Overview of Laravel (30 minutes)

•PHP web application framework

•Developed by Taylor Otwell,
•It follows the MVC architectural pattern.
 Model-View-Controller

Model (database code)

Database code

Function code
Webpage Webpage

Controller (function code )

Design code
View (design code )
 Why Choose
Laravel?
Eloquent ORM for database interaction.

ORM stands Object Relational Mapping

Maps objects to database

Laravel App Eloquent

ORM
Obj 1 Obj 2

No complex SQL queries Database

Different Database Support
 Why Choose
Laravel?
Blade templating engine for efficient views.

Layout Home Page Contact Page

Section 1 Menu links Menu links

Section 2 Articles Address Details

 Why Choose
Laravel?
Artisan CLI for faster development tasks
 Other Features
•Inbuilt Development Server – No apache required
•Database Seeding – For adding Demo data
•Migrations – Tracking database changes
•Support for Cloud services - AWS, Email Service
•Security – Testify to all your application security needs.
Why Choose
Laravel?
Community Strength
PHP Laravel
Project Project
(without framework)
 Setting Up
Environment
1. Installing XAMP Server
2. Start the Apache & MySQL services
 PHP
Project
(without framework)
1. Create “php_student_reg” database
2. Create students table and insert data
3. Place student_reg.php file in
htdocs/php_student_reg
4. Update database details in student_reg.php
5. Open http://localhost/mysite/student_reg.php
 Setting Up
Environment
1. Installing PHP, Composer.
2. Check composer and php version in CMD
3. Configure zip extension php.ini
 Laravel
Project
1. Move files to htdocs/mysite-laravel
2. Create users table and insert data
3. Place getusers.php file in htdocs/mysite
4. Update database details in getusers.php
5. Open http://localhost/mysite/getusers.php
Architecture of Laravel
App
Laravel
Lifecyle
 ROUT
E
Route is a way to specify how your web application should respond when a user accesses a particular URL

Request Route
 ROUT
E
Routes declared in routes/web.php

Controller
Route
http://127.0.0.1/student-form StudentController.php
/student-form
viewForm

Controller
Route
http://127.0.0.1/add-student StudentController.php
/add-student
storeData
 ROUTE
METHODS
GET
Controller
Route
http://127.0.0.1/student-form StudentController.php
/student-form
viewForm

POST
Controller
Route
http://127.0.0.1/add-student StudentController.php
/add-student
storeData
 REQUEST
METHODS
GET Retrieve Page or Data

POST Submit Data

PUT Update Data

DELETE Delete Data

 ROUTE URI CAN BE
SAME GET
Controller
Route
http://127.0.0.1/students StudentController.php
/students
viewForm

POST
Controller
Route
http://127.0.0.1/students StudentController.php
/students
storeData
 GET
ROUTE
GET
Controller
Route
http://127.0.0.1/students StudentController.php
/student-form
viewForm

POST
Controller
Route
http://127.0.0.1/students StudentController.php
/students
storeData
 GET
ROUTE
GET Laravel App
Controller
http://127.0.0.1/student-form Route
StudentController.php
/student-form
viewForm

Receives Form Page as Response

FORM PAGE
 POST
ROUTE
POST Laravel App
Controller
FORM PAGE Route
StudentController.php
Form Submitted /add-student
CSRF TOKEN addStudent

Redirects to Form Page

CSRF
Token
Database Setup in
Laravel
 MIGRATIO
N
• Schema Definition: Define and version-control the structure of
database tables.

• Database Seeding: Populate the database with sample or

default data for testing or development.

• Rollback: Ability to undo or rollback database migrations in case

of issues.

• Database Changes in Code: Express database changes using PHP

code, aligning with application code.
 MIGRATIO
N
Create Students
Migration
Migration

Generate Table Column

Generate Students Table
Database Table Changes
 MODE
L
Model Student Model

Eloquent Eloquent
ORM ORM

Database Table Students Table

Overview of Laravel (30 minutes)

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