---
title: "Enhancing Laravel Authorization with Backed Enums"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/enhancing-laravel-authorization-with-backed-enums-j7uznei4y
source_url: https://laravel-news.com/authorization-backed-enums
type: article
source: "Laravel News"
published: 2025-03-17T12:25:57.462Z
updated: 2025-03-17T12:26:09.961Z
tags: ["webdev", "php", "laravel", "authorization"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 45
comments: 3
language: en
---

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# Enhancing Laravel Authorization with Backed Enums

**[Laravel News](https://daily.dev/sources/ln)** · 1 min read · 45 upvotes · 3 comments

## Summary

Enhance your Laravel application's security model with backed enum support for permissions. This feature provides a type-safe approach to authorization checks while improving code readability and maintainability. The implementation simplifies the process of permission checks, making it more intuitive and manageable across complex systems.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@miteshviras** · 0 upvotes

> If working with multiple permissions I prefer storing in database instead of enum.

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Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#laravel](https://daily.dev/tags/laravel), [#authorization](https://daily.dev/tags/authorization)

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