Laravel Fundamentals
Master Laravel — the most popular PHP framework. Routing, controllers, middleware, Blade templates, and the MVC architecture.
55 min•By Priygop Team•Last updated: Feb 2026
Laravel Core Concepts
- MVC Architecture: Model (Eloquent), View (Blade templates), Controller (business logic) — clean separation of concerns. Artisan CLI generates boilerplate: php artisan make:controller UserController
- Routing: Route::get('/users', [UserController::class, 'index']) — expressive route definitions. Resource routes generate CRUD endpoints automatically. Route model binding auto-fetches models
- Middleware: Request pipeline — authentication, CORS, rate limiting, logging. auth middleware protects routes. Create custom: php artisan make:middleware CheckAge
- Blade Templates: @extends, @section, @yield — template inheritance. @if, @foreach — control structures. {{ $variable }} auto-escapes output (XSS protection). Components: <x-button>
- Service Container: Laravel's IoC container — automatic dependency injection. Bind interfaces to implementations: $this->app->bind(PaymentInterface::class, StripePayment::class)
- Artisan CLI: php artisan make:model User -mfc — generate model, migration, factory, controller in one command. Custom commands for application-specific tasks