Why Are People Using Laravel?

PHP is dead. Or is it?

For whatever reason, I've heard many people talk about Laravel here lately, the most popular PHP framework. I figured I'd play around with it and see the buzz. I enjoyed it!

First, we need a database. We'll use docker to run a MySQL database.

# Create a docker network

docker network create localnetwork

# Run a MySQL database

docker run -d --name mysql-container  --network=localnetwork -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=password -p 3306:3306 mysql:latest

# Run phpMyAdmin

docker run -d --name phpmyadmin-container --network=localnetwork -e PMA_HOST=mysql-container -e PMA_PORT=3306 -p 8080:80 phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin:latest

Next, install Composer. If you have a Mac, use homebrew.

install composer

Use Composer to generate a fresh laravel project.

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel laravel-api

Update your database credentials in the .env file.

Next, have Laravel generate your controller: php artisan make:controller ThingController

Generate your model: php artisan make:model Thing

Update your model with protected $guarded = []; This tells the database to accept everything except what you specify in the array.

Now, let's get the 'things'.

Fin.