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Laravel Basics: Building Your First Application

Get started with Laravel framework. Learn installation, routing, views, controllers, and building your first Laravel application. Essential for modern PHP development.

David Park

December 19, 2025

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Laravel is the most popular PHP framework. It makes building web applications faster and easier. Let's build your first Laravel app.

What is Laravel?

Laravel is a PHP framework that provides tools and structure for building web applications. It follows MVC (Model-View-Controller) pattern and includes many features out of the box.

Installation

Install Laravel using Composer. Composer is PHP's dependency manager. Once installed, create a new Laravel project with one command.

Routing

Routes define how your application responds to requests. Laravel's routing is powerful and flexible. You can define routes in web.php file.

Views and Blade Templates

Views are what users see. Laravel uses Blade templating engine. Blade makes it easy to create dynamic HTML with PHP-like syntax.

Controllers

Controllers handle application logic. They process requests, interact with models, and return views. Controllers keep your code organized.

Database with Eloquent

Laravel's Eloquent ORM makes database work easy. You can interact with databases using PHP objects instead of writing SQL queries.

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Common Questions & Answers

How do I create a new Laravel project?

Install Composer first, then run: composer create-project laravel/laravel project-name. This creates a new Laravel application. Navigate to project folder and run: php artisan serve to start development server.

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# Install Laravel
composer create-project laravel/laravel my-app

# Navigate to project
cd my-app

# Start development server
php artisan serve

# Access at http://localhost:8000

# Create a route in routes/web.php
Route::get('/', function () {
    return view('welcome');
});

Route::get('/about', function () {
    return 'About Page';
});

How do I create a controller in Laravel?

Use artisan command: php artisan make:controller ControllerName. Controllers go in app/Http/Controllers. Define methods that return views or JSON. Route to controller methods in routes/web.php.

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