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AI-generatedProtected vs. #[Locked] Public Properties: Which Keeps Internal State Safe in Livewire?
Preventing Accidental Public Exposure The core goal is to shield internal counters, caches, or derived values from being sent to the browser while still allowing UI‑bound fields to remain reactive. Two Documented Approaches Protected/Private Properties are omitted from hydration, so they never appear in the initial payload and cannot be mutated via wire:mode
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