Modern PHP that's a joy to write. Eloquent ORM, Blade templates, Artisan CLI, and a vast first-party ecosystem (Forge, Vapor, Livewire, Inertia) — Laravel is the most polished full-stack PHP framework ever made.
← Back to Server Side// app/Models/Product.php class Product extends Model { protected $fillable = ['name', 'price']; public function scopeAffordable($query) { return $query->where('price', '<', 100); } } // routes/web.php Route::get('/products', function () { return Product::affordable()->latest()->paginate(20); }); Route::post('/products', function (Request $request) { $data = $request->validate([ 'name' => 'required|string|max:200', 'price' => 'required|numeric|min:0', ]); return Product::create($data); });
Active Record done right in PHP. Relationships (hasMany, belongsToMany), eager loading, mutators, casts, scopes — all expressive, all chainable.
Two productivity multipliers:
First-class background jobs (Redis, SQS, DB), event broadcasting (Pusher, WebSockets), and a fluent scheduler that replaces cron for most needs.
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Breeze / Jetstream | Auth scaffolding (login, registration, MFA). |
| Sanctum / Passport | API token / OAuth. |
| Cashier | Stripe / Paddle subscription billing. |
| Horizon | Dashboard for queues. |
| Forge / Vapor | Provisioning & serverless deploys. |
| Nova / Filament | Admin panels. |
Auth, billing, queues, admin — first-party packages cover them all.
Ship client projects fast with cohesive defaults.
Filament + Livewire = admin panels in hours.
Cashier + Spark + community packages.