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ruchitha98's avatar

What is the best version of Laravel to use 8 or 7?

I am expecting to start a new application project with Laravel. Which version should I use? Laravel 8 or Laravel 7?

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Velja's avatar

There is never a reason to use old version when starting a new project, unless you are using some very specific packages which havent been updated yet

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MichalOravec's avatar

Both version are almost the same, but everytime when you start with a new project start with the lastest version of Laravel.

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tykus's avatar

But it has less community support isn't it?

What do you base this opinion on?

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ruchitha98's avatar

On stackoverflow there are less support I suppose

MichalOravec's avatar

99% things which work in an older version of Laravel will work on the latest version as well.

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martinbean's avatar

On stackoverflow there are less support I suppose

@ruchitha98 Well, yes. That’s how time works. Of course there are going to more questions on Laravel 7 than 8 given Laravel 7 was released before Laravel 8. That doesn’t means Laravel 8 is “worse” than Laravel 7, though.

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