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Laravel
Latestv13.16.1Updated Jun 16, 2026
Overview
Laravel is a free and open-source PHP-based web framework for building web applications. It was created by Taylor Otwell and intended for the development of web applications following the model–view–controller (MVC) architectural pattern and based on Symfony. Some of the features of Laravel include modular packaging system with a dedicated dependency manager, different ways for accessing relational databases, utilities that aid in application deployment and maintenance, and its orientation toward syntactic sugar.
Read moreHow it works
php
Route::get('/', function () {
return view('welcome');
});The flow
Step by step, from source to running.
- 1Request enters public/index.php
- 2Middleware + router resolve it
- 3Controller + Eloquent ORM run
- 4Blade template renders the view
Latest changes
v13.16.1 · Jun 16, 2026
- [13.x] remove Tailwind @source calls that are already covered by default in https://github.com/laravel/laravel/pull/6823
- [13.x] Render JSON exceptions for API routes by default in https://github.com/laravel/laravel/pull/6824