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Laravel PHP Framework

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What is Laravel PHP Framework?

Laravel is a free, open source web application PHP framework.

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Developers and engineers have utilized Laravel for the creation of websites and web applications, leveraging its support and structure for common tasks in web development. Reviewers have praised Laravel for its ability to quickly build services that can be easily integrated or expanded upon later. The Laravel framework has gained popularity due to its extensive library offerings and large developer community, reducing the need for writing unrelated code. Laravel is commonly chosen as a backend logic framework because of its compatibility with PHP and other front-end technologies. Customers have found Laravel beneficial in building optimized websites, enabling teams to deliver improved services to clients. Users have reported that Laravel is easy to work with, particularly for those familiar with Laravel and other PHP frameworks. Additionally, Laravel has been used for developing internal web applications, showcasing its versatility and active development. It has been employed in various use cases such as REST API development, web development, containerized web apps, and network programming/socket programming. Developers around the world prefer Laravel for its intuitive nature, simplicity, extensibility, and strong community support. The blade templating engine in Laravel is a valuable tool for front-end developers in building things quickly and effectively. Moreover, Laravel is utilized for managing product catalogs, simplifying the process of adding, updating, and deleting products as well as publishing to e-commerce platforms like Shopify. With its stability, ease of learning, and support for REST API development, Laravel is suitable for various projects. CMS platforms also choose Laravel due to its user-friendly interface, quick setup process, and automated scaffolding capabilities provided by the Artisan console.

Users have made several recommendations for Laravel, a web development framework. The most common recommendations include:

  1. Learning PHP before using Laravel is advised to gain a good understanding of the language and make the learning process smoother.

  2. Users recommend utilizing the extensive documentation and online resources provided by Laravel, such as Laracasts tutorials, to grasp the basics and explore advanced concepts.

  3. It is recommended to start with smaller projects when learning Laravel, as this allows developers to become familiar with the framework's features without feeling overwhelmed. This approach promotes gradual growth and improvement.

These recommendations emphasize the importance of acquiring basic knowledge, leveraging available resources, and adopting a gradual approach when diving into Laravel development.

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Lankit Patel | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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I'm associated with Laravel PHP Framework for 4 years now. it is an MVC framework built on the PHP language. one of the best things about Laravel PHP Framework is, that it standardizes everything. in turn, it makes code more manageable among teams personally, this is the most productive framework to date. Laravel PHP Framework effectively solves the problem of coming up with a quick & battle-tested solution. as for our firm, we use Laravel PHP Framework quite extensively on our workflows below are some use cases : REST API development Web Development Containerized Web Apps Network programming/socket programming LAN Reading Automation of Tasks
  • Authentication scaffolding baked-in to get quickly started
  • Command Line Interface to interact with system
  • Migration & Eloquent To communicate with database
  • Package management & Autoloading of classes
  • REST API Development
  • Built-in Development Server
  • Template Engine( blade )
  • Boostrap UI should be put more emphasised
  • New starter kits are powerful but makes development confusing
  • Steep learning curve, everything has a best practice in Laravel PHP Framework but it takes a little bit of time to get there
Appropriate Scenarios:
  • Complex Web Application with Database
  • Backend for Frameworks like React & Vue
  • Socket Programming / Network Programming
  • Multiple Database Management where there is a lot of relational data is being stored
  • REST API development
  • Developing Semi-ERP for small-scale businesses
  • E-commerce Application with a hefty amount of product catalogs
Not so Appropriate Scenarios:
  • small scale web app or SPA ( probably overkill for simple stuff, stick with PHP )
  • Rapid Real-time systems with multi-threading
HASAN SARFRAZ | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are a team of 10 people working on Laravel PHP Framework for creating stunning websites according to our client's need. Laravel is an MVC based PHP framework. It is a developer friendly framework and has been designed in such a way that developers don't have to make extra efforts by writing code from scratch. It is intuitive, simple, extensible and an open source framework. Due to its stunning graphical user interface and lightweight, Laravel framework is widely preferred by developers around the globe. Though, it is not that diverse for creating Banking applications but it works best for creating some dynamic websites.
  • It has a very secure built in access control system.
  • It provides a robust mechanism for handling exceptions and bugs.
  • Laravel facilitates you to store passwords in database in encrypted form rather than text.
  • It allows you to test individual units rather than the whole product.
  • Data migration is simple and easy with Laravel.
  • Support is not readily available.
  • Updates are frequent, which is great but previous products developed with old version gets buggy.
  • Sometimes face difficulties with updates.
  • Although it is easy to learn but it is quite difficult to master it.
Basically, Laravel PHP Framework is designed for web based application development. So, it suits well in case of some E commerce website or any general website. In case of developing Banking applications or some other enterprise social networks Laravel won't be a good option in this case.
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
Laravel PHP Framework is very easy to understand, based on MVC structure. It has very simple and clean routing, and easy to use API based work. It also supports testing unit, which is a very important feature in the world of coding. Laravel has a testing part named DUSK, which is used for creating unit testing code and is easy to use. You can get any help if you're stuck somewhere as it has a large support community-- a lot of developers use Laravel PHP. Products made using Laravel are much better, smoother, and simpler than any other PHP framework.
  • Well documented, easy to understand even for beginners. They can understand it easily in 3-4 days. Because of its simplicity and speed it is used more than any other framework.
  • Supports unit testing for product testing.
  • Since Laravel PHP was developed after other frameworks, the developer of Laravel already knew the problems faced using other frameworks so it was developed taking into consideration those problems.
  • Because it upgrades frequently, older products used with it get buggy.
Laravel PHP Framework is the most widely used framework all over the world, more than any other frameworks, so you can get your query solved easily and faster. It has a large support community. Features:
Authorization Technique.
Object Oriented Libraries.
MVC Support.
Artisan.
Dusk unit testing.
Security.
Elegant code structure.
Caching
Database Migrations.
Speed.
These features make Laravel PHP more useful and less painful for developers.
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
Laravel PHP Framework - a great, popular, vastly used framework by developer community.
It's usefulness -
1. Open source framework.
2. Can be used with MySql, SQL Server, and SQLite database systems.
3. Can be used for small, medium or large projects irrespective of its size.
4. Testing of project is much easier than any other framework.
5. The blade template engine is very instinctive, and works better for developing any project.

