Learning Laravel the Smart Way: Play with Its Core Packages First!
When I started exploring Laravel, I quickly realized that it comes with a lot of powerful features — models, database queries, facades, validation, routing, and so on.
When I started exploring Laravel, I quickly realized that it comes with a lot of powerful features — models, database queries, facades, validation, routing, and so on.
A facade acts like a shortcut or a “helper” that provides a simple and easy way to access that class.
In a PHP MVC framework, whether middleware is called for each request or only for specific controllers depends on how the middleware is implemented and configured in that specific framework.
Dependency Injection works by scanning the list of dependencies from within the construct methods parameters list before an instance of home controller class is created.
Let’s break down Dependency Injection (DI) using a very simple real-life analogy, followed by an easy PHP example.
In the world of PHP MVC frameworks, a template engine plays a vital role in cleanly separating the application logic (PHP) from the presentation layer (HTML/CSS).
In previous post, we have created a simple analogy (Hotel Room Services) to understand how custom MVC works. In same scenario let’s check how Laravel works.
Let’s break down three of the most important concepts: Routing, HTTP Methods, and Path Normalization. We’ll also touch on how classes and views are loaded in an MVC pattern.
Here’s a concise guide covering the core principles, design patterns, and process to get you started.
When you’re building robust PHP applications, error handling becomes critical. That’s where exceptions and the try..catch block come into play.