## TL;DR

Laravel (Taylor Otwell, 2011) is the most popular PHP web framework, known for elegant syntax and comprehensive ecosystem. Features: Eloquent ORM, Blade templating, Artisan CLI, migrations, queues, broadcasting. Laravel ecosystem includes Forge (server management), Vapor (serverless), Nova (admin panel).

## Core Explanation

Eloquent ORM: `User::where('active', true)->get()` — fluent query building. Blade: `@if`, `@foreach`, `{{ $var }}` (auto-escaped). Artisan: `php artisan make:model`, `migrate`, `queue:work`. Service container and providers for dependency injection. Laravel 11 (2024): slimmer skeleton, SQLite by default, health routing.

## Further Reading

- [Laravel Documentation](https://laravel.com/docs/)