  • Can be used for any type of project no matter what size.
  • Lightweight.
  • Has multiple features which helps in developing, testing and releasing the product.
  • Interaction to command line using Artisan is also a plus point.
  • Using of libraries is I think the worst part. Sometimes developers purchase libraries which can be built.
  • Problematic upgrade of version also caused bugs on projects.
This framework's pros are more than cons. It can be used for many purposes; building e-commerce is one of them.
1. Code is clean and simple because of its routing.
2. Connection to database and query optimizing.
3. The amazing automatic memory to remember past queries is a big plus.
4. Migrations is the most crucial feature of this framework.
5. Supporting unit tests out of the box.
6. Artisan to use command line.
7. Large community to support your queries.


Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The most difficult task is which framework to use since there are many frameworks for PHP like CodeIgniter, Yii etc. You have to analyse the growth of product then choose one. Laravel PHP Framework is very stable and is easy to learn also. The project my company was working on was gradually needed to move on REST API and this product supports it great. We have developed 3-4 projects using Laravel Framework and it becomes easier as you work on it more. A few points I want to highlight :
  • Quick and functional core that can be enhanced as required
  • Clean and clear code; easy to understand.
  • Supports automated testing from Laravel as Dusk, etc.
  • Effective folder structure helps to optimise code.
  • Easy integration with third-party tools.
  • Quick support of questions and get answers correctly, as the community is very large.
  • Backward-incompatible.
  • You have to understand the basics of OOPS before you can start using Laravel PHP Framework
Laravel has a large community which helps and answers your questions quickly. The fact that Laravel also supports automated testing (Laravel Dusk) is also another plus point to use Laravel PHP Framework. Best folder structure to code and optimise the code.
1. Cost Effective.
2. Open source.
3. Multiple third party integration.
4. Easy API Integration.
5. Easy to learn for beginners.
Tarun Mangukiya | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Laravel is used by our engineering team for development, testing, running many small and large scale engineering tasks for Iconscout. Laravel makes our developer's life easy by providing a set of libraries, pre-defined architecture, easy and convenient coding style and a strong community, which always there to support in case of any doubts.
  • Excellent Documentation
  • Community Support on Slack & Stack Overflow
  • Composer Supported
  • Excellent Blade Engine for views
  • Highly scalable routing that support domains & subdomains both.
  • Thousands of different libraries/packages available in the GitHub according to our requirements
  • Support for Database Migrations, Tests, Workers and Schedulers
  • Regular Updates
  • Well suited with front-end frameworks like VueJS, React and more.
  • Default Docker Support
Even if you're developing a small website with PHP, I strongly recommend to use Laravel. Laravel is best suited for all your web apps & api development, managing the worker jobs.
Jim Rubenstein | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Laravel is used by our developers and engineers to build websites and web applications. The framework provides a lot of support and structure around concepts and tasks that are common in the course of building web applications. The community of Laravel developers in the world is huge and because of that, there are a lot of libraries that can be imported into any Laravel application which offloads complex work that is not necessarily directly related to your business. For these reasons, developers are able to work faster and focus more on your problem domain/business objectives than designing, writing, and testing code for supporting parts that aren't directly related.
  • Many libraries available which simplify integration of SaaS APIs within your application (eg, MailChimp, Mandrill, Stripe, Authorize.net)
  • Pre-packaged tools to facilitate common tasks when building applications (eg, User Authentication and Authorization, Background Jobs, Queues, etc)
  • Support for a broad set of technologies out of the box (eg, PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, MemcacheD, BeanstalkD, Redis, etc)
  • Laravel is updated regularly, which is great. However, in order to get the latest features, use the newest 3rd party libraries, have the most current security updates, and ensure that the newest features of PHP are usable, you have to continuously upgrade your Laravel application. This costs time and money, obviously, and if you don't stay on top of the updates you will quickly fall behind. This is the case with any open source software, but it needs to be considered for any team considering using Laravel or any other software.
  • Because of the size of the Laravel community, there are a LOT of 3rd party libraries. Some of these are great, some are less than great. Sometimes it's difficult to evaluate the quality of a library, making it difficult to trust many libraries. Developers need to be cautious and thoughtful when considering using new software.
  • Because of the rapid development of the Laravel framework, the size of the community, and the simplicity of being able to publish content online - it is very easy to find documentation, tutorials, or other "advice" that is not up to date, or that has outdated information.
Laravel is an excellent framework for most any PHP application. It has all of the things you look for in a production-ready framework:
  • Excellent documentation
  • A large, supportive community
  • A plethora of online resources for learning and expanding knowledge
  • Frequent updates (security and features)
  • Large ecosystem of plugin/library developers
  • Extensible and modular
  • Approachable, well-written, tested, extensible code
  • Built-in support for testing
  • Lots of tooling for testing, development, and deployment
  • Tooling/defined methods to build tools for your applications (command line jobs, background/queued jobs, WebSocket integration)
  • Plays nice with javascript libraries (vue.js is primary target, but lots of support for others like react et al)

There's so much in this Framework, it is absolutely on the short list of best PHP frameworks available. If you're building sites, applications, or utilities with PHP - Laravel is worth a long, hard look, and strong consideration.

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