The main use cases for the Laravel PHP Framework are the branch locator and multiple API creations, which I use for running APIs, executing the display of product data, and backend processing.

What I find beneficial in the Laravel PHP Framework is that it is open source, and the code optimization is executed programmatically by default. Its built-in tools and levels allow for quick application development, and its security features are good, requiring very little maintenance, while multiple tools and executing plugins are readily available.

In the Laravel PHP Framework, areas that I would like to see improved include enhancements in modules to better manage the crawling of data from the database and executing calls on that data.

I have been working with the Laravel PHP Framework for the last four to five years.

The initial setup of the Laravel PHP Framework was straightforward, though I encountered some challenges regarding compatibility issues. These issues included using the latest Laravel versions with older PHP versions and managing multiple libraries that needed to be downloaded and included, which posed challenges when migrating older applications to the latest versions.

I have not experienced any downtimes or crashes with the Laravel PHP Framework.

I find it scalable and have not had any scalability issues at all.

Before working with the Laravel PHP Framework, I only had experience with Cake and Zend Framework.

The initial setup of the Laravel PHP Framework was straightforward, though I encountered some challenges regarding compatibility issues. These issues included using the latest Laravel versions with older PHP versions and managing multiple libraries that needed to be downloaded and included, which posed challenges when migrating older applications to the latest versions.

Apart from Drupal, I work with other technologies including PHP, MySQL, React, Bootstrap, and CSS.

With PHP, I use the Laravel PHP Framework. I have experience using Eloquent ORM in the Laravel PHP Framework in a LAMP stack. In the database, I exclusively use MySQL. I have utilized the Blade templating engine with MariaDB.

The impact of Laravel's modular packaging system on development processes is significant as it requires setting up your web server and PHP installation, with Apache executing the code in the view root directory.

The robust set of security features like protection against CSRF and SQL injections is critical in ensuring application security. In my development process, SQL injection attacks on the database are protected by storing all data in encrypted format. Additionally, I focus on proper database design, indexing with PostgreSQL, and creating stored procedures, ensuring that data is validated and checked every time a form is submitted before being inputted into the database.

From a security point of view regarding database security against SQL injections, my first priority is to check what types of data are being sent to the table, ensuring that data is always executed in encrypted format before being stored.

I chose to stay with Laravel because it is built on the Symfony framework, which provides good security as a foundation.

On a scale of 1-10, I rate the Laravel PHP Framework a 7.

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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.