Laravel PHP Framework Reviews

Our company's main system is entirely developed on Laravel PHP Framework, which we call our central system. Laravel PHP Framework is the foundation for our product's core architecture.

Our entire structure is built on Laravel PHP Framework, and the core functionalities we use it for include authentication, authorization, and keeping track of users and user permissions. All of these aspects of our system are managed through Laravel PHP Framework.

We also use Laravel PHP Framework to run our schedule-related software operations. There are weekly data syncs and monthly data syncs that are all run through PHP Artisan queues, which is a part of Laravel PHP Framework.

Laravel PHP Framework has a very organized structure for doing things, producing a modular structure that provides excellent consistency and a good layout for your project. It also supports a lot of functions and possibilities out of the box that you would have to hard-code otherwise if you use vanilla PHP, giving you a lot of control and organization skills, which is really beneficial.

Routing in Laravel PHP Framework is particularly valuable since those are the scripts that would require a lot of manual work if you use vanilla PHP. Laravel PHP Framework provides many of these capabilities out of the box, including an authentication framework, routing frameworks, middleware, and everything else. You can easily start building your own software without reinventing the wheel, making that a really good aspect of having a framework like this.

Since we started with Laravel PHP Framework, our product development time has been very efficient, and our team is very efficient and comfortable. Using this framework has helped tremendously, especially given that our developers are very experienced in this field.

I also happen to be a Python developer, and when comparing Python frameworks like FastAPI with Laravel PHP Framework, one thing I notice is that the syntax and the number of code lines you have to write to get something done is actually more than that in Python. I don't think that's a very highlighted bad case, but it's something of a concern because you have to write significantly more code in PHP to get a simple thing done than in Python. When I was a beginner to Laravel PHP Framework, I had some trouble understanding the syntax because PHP syntax was somewhat inconsistent at certain points, which I felt Python does not have. Python is very simple, and you can easily accomplish anything with Python, but Laravel PHP Framework is not exactly the same case. That's the only concern I see, but that's actually at the end of PHP itself, not Laravel PHP Framework. Laravel PHP Framework has actually done a good job of cleansing PHP of its verbose elements, so Laravel PHP Framework doesn't need any improvement mainly, but things that come with PHP cannot be fixed.

I started using Laravel PHP Framework once I joined the company, so it has been about eight months.

Laravel PHP Framework is stable in my experience.

We needed to scale up our workers about two weeks ago because we were getting more requests than usual, and it was really easy with Laravel PHP Framework. You can configure the PHP-FPM workers and Laravel PHP Framework picks it up, distributing the workload. When scaling up the system, using Laravel PHP Framework is really a good approach.

We have received help from Laravel PHP Framework community all the time, and they are really helpful. There is a very enthusiastic developer community around Laravel PHP Framework who are always helping each other, which is really amazing. If you are coming into Laravel PHP Framework, you don't have to worry about getting support; there will always be someone willing to help you along the way.

We didn't have a different solution earlier.

Laravel PHP Framework is totally free. I was not the person who set it up, but having such a powerful framework available at no cost is really amazing. I would really love to thank the developers and contributors all around the world who helped build this framework because they have done a great job, and having the ability to use it for free really means something.

I don't think we can answer that because there was no investment. Laravel PHP Framework was free of charge, and it is what we are built on right now, making our development very easy. However, I don't have exact figures to compare to because this is what we started with.

We did consider Java before choosing Laravel PHP Framework, but we felt the development was too complex, and our developers felt more comfortable with Laravel PHP Framework, so we chose it.

Laravel PHP Framework is a really nice framework, and it has a lot of functions that you don't see in PHP; it is actually PHP on steroids. Regarding the community, the community is really awesome and always willing to help. Laravel PHP Framework is one of the most common software development frameworks, especially for back-end development, with a lot of support coming from the community. The AI tools have a lot more understanding about Laravel PHP Framework compared to some less well-known frameworks, so if you are starting development with this, I think this would be a great choice. People say PHP is dead since 2023, but I don't believe PHP or Laravel PHP Framework would be dead anytime soon; it is really a good framework for you to start your development journey with. If you are looking to migrate, you might have to consider the trade-offs, but again, it is a good software development pathway to follow. I would rate this framework a 9 out of 10.

We have multiple projects built on Laravel PHP Framework; as of now, we have nine to ten projects. That's something we can do with respect to what is required in web development, process, or functionality.

We complete web apps using Laravel PHP Framework. The complete web app, from A to Z, we can completely develop on Laravel for APIs, as well as complete, robust applications. We can completely deploy it with Laravel.

We are using Laravel PHP Framework in several AI projects with APIs. For the back end, we have a Python server especially to handle all the AI requests which we receive. We don't directly connect the AI with our Laravel application, but we have a dedicated server which we have written in Python technology that we use with that.

I find the command line interface very valuable in Laravel PHP Framework, for instance, the migrations and all feeding from seedings to migrations. Every structure is perfectly structured and tailored for a developer to use and libraries. There's no need to use any CDNs, or we can simply install the package and get the specific features. That's a greater part of Laravel PHP Framework.

