{"id":138641,"date":"2020-09-03T10:44:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T10:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.softwaretestinghelp.com\/?page_id=138641"},"modified":"2025-04-01T08:34:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T08:34:26","slug":"php-laravel-tutorial-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.softwaretestinghelp.com\/php-laravel-tutorial-for-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"PHP Laravel Tutorial for Beginners: What Is Laravel Framework"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Laravel tutorial introduces the PHP Laravel Framework, explains what is Laravel, how to install it, MVC architecture, and various components:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Laravel Framework<\/strong> is a free and open-source web framework for PHP.<\/strong> It is used to develop complex web applications. It is based on the Model-View-Controller (MVC)<\/strong> architectural design pattern.<\/p>\n

You will learn about the history, features, advantages, architecture, installation, and components of the Laravel Framework.<\/p>\n

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\"Laravel<\/a><\/h3>\n

List Of Laravel Tutorials<\/h2>\n

Tutorial #1: PHP Laravel Tutorial for Beginners<\/a> (This Tutorial)<\/strong>
\nTutorial #2: Laravel Database, Migrations, Eloquent ORM And Tinker<\/a><\/strong>
\nTutorial #3: Laravel Forms And Validation Rules With Example\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>
\nTutorial #4: Laravel Session, File Upload\/Download And Permissions<\/a><\/strong>
\nTutorial #5: Laravel Collection And Laravel Forge Tutorial<\/a><\/strong>
\nTutorial #6:\u00a0Laravel Interview Questions And Answers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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What Is Laravel<\/h2>\n

History:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Laravel Framework was developed by Taylor Otwell<\/strong> and released to the public in the year 2011<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The following table shows the different versions of Laravel.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Version<\/th>Date of Release<\/th>PHP Version Support<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1.0<\/td>June 2011<\/td>-------------------------------------------<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.0<\/td>September 2011<\/td>-------------------------------------------<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.0<\/td>February 22nd, 2012<\/td>-------------------------------------------<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.0<\/td>May 28th, 2013<\/td>Minimum 5.3.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.0<\/td>February 4th, 2015<\/td>Minimum 5.4.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.1<\/td>June 9th, 2015<\/td>Minimum 5.5.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.2<\/td>December 21st, 2015<\/td>Between 5.5.9 and 7.1.*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.3<\/td>August 23rd, 2016<\/td>Between 5.6.4 and 7.1.*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.4<\/td>January 24th, 2017<\/td>5.6.4 or above<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.5<\/td>August 30th, 2017<\/td>7.0.0 or above<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.6<\/td>February 7th, 2018<\/td>7.1.3 or above<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.7<\/td>September 4th, 2018<\/td>7.1.3 or above<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.8<\/td>February 26th, 2019<\/td>7.1.3 or above<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.x<\/td>September 3rd, 2019<\/td>7.2.0 or above<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.x<\/td>March 3rd, 2020<\/td>7.2.5 or above<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.x<\/td>Laravel 8 is yet to be released (in 2020)<\/td>7.3.0 or above<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n

Note:<\/strong> In this Laravel tutorial<\/strong>, we have used Laravel version 7 <\/strong>in all the examples.<\/p>\n

Popularity:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

There are lots of frameworks available in the industry such as Laravel, Symfony, Codeigniter, Yii, CakePHP, and Zend framework for PHP.<\/p>\n

So what do you think, which one is the<\/em> most popular PHP Framework?<\/em><\/strong> The answer is Laravel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The following screenshot of Google Trends<\/strong> shows the analysis of the popularity of different PHP frameworks.<\/p>\n

\"analysis<\/a><\/p>\n

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Advantages:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The following list shows some advantages of the Laravel Framework.<\/strong><\/p>\n