department is renamed, and every URL beneath it changes — which is exactly the operation that leaves a stored path column stale.

#[Polyslug(source: 'name', scope: 'parent_id')] // same name allowed under different parents
class Category extends Model implements Sluggable
{
    use HasPolyslug;

    public function polyslugParent(): ?Sluggable
    {
        return $this->parent_id ? self::find($this->parent_id) : null; // /electronics/phones/iphone
    }
}
  • polyslugParent() composes the ancestors' current slugs into the path on read, so renaming or reparenting a department changes every descendant URL immediately — no cascade job, no stored path to rebuild.
  • scope: 'parent_id' lets accessories exist under several departments without a -2 suffix.

Every old path keeps resolving and 301s to the new one, so a catalog reorganization does not cost the link equity the old URLs earned.

Route it with a catch-all:

Route::polyslug('/{category}', [CategoryController::class, 'show'])->where('category', '.*');

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