Laravel provides built-in functionality to make working with intermediate table data easier using Eloquent pivot tables. To retrieve pivot data, use the `pivot()` method on your model, and to save changes, manually update the pivot records using methods like `sync()`, `attach()`, and `detach()`.
Tables are not meant for layout purposes in web development, despite their initial use as such due to limited CSS capabilities. They're intended for displaying tabular data, and using them for layout leads to semantic markup issues, inflexible designs, and maintenance nightmares, compromising accessibility and SEO.
Using tables for layout purposes is a bad idea due to accessibility issues, loss of semantic meaning, inflexibility, and maintenance difficulties. Modern web development relies on CSS-based layouts using elements like `div`, `span`, and `header`. Alternatives include grid systems, Flexbox, and CSS Grid, which provide flexible and semantic ways to create complex layouts without resorting to tables.
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