--- title: Laravel kind: note description: The PHP Framework for Web Artisans Resources Laracasts YouTube Blog Articles Laravel News Set up a Laravel environment in VS Code with Dev Containers Using Laravel in VS Code (Start Quickly with a Dev… words: 472 readingMinutes: 2 created: '2024-06-12T18:20:49+02:00' updated: '2026-06-29T11:51:25+02:00' --- > The [PHP](/notes/php) Framework for [Web](/notes/web-development) Artisans ## Resources - [Laracasts](https://laracasts.com/) - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@LaravelPHP) - [Blog](https://blog.laravel.com/) ### Articles - [Laravel News](https://laravel-news.com/) - [Set up a Laravel environment in VS Code with Dev Containers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s5ukLSpSZM) - [Using Laravel in VS Code (Start Quickly with a Dev Container! 📦)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojWxCP1lT-Y) - [Debug your Laravel Sail Applications with xDebug](https://medium.com/geekculture/debug-your-laravel-sail-applications-with-xdebug-160ad70fcd41) - [How To Install and Configure Laravel with Nginx on Ubuntu 22.04 (LEMP)](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-laravel-with-nginx-on-ubuntu-22-04#step-3-creating-a-new-laravel-application) - [You don't need Laravel Sail](https://tech.osteel.me/posts/you-dont-need-laravel-sail) (opinion piece) - [How to Log All SQL Queries in Laravel](https://codebriefly.com/how-to-log-all-sql-queries-in-laravel/) ## Components - Blade - Templating engine that allows using full PHP - [Cashier](https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/billing) - Subscription billing using Stripe or Paddle - [Dusk](https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/dusk) - Selenium-based browser automation (testing) - [Echo](https://laravel.com/docs/broadcasting) - Event broadcasting using WebSockets (for [JavaScript](/notes/javascript) clients) - [Eloquent](https://laravel.com/docs/eloquent) - > ORM for [MySQL](/notes/mysql), [Postgres](/notes/postgresql), SQLite and SQL Server - [Homestead](https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/homestead) - Pre-packaged Vagrant VM for development - [Horizon](https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/horizon) - > Dashboard and code-driven configuration for your Laravel powered Redis queues - [Octane](https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/octane) - Increase performance and concurrency with application servers - [Pint](https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/pint) - > Opinionated PHP code style fixer - [Queues](https://laravel.com/docs/queues) - > Process jobs using Redis, Amazon SQS, or even MySQL and Postgres. - [Sanctum](https://laravel.com/docs/sanctum) - Manage simple API keys/tokens - [Sail](https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/sail) - > A light-weight command-line interface for interacting with Laravel's default Docker development environment - [Scout](https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/scout) - Syncs ORM models/records with full-text search indexes in Algolia, Meilisearch, or MySQL/PostgreSQL - [Socialite](https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/socialite) - OAuth authentication via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google, [GitHub](/notes/github), GitLab, and Bitbucket - [Telescope](https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/telescope) - Debugging UI - [Valet](https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/valet) - nginx-based development environment for [macOS](/notes/macos) ## Add-ons - [Nova](https://nova.laravel.com/) - > Administration panel for Laravel - [Spark](https://spark.laravel.com/) - Recurring billing using Stripe, Paddle, PayPal (via Paddle) ## Services - [Envoyer](https://envoyer.io/) - Zero-downtime deployment for all PHP applications - [Forge](https://forge.laravel.com/) - > Provision and deploy unlimited PHP applications on DigitalOcean, Akamai, Linode, Vultr, [Amazon](/notes/aws), Hetzner and more. - [Vapor](https://vapor.laravel.com/) - > A serverless deployment platform for Laravel, powered by AWS - [Learn Laravel Vapor](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcjapmjyX17gqhjUz8mgTaWzSv1FPgePD) YouTube playlist ## Starter kits - [Breeze](https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/starter-kits#laravel-breeze) - > Lightweight starter kit scaffolding for new applications with Blade or Inertia. - [Jetstream](https://jetstream.laravel.com/) - Starter kit using Tailwind and either Livewire or Inertia scaffolding ## Third-party ### Packages - [Packalyst](https://packalyst.com/) ### JavaScript - [Inertia](https://inertiajs.com/) - > Create **modern single-page React, Vue, and Svelte apps** using classic server-side routing. Works with any backend — tuned for Laravel. - [Livewire](https://laravel-livewire.com/) - > Livewire is a full-stack framework for Laravel that makes building dynamic interfaces simple, without leaving the comfort of Laravel. ### Software based on Laravel - [Statamic CMS](https://statamic.com/) - [Laravel Zero](https://laravel-zero.com/) - > Micro-framework for console applications ## FAQ ### Cloud-config example for remote development using [VS Code](/notes/vscode) - This example assumes [Ubuntu](/notes/ubuntu) 22.04. - Adjust the usernames everywhere (search for "claus" and "cconrad"). ```yaml #cloud-config package_update: true package_upgrade: true packages: - ssh-import-id - nginx - php8.1-fpm - php-mysql - php-cli - unzip - telnet - php-mbstring - php-xml - php-bcmath - php-curl - mysql-server power_state: mode: reboot runcmd: - sed -i -e '/^\(#\|\)PasswordAuthentication/s/^.*$/PasswordAuthentication no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config - sed -i -e '/^\(#\|\)X11Forwarding/s/^.*$/X11Forwarding no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config - sed -i -e '/^\(#\|\)MaxAuthTries/s/^.*$/MaxAuthTries 2/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config - sed -i -e '/^\(#\|\)AuthorizedKeysFile/s/^.*$/AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh\/authorized_keys/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config - rm /var/www/html/* - chown -R claus:claus /var/www/html - curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer -o /root/composer-setup.php - php /root/composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer system_info: apt_get_wrapper: enabled: False users: - name: claus groups: users, admin sudo: ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL shell: /bin/bash ssh_import_id: - gh:cconrad write_files: - path: /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default content: | server { listen 80 default_server; root /var/www/html; index index.html index.htm index.php; location / { try_files $uri $uri/ =404; } location ~ \.php$ { include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf; fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php8.1-fpm.sock; } } ``` ### Language files not loaded - If Laravel does not seem to use translation files from the `./lang` directory, check if you have a `./resources/lang` directory, and delete it. - [Source](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40153529/laravel-translation-not-working#comment127261859_40153600) ### Eloquent query logging ```php \Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB::connection()->enableQueryLog(); // Run some queries... $queries = \Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB::getQueryLog(); ``` ### Changes to "Job" classes do not take effect - Make sure to restart the queue worker (e.g. Horizon) after each code change. ### Laravel Tinker does not alias model automatically - Run `composer dump-autoload` to regenerate the list of all known classes ### Updating `created_at` manually - The `$model->unguard()` method allows to temporarily remove protection from mass assignment on a model instance. Apparently this also allows updating the `created_at` property. ### "A facade root has not been set." in `beforeAll` of Pest test - Laravel methods only work in `beforeEach`, not in `beforeAll`.