Installation

Server Requirements

• PHP >= 5.5.9
• OpenSSL PHP Extension
• PDO PHP Extension
• Mbstring PHP Extension
• Tokenizer PHP Extension

Via Composer Create-Project

# composer

          create-project

          laravel/laravel

          {directory_name}

          {version}

Configuration

• Config Directory
• Permissionis: storage and  bootstrap/cache 
• Additonal: app/config.php
• Pretty URL (Apache and Nginx)
• Environment Configuration: Dot files
• Application Environment: 
  • $environment = App::environment();
  • if (App::environment('local', 'staging')) 
• Config Values:
  • $value = config('app.timezone');
  • config(['app.timezone' => 'America/Chicago']);

HTTP Routing

Basic Routing app/Http/routes.php

Route::get('/', function () {
    return 'Hello World';
});

Route::post('foo/bar', function () {
    return 'Hello World';
});

Route::put('foo/bar', function () {
    //
});

Route::delete('foo/bar', function () {
    //
});

Multiple Verbs

Route::match(['get', 'post'], '/', function () {
    return 'Hello World';
});

Route::any('foo', function () {
    return 'Hello World';
});

$url = url('foo');

Required Parameters

Route::get('user/{id}', function ($id) {
    return 'User '.$id;
});

Route::get('posts/{post}/comments/{comment}', function ($postId, $commentId) {
    //
});

Regular Expression Constraints

Route::get('user/{name}', function ($name) {
    //
})->where('name', '[A-Za-z]+');

Route::get('user/{id}', function ($id) {
    //
})->where('id', '[0-9]+');

Route::get('user/{id}/{name}', function ($id, $name) {
    //
})->where(['id' => '[0-9]+', 'name' => '[a-z]+']);

Named Routes

Route::get('user/profile', ['as' => 'profile', function () {
    //
}]);

Route::get('user/profile', [
    'as' => 'profile', 'uses' => 'UserController@showProfile'
]);

Route Groups &

Named Routes

Route::group(['as' => 'admin::'], function () {
    Route::get('dashboard', ['as' => 'dashboard', function () {
        // Route named "admin::dashboard"
    }]);
});

Generating URLs To

Named Routes

$url = route('profile');

$redirect = redirect()->route('profile');

Route::get('user/{id}/profile', ['as' => 'profile', function ($id) {
    //
}]);

$url = route('profile', ['id' => 1]);

Route Prefixes

Route::group(['prefix' => 'admin'], function () {
    Route::get('users', function ()    {
        // Matches The "/admin/users" URL
    });
});

Route::group(['prefix' => 'accounts/{account_id}'], function () {
    Route::get('detail', function ($account_id)    {
        // Matches The accounts/{account_id}/detail URL
    });
});

CSRF Protection

<?php echo csrf_field(); ?>

<input type="hidden" name="_token" value="<?php echo csrf_token(); ?>">

{!! csrf_field() !!}

Form Method Spoofing

<form action="/foo/bar" method="POST">
    <input type="hidden" name="_method" value="PUT">
    <input type="hidden" name="_token" value="{{ csrf_token() }}">
</form>

Throwing 404 Errors

abort(404);