Laravel: A framework for building PHP Apps

Amita Ashutoshbhai Mangukiya Poole, United Kingdom

Department of Computing s5322856@bournemouth.ac.uk
Bournemouth University
 Abstract— The aim of this paper is to create PHP command, which starts the Program and translates it into
application by using the Laravel framework. PHP is embedded PHP programming language to execute it [2]. This
in HTML which is a server-side scripting language. Laravel, programmer uses a command to terminate above Program,
assists developers in building an application with ease. An
and then final data or result in a server is displayed.
individual can use this type of node program by using a third-
party integrator. Developers sometimes find that after using a II. LITERATURE REVIEW
framework such as Laravel it is tough to switch to another
A. Introduction
framework. LARAVEL provides various advantages such as
Laravel is mainly a tool that consists of various
reverse routing, email integration and security management.
types of programming tool. This framework's first job is to
An eloquent user model is used to integrate in PHP
take anguish from a developer and provide some easy tasks
programming. As this study shows that, Laravel is a robust
that used in most of the web projects. Main tasks of Laravel
framework for website developers. It mainly works in PHP. In
order to develop a website, a developer needs all applications such as make authentic following programmes, routing,
and tools in a framework. periods and buffering [3].
Keywords—LARAVEL, ELOQUENT, RAM, ASP.NET, Developer of larval creates this framework to ease
MVC, NPM, API, SMS, URL, PHPUnit, HTML, CMS, SQL
injection the job of programming without losing product features.
Logic means programmers can create code with proper step
I. INTRODUCTION
by step. Laravel mainly assists programmers by a proper
It is mainly a framework in web development
logic method where programmers can do coding easily.
programs. It provides various tools for developing a
Laravel is a robust framework that provides powerful tools
program. In this topic main discussion is about what is the
for developers [4].
application. This topic also briefs about the problems facing
A framework needs to meet certain conditions for
while implementing a thesis about Laravel. Later part of this
making codes. Every useful framework such as Laravel also
topic also has an overview solution about problems. This
has some special tools to meet those conditions. The main
topic also reviews what can Laravel be changed in this
features such as primary controllers, implicit controllers,
assignment.
resource controllers, dependency controllers and route
LARAVEL is a framework developed for website
services. These controllers can ease a developer and can
designing or web applications. Frameworks are synonymous
build a website quickly [5].
to a cage or a net where it processes resources or packages
Every framework has its competitor, and Laravel
integrated within it and provide a glue-like feature. This
has competitors such as Ruby on Rails, ASP.NET MVC and
glue-like feature holds all packages together. LARAVEL
Sinatra. NPM plays a significant role in a framework. Every
framework is written in programming language PHP [1].
framework needs to run JavaScript in order to make coding.
Hypertext preprocessor PHP is known for embedding
NPM is mainly a package head for JavaScript. It is mainly a
frameworks like mentioned above. PHP or Personal Home
node for JavaScript programming. NPM places different
Page is an available scripted programming language that has
modules in different places where nodes can find those
been used for embedding HTML servers.
modules. It helps to manage dependency in an intelligent
LARAVEL functions through a combination of
way [5][2]. The best part of NPM is that developers can
drivers and bundle system. In a framework, LARAVEL
program it for using a variety of coding. NPM works
program that will be written can be packaged as a Bundle,
procedures such as release, find and install by developing
which extends from libraries to web-applications.
node programs. NPM is known as a composer, and Laravel
LARAVEL is used to automate repeated tasks. A
lacks a strong composer. Its main competitor Ruby has
programmer is used to create a start button, to start the
NPM.
operation, LARAVEL is then used to follow the above
 Frameworks have created for developing code efficiently
and while making codes in team frameworks such as
Laravel makes coding very easy. Every framework has its
own enchanting, and Laravel has it. Main difference
between Laravel and core PHP is that core PHP is only uses
for making dynamic web pages where Laravel can need
skills for coding.
B. Role of Laravel in creating PHP Apps
Laravel gives a developer a massive advantage over
other frameworks. Advantages mentioned below [6].
● Authentication structure
Laravel keeps its authentication application very simple for
developers. Nearly every code of authentication has
implemented in Laravel. It controls logic and resources very
efficiently.
● Support of mail system
Mail service is convenient for a developer. It is tough to
think about a web application, which has no email service in
it. Laravel offers simple API support for mail systems.
Laravel also supports SMS service so that a user can
communicate easily.
● Integrated tools
Laravel has included some integrated tools in order to
develop a webpage. It helps to develop an application faster
without losing its functionality. Larval mainly uses tools
such as file-cached drivers that can gather cached
information in a file system. Laravel also can use multiple
caches [4].
● Securing common technical issues
Laravel assists developers to secure their application by
securing most flaws such as SQL injection, cross-site
request, and cross-site manipulating. Laravel itself is a
secure framework.
● Flaws and exception management
Error handle management is a vital critical point of Larval
framework. Error management has included in Laravel out
of the box. Laravel's Monolog library system helps to
manage flaws in a program [7].
● Mechanism of work testing
Laravel has a built-in AI for testing codes. Laravel also
support for testing PHPUnit out of the box and has
phpunint.xml file for running the test. It helps developers to
work on a project with thinking of risk.
● Web address rerouting technique
A user can go through a website by clicking on a link. This
link is called URL or web address. In order to see context of
a web site, a user can go through that website by simply
clicking on that link. Laravel framework has an inbuilt route
option such as "http://routes.php” file which by default
loaded on Laravel framework [8].
● Different types of code
Laravel has a different kind of coding ability for developers
to make a website. A framework such as Laravel makes it
easy for programmers to make code for different projects.
Laravel is mainly an MVC type framework. An MVC type
framework can make a separation between different codes.
● SMS queue system
Mail service must have an option of SMS queue. Sometimes
a congested network system is unable to deliver a proper
message. But the queue allows an application to receive
delayed SMS from a user. Laravel has a unique set of API
systems that helps to retrieve delayed messages.
● Task scheduler
A developer needs to create a task to make a new
application. This method is irritating for a developer.
However, Laravel has its task scheduler that can help
developers automatically.
Laravel is one of the fastest and smartest
frameworks for a developer. A website must act fast in order
to be synchronized with a user, and Larval helps a developer
to code it easily. These are the main reasons why a
developer sometimes finds that it is hard to upgrade from
Laravel [9].
C. Features offered by Laravel
Applications and features of LARAVEL include:
● It is a modern software tool for handling most of
internet-based databases
● ELOQUENT, which is LARAVEL's Active
Record implementation, can create, retrieve, update
and delete database records.
● LARAVEL uses a command-line interface tool
known as ARTISAN, which is used by a
programmer to perform some actions such as
 running certain operations, migrating tasks and
operating scheduled tasks.
● LARAVEL has a frequent query builder, which
sets up differences between different database
types.
● LARAVEL is the latest innovation used by web
developers to create web applications [10].
D. Problems faced by the program
As simple as that even an MVC- web development
framework like LARAVEL, is not entirely free from
negativity. Even though LARAVEL is built to maintain ease
of PHP language-based web developers, this framework
faces some problems like:
● Payments feature of specific applications is not
supported.
● This framework does not offer smooth upgrades.
● Since LARAVEL is based on a PHP command
line, this programming language is unnecessarily
complicated, and amateur web developers cannot
build web applications built on that [11].
● Any PHP -based framework like LARAVEL does
show problems for a long-time support version,
which ultimately hinders in getting upgrades.
● Page reload longer in case of mobile applications
than websites.
Skilled programmers are used to developing website
based applications in LARAVEL which may sound good at
first, but complexity of this website framework leads to not
many technical supports. It is highly indicative in a case for
LARAVEL. Laravel is required to design mainly small
applications that run on small platforms. Laravel is an
application that works in PHP programming Enterprise-level
software is not built through LARAVEL; instead,
LARAVEL is built mainly for developing mobile
applications and small websites. Large Enterprise-level
software built on PHP command line takes a large number
of resources to load, takes multiple servers, caches and
packages. LARAVEL is used mainly for developing small
websites, and web applications, and if LARAVEL is used to
program extensive software, this Program will crash down
[3].
Crashing of this Program is a common occurrence; a
programmer is trying to upgrade the version of the software
from one generation to another. Some extension files of this
web-developing framework, LARAVEL, are quite under
designed and which adds to its complexity.
Since LARAVEL is based on MVC architecture,
known as Model View controller, is also quite complicated.
Developers have to use this platform for developing PHP
based software; however small size applications cannot be
programmed by using this model, since using a complex
language like PHP can crash this entire application. Now, as
LARAVEL uses this architecture, cost of updates is quite
frequent, and upgrading requires quite some time [12].
This web-based framework does not have the high
boost of technical experts, since the programming language
on which this framework is based is relatively new and
hence, technical support is very low. Still, developers are
trying to remove flaws from this framework, which is
completely understandable. Version 5 of LARAVEL is
considerably better than its predecessors are. In addition, as
discussed earlier, reload time is a big issue for PHP based
platforms. Mobile applications load slower than websites.
Latest version of LARAVEL shows no distinctive
features. Instead, the server only adds to its previous
complexity about ecosystem enrichment. From a user
standpoint, LARAVEL is a platform which consists of many
PHP frameworks that consists of a huge software
ecosystem. A first-time user can be severely confused by
complexity of this site. So, LARAVEL has this issue [13].
LARAVEL user installation requires a large
documentation and this requires high technical expertise.
LARAVEL requires having some customer support helpline
through which unnecessary problems can be avoided. In
addition, LARAVEL runs on some specific system
requirement. As LARAVEL runs on a large software
ecosystem, problems arise often when user has multiple
pages open all at once. This can create a large number of
chaos among the platform, and for a first time user this can
be quite complex.
Although LARAVEL claims to have excellent cache
management, usage of this PHP based language, on a less
than average specification platform, might
overloading of Cache memory. Mobile phones which have
RAM management problems, can often succumb to
situations like this and they cannot run the application.
Mobile applications hang quite often using LARAVEL.
Mobile applications cannot run LARAVEL [13].
LARAVEL, as it is an internet based framework,
and as it is host to multiple other platforms can require a
huge internet connection. Therefore, a good internet speed is
required to run this Program and to access all of its
resources. This program also proves to the disadvantage of
LARAVEL.
Running an internet-based networking framework
like this has its fair share of disadvantages. Even though,
LARAVEL provides advantages such as Reverse routing,
easy email integration system and improved security
management. Database configuration using a PHP artisan
tool is used to follow SQL command line. An eloquent user
model is used to integrate in PHP programming. At end, a
server CRON table is used to update the entire table.
Routing is performed while executing this Program. Inputs
are received and saved to the server [14].
III. CONCLUSION
This assignment concludes everything about
Laravel. Whether Laravel is an excellent framework or not
also discussed here. This study shows Laravel's best feature
over any framework. There are some significant flaws of
larval also such as it does not have NPM composer.
However, developers find it easy to use Laravel for making
codes. Laravel also helps a programmer with its AI engine.
There are various frameworks in PHP programming;
however, Laravel is one of them, and it keeps providing
support for developers.
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