Laravel Model Class using static method on controller, but in model its doing singleton returning one instance of current class

 Question :

In PHP laravel, we have codes like

$user = User::find(1);
var_dump($user->name);

I am not concerning how to use the find method, I am concerning why laravel use a static method? Shouldn't the use of static method make the method hard to test?

Will it be better if they designed using singleton?

e.g.

$user = User::getInstance()->find(1);
var_dump($user->name);

Explanation :

In fact, your example is very similar to what Laravel does behind the scene. When you do User::find(), you are actually asking for a new instance, either an instance of Collection or a QueryBuilder.

Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model (reference):

public static function find($id, $columns = array('*'))
{
    if (is_array($id) && empty($id)) return new Collection;

    $instance = new static;

    return $instance->newQuery()->find($id, $columns);
}

Solution :

Unnawut has a very good answer, however I felt it necessary to add in further explanation.
In your example
$user = User::find(1);
var_dump($user->name);
Laravel isn't using a static method, you are. Another way to do this which you are probably looking for is to use dependency injection, which Laravel makes very easy because it can be done automatically. So in whatever class you are using your User model in, you should be setting up something like this in the constructor...
public function __construct(User $user)
{
    $this->user = $user;
}
And then you can modify your code to not use the static bindings.
$user = $this->user->find(1);
var_dump($user->name);


//// If model is using your trait, then you already have the instance, you can use it what you want