Level 75
Controllers are same in both Laravel versions.
Jun 3, 2021
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Laravel 8 From Scratch: Introducing controllers
Somebody needs my help with a Laravel 7 project.
I started reviewing the Laravel 8 From Scratch course, which I enjoy. My last lesson is Section 2 The Basics > Episode 9 Route Wildcard Constraints. This course does not have a version for Laravel 7.
Right now I am very much interested in learning about the basic concept of controllers.
The author mentions controllers in the course overview only in the following two episodes:
- Section 1 Prerequisites and Setup > Episode 01 An Animated Introduction to MVC
- Section 6 Search > Episode 38 Search (The cleaner Way)
The overview of the Laravel 6 version of the course mentions controllers in the following places:
- Section 2 Routing
- Episode 08 Routing to Controllers
- Section 3 Database Access
- Episode 12 Generate Multiple Files in a Single Command
- Section 4 Views > Episode 20 Homework Solutions
- Section 5 Forms
- Episode 21 The Seven Restful Controller Actions
- Episode 22 Restful Routing
- Episode 23 Form Handling
- Episode 25 Form Validation Essentials
- Section 6 Controller Techniques
- Section 13 Authorization
- Episode 52 Guessing the Ability Name
- Episode 53 Middleware-Based Authorization
I know that the Laravel 8 version of the course is a work in progress.
What do you suggest I do: should I simply refer to the Laravel 6 version of the course or should I look somewhere else? Are Laravel 8 controllers quite different?
Thank you.
Level 1
Thank you, dear Michal.
Level 59
Nothing has changed in that regard. We'll talk about controllers more in the Forms chapter.
Level 1
Thank you, dear Jeffrey.
Today I realized that Laravel 8 uses a new syntax for invoking controllers in route files.
Level 80
@ioan Controllers are just classes. A controller file itself looks pretty no different from a Laravel 5 project as it does an up-to-date Laravel 8 project.
You mentioned that somebody needs help with a Laravel 7 project. So are you looking into controllers because this person had an issue with one of theirs? Or is controllers just where you are in your journey in learning Laravel?
Level 1
Thank you very much, dear Martin.
My client has a Laravel 7 setup connecting to a Wix API. I need to troubleshoot this connection. I don't know if my client's controllers themselves are the cause of the problems or not. At any rate, I started researching Laravel.
I did find a small YouTube tutorial depicting a similar situation. Unsurprisingly, this tutorial uses controllers. In order to understand and adapt it to my situation I need a basic understanding of controllers.
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