How to use the Laravel framework
You can follow these steps to use the Laravel framework:
- Install Laravel: To globally install the Laravel framework, run the following command in the command line using Composer.
- Install the Laravel installer globally.
- Create a new project: Change to the directory where you want to create the Laravel project in the command line, and run the following command to create a new project:
- Create a new Laravel project with the specified name.
- To run the development server: navigate to the project directory and execute the following command to start the Laravel development server:
- Navigate to the project directory and run the command “php artisan serve”.
- After successfully running, you can access your Laravel application by visiting http://localhost:8000 in your browser.
- Edit routes: Define routes in the web.php file, specifying the URL and corresponding controller method.
- Create a controller: Run the following command to create a new controller:
- create a controller with the given name using PHP artisan
- In the generated controller file, you can define methods to handle routing requests.
- Create a view: Create a view file in the resources/views directory to display the page content.
- Run migration: With Laravel’s migration feature, you can create database tables by running the following command in the command line.
- Run the command “php artisan migrate”.
- This will create corresponding table structures based on your database migration files.
The above is a basic usage process of a simple Laravel application. You can further explore other features and functionalities of the Laravel framework, such as models, ORM, middleware, form validation, etc. The official documentation provides detailed tutorials and guides for your reference and learning.