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saifali's avatar

which is best laravel version 8 or 7 ?

i am starting project on Laravel please suggests version

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MichalOravec's avatar

Always use the latest version of Laravel.

Both versions are almost the same.

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MichalOravec's avatar

Laravel 8 was released in September 2020, all good packages already support it.

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saifali's avatar

do all previous packages will support Laravel 8 ?

saifali's avatar

but 8 has some issues in rout defining its bit complex in 8 then 7 an lesser

tykus's avatar

Start always with the latest version of the framework, then keep it up to date.

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jlrdw's avatar

but 8 has some issues in rout defining

What do you mean?

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siangboon's avatar

I guess, Laravel 9 (LTS) the best for you.... by the time you familiar it version 9 should be out... and it's LTS version ....

Hahahaha....

martinbean's avatar

but 8 has some issues in rout defining its bit complex in 8 then 7 an lesser

@saifali It’s not. You can use the string-based route syntax that Laravel 7 had, or the new, class-based syntax. The choice is up to you.

Absolutely not a valid reason not to Laravel 8.

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