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id:"kb-2026-00293"
title:"Laravel"
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language:"en"
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last_verified:"2026-05-22"
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primary_sources:
  - title: "Laravel Documentation"
    type: "documentation"
    year: 2026
    url: "https://laravel.com/docs/"
    institution: "Laravel"
    note: "PHP web framework: Eloquent ORM, Blade, Artisan, middleware, queues"
secondary_sources:
  - title: "Laravel: Up & Running (3rd Edition)"
    authors: ["Stauffer, Matt"]
    type: "book"
    year: 2023
    url: "https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/laravel-up/9781098153250/"
    institution: "O'Reilly"
    note: "Practical Laravel guide: routing, controllers, Eloquent, testing, deployment"
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## 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/)