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Laravel PHP Framework
Laravel is the most popular PHP framework, known for elegant syntax, powerful ORM (Eloquent), and a rich ecosystem. It handles routing, authentication, queues, email, file storage, and testing out of the box. Laravel makes PHP development genuinely enjoyable.
How Laravel Works
Laravel brought modern development practices to PHP: dependency injection, migrations, Artisan CLI, Blade templates, and a thriving package ecosystem (Livewire, Inertia, Breeze). It's the PHP equivalent of Rails — productive, opinionated, and batteries-included.
Key Concepts
- Eloquent ORM — Laravel's ActiveRecord ORM — $user = User::where('active', true)->first() reads like English
- Blade Templates — Template engine with sections, layouts, and components — clean PHP template syntax
- Artisan CLI — Command-line tool for generating code, running migrations, managing queues, and more
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Laravel good for APIs?
Yes. Laravel excels at both traditional web apps and API backends. Laravel Sanctum handles API auth, and resource controllers/transformers structure API responses cleanly.
Laravel vs Django?
Both are excellent full-stack frameworks. Laravel (PHP) has a larger web hosting ecosystem. Django (Python) benefits from Python's data science libraries. Choose based on your language preference.
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