Laravel PHP Framework enhances our application security posture with various packages and middleware which are available to protect from various kinds of activities.

The most valuable features for building modern web applications in Laravel PHP Framework include the cross-factor authentication, which is handled with middleware. Those things play major roles in providing security before hacking. The route, through which we can categorize and authorize various routes in our web applications and for specific user roles, is also a significant part.

Regarding room for improvement, there are various things at the code level such as Eloquent relationships, including has one and has many, which we can optimize a bit more so that we can get the data faster. If the end developer does not know that, then that's a challenge.

I've been working with Laravel PHP Framework for about four years.

There are no specific challenges we face in Laravel PHP Framework. Everything in Laravel PHP Framework is perfectly tailored.

I have had no performance or limitations with Laravel PHP Framework.

From the maintenance point of view, Laravel PHP Framework is really developer friendly.

There is no maintenance required in Laravel PHP Framework unless the server is high, for instance, if any specific process which we have done custom with a database connection or API calls. In that case, we need to optimize our specific business logic, but there is nothing required from Laravel.

I haven't reached out for Laravel PHP Framework tech support.

Positive

Every framework I have worked with, including Laravel PHP Framework, is built on their specific architecture. For instance, Yii is different than Laravel; they are different. Each framework is useful; we cannot find the flaws in them. Ultimately, they provide structured coding practices that we were missing in code when developing core PHP. Instead of just putting a file and running it directly on the web server, with Laravel or CodeIgniter, we can code in a structured manner, which is a beneficial part.

The initial setup of Laravel PHP Framework is straightforward.

The setup process of Laravel PHP Framework requires downloading the latest version of PHP initially and then getting Composer. These are the initial, primary requirements for building a Laravel project. From Composer, we need to start the project by the name using command line code. After that, we can initialize the DB connections in that specific project, if required, then run migrations, generate keys, and for testing, we need to simply run artisan serve. That is the initial phase which is really straightforward to find.

The size of the environment with Laravel PHP Framework currently has about three to four developers working on a single project.

In my project, we usually have three to four developers working with Laravel PHP Framework.

Using Laravel PHP Framework has not impacted my development time or cost in my projects because it's a good best practice which we need to follow on all the complete architecture instead of simply getting a file and putting it directly, which we were doing in normal core PHP.

There are no fees associated with Laravel PHP Framework.

There are various use cases for Laravel PHP Framework, but I don't think there are any disadvantages.

I would recommend Laravel PHP Framework to users or developers using Core PHP; this is the time they need to switch to Laravel, being a decade or more than a decade. Many people are using it. If they are still on Core PHP, then they need to switch.

On a scale of 1 to 10, I rate Laravel PHP Framework as a 10.

My main use case for Laravel PHP Framework is to develop web applications. Recently, I developed a simple website for my company using Laravel PHP Framework. I am only using Laravel PHP Framework for developing web apps.

The best feature that Laravel PHP Framework offers is the very good ORM experience, allowing me to easily write complex SQL queries in a short form instead of writing them at length. Using ORM in Laravel PHP Framework makes my development process better and completely stable. Laravel PHP Framework has positively impacted my organization by allowing us to easily develop our web applications without any errors. Although there has been no effect on saving time or resources since expertise is still needed, Laravel PHP Framework helps during admin panel creation because I do not have to write the complete code for the admin panel; I just write the logic since all themes are available in Laravel, and authentication is very easy compared to core PHP.

I did not find Laravel PHP Framework to be AI compatible because for API, Python is more comfortable, and I think it is not working well with AI models currently. I do not have any additional comments about needed improvements or the documentation.

I have been using Laravel PHP Framework for the last three months.

Laravel PHP Framework is stable, as it is a programming language that is completely stable. In my experience, Laravel PHP Framework is stable.

Laravel PHP Framework's scalability for larger projects or increasing user loads is good.

I did not reach out to Laravel PHP Framework's support team because everything is open source, and public documentation is available.

Before using Laravel PHP Framework, we were using core PHP, and we switched to Laravel PHP Framework because it provides better ORM models and authentication.

There has been a return on investment from using Laravel PHP Framework because it saves a lot of time for authentication and other tasks, and there is no investment since it is open source; only our resource cost is applicable, but that will not be calculated here.

Laravel PHP Framework is open source and free, so there are no pricing or licensing costs involved.

We did not evaluate any other options before choosing Laravel PHP Framework; we just started reading and began working with it.

My advice for others looking into using Laravel PHP Framework is that if you want to create a web application and are currently using core PHP, you should try it because it helps a lot with problems and easily solves many issues, especially regarding authentication. I gave this review a rating of ten out of ten.

Public Cloud

Microsoft Azure

Frameworks are normally made to help people working with a programming languages they are using to work more efficiently. For example, if you want to build your system using Microsoft features, then you should go use a .NET Framework. If you want to build your system by PHP programming language, then you can use a PHP framework like Laravel.  

The primary use for Laravel Framework in my case is for my PHP development of software and my web sites.  

Laravel has helped us to more efficiently spread our workload within our development team.  

