Laravel, in web application development it is a big head under a PHP. A couple of years ago, PHP suffered in web development; it was causing a lot of hassle in development, and then they came up with the Laravel framework. Today, Laravel is the most used framework for PHP. From 100%, Laravel usage is more than 25% among all the PHP frameworks, making it a popular choice for Laravel developers.

We are going to discuss its features. How it becomes a most popular framework. Behind this popularity is which factor is responsible. Let’s start with the List of Laravel features.

List of Laravel Features

1. Template Engine

2. New directory structure

3. Method injection

4. Multiple file system support

5. Built-in authentication System

6. MVC Architecture support

7. Migration system for the database

8. Security

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Let’s see in the brief of all listed Laravel features

1. Template engine:

It is the best feature of Laravel. Laravel is highly regarded for its built-in lightweight templates; using these templates, you create stunning layouts for web application development and enterprise applications. Dynamically, you can feed content into web/enterprise applications.

Templates are additionally designed with multiple widgets, backend CSS, and JS code with solid structures.

2. New directory structure

Prior to the latest directory structure change, it is the UI change of Laravel, which is eye-catching on the very first opening. The new directory structure in Laravel 5.0.1 comes with auto-landing pages. Classes are well namespaced now; configuration, storage, and database are level-up.

Everything is wrapped up in the one App folder; every folder works the same as the previous version now. A new folder is introduced; this folder contains all languages and template files of the application. This is the latest feature of the Laravel framework.

3. Method injection

In the latest update of the Laravel framework, method injection is the most important feature in web development. For a programmer, it is an easy way to work with classes and their instances.
Now, in the controller method as a programmer, you can declare a type-hinted class instance. Developers can use an injection method for injecting a class into the method.

4. Multiple file system support

The latest version of Laravel provides robust support for multiple file systems. The support system is a third-party package, which is Flysystem.

It provides an option for developers to set up a storage system, they can use a local or cloud-based storage system for simple configuration for storage.

5. Inbuilt authentication system

Authentication is core and a very basic part or feature in any framework from a developer’s perspective. In any web application or enterprise application, developers spend lots of time coding authentication.

With built-in authentication systems, developers only need to configure a database, controllers, and models for the system to work.

6. MVC Architecture Support

Developers are used to MVC Architecture in older PHP frameworks. In Laravel, MVC architecture support is the cupcake for regular experienced developers who don’t know the Laravel framework.

It helps in improving the performance, allowing better documentation, and has multiple built-in functions. This structured approach can also support full-stack development by keeping different parts of the application organised.

7. Migration system for databases

Migrating database best feature in updated version Laravel, Migrating database means developer no need to create the new database for every web application. It reduces the time taken to re-create the database.

In this feature, there is no risk of data loss. And you can change the database structure with the help of PHP; there is no need for SQL.

8. Security

Security, not only security but better security, is a concern in every web application framework. Laravel takes care of the security of web/enterprise applications within the framework.

Laravel uses a hashed and salted password which is used as plain text in the database. It uses prepared SQL statements to prevent SQL injection attacks.

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