The most valuable feature is how the framework minimizes the need to use redundant code. I can reuse blocks of code and this minimizes rewriting or copying and also simplifies troubleshooting reused code.  

One thing that is not so good about this solution is that the implementation process is quite complex. To get the final output, you have to maintain a lot of extra processes or parts. If you are not careful with the system you can damage it easily.  

Because there is some dependency, these dependencies need to be added to the system. If you forget to add in any dependency, then it will not work.  

What I would like to see improved to minimize the size of the built-in system's extra processes. There are a lot of default files that bulk up the installation. I would also like the setup to be more intuitive.  

I have been using Laravel, all together, for about one and a half years.  

More-or-less, I can say that it is stable. It could perform better or more efficiently, but it may only lag and not crash.  

Obviously Laravel is scalable because that is what it was meant to be by design. In my company, there are several departments. Some work with networking, some work with software development, et cetera. In my department, there are 20 to 25 employees that are working with Laravel and other software development tools. The product is constantly in use by the entire department, but the projects and their roles in a project may be different.   

In this product, there are several features or functions. To develop a system, you do not need to do all the parts of the system by yourself. The tasks can be divided between a team of employees. So one employee will be responsible for one feature and the other on the team is responsible for another feature. In this way, all the features are covered but not by the same person at one time. A specific person is responsible for a specific part of the task. You can make the team larger or smaller to scale with production on a project.  

I do not go through support. I do use the community tools on Quora, however. There are a lot of users on the platform who discuss bug-related problems and a lot of users with experience who provide answers. There are buttons to vote for which answers are the best ones so the best answers become the best rated. It makes it easy to find the right answer and to participate in the discussions.  

I have used and am sometimes still using Core PHP, Raw PHP, and Laravel. Another thing I use on the database in a server is PHP MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions). I have not used anything else for my PHP development.  

The initial setup is not entirely straightforward because there is some dependency. These dependencies need to be added to the system first. You have to be sure this setup is complete.  

The amount of time it takes to deploy actually depends on the system you want to build. If you want to build a simple web development system, then it may require less than two to three days to configure a small rack. But if you go for a more complex system, then it will require more effort and time. I cannot accurately say how much because it depends on the scope of the system and other criteria for usage.  

But the basic installation may not take any more than two days. If you are an amateur, then it will take more time.  

There are some things that you can handle by yourself in the installation by using the documentation they provide. In some extra or exceptional cases, you probably want to use the assistance of an expert.  

We took care of the implementation ourselves with some help through available online help resources.  

The cost is not an issue because the product we use is open-source.  

When you first build something you may create a lot of files to build a working system. If you look closely later, you may see that some files you created were redundant or unnecessary. But because you built the system it will now not support itself without those files and redundancy already created. Instead of doing this type of management, you should let Laravel help create it. It will help you manage and be more consistent and efficient.  

On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate Laravel as a seven-point-five out of ten. You can round that up to eight.  

On-premises

Authentication-based users and any content-related production are the primary use case, whether that be text-based or financial transaction related.

Faster development cycles with good community support and third-party packages to choose from. It keeps up-to-date with major releases of common tools, like PHP and SQL databases.

MVC Framework which Taylor built is simple to use and has many built-in features, especially on models and collections. The command-based tools are a must have. We use this feature extensively to handle numerous cron-based tasks within our applications.

• V.3 was nice to get the tool going, but it was limited.
• V.4 was much better and we rolled out numerous production applications, which still run today. 
• V.5 was neat and matured.

Three to five years.

My main use case for Laravel PHP Framework is using it as a backend for web applications.

A quick specific example of a web application where I used Laravel PHP Framework as the backend is our in-house ticketing system for our customers so they can open support tickets.

We are using Laravel PHP Framework for integrating web applications with SQL database.

In my experience, the best features that Laravel PHP Framework offers are that it's fairly old, having been out for a long time, so there is a lot of resources on the internet, and the community is very large. The libraries are very good, allowing you to find what you need easily.

Laravel PHP Framework has positively impacted my organization by allowing us to switch from developing the same project using Java, which took much longer, to Laravel and PHP, saving a lot of time. Our project is deployed on AWS, so we used it on AWS.

Things moved twice as fast with Laravel PHP Framework compared to Java.

Laravel PHP Framework needs to be constantly updated and modernized because it is now considered legacy, and there are many more modern programming languages that are coming and becoming more famous, easier, and more attractive for today's programmers. Laravel needs to be modernized and kept trending because it's currently considered legacy and it's slowly dying.

I have been using Laravel PHP Framework for five years.

Since I'm not a programmer but a cybersecurity engineer, a lot of the code I write is mainly taken from publicly available resources, and having a good community that has a lot of similar code to what I need available easily has helped a lot compared to other programming languages.

I urge others looking into using Laravel PHP Framework to use it over other programming languages as it's been out for a long time. It has a lot of support, and they will easily find things on the internet to help them. Laravel PHP Framework is a very stable and reliable programming language that has a lot of room for creativity and can help you achieve whatever you want to do with your web application. It's very useful. I would rate this product an eight out of ten.

Public Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS)