Install Laravel
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Download and install the latest version of Composer from https://getcomposer.org/download/
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Open Windows Terminal in Visual Studio Code install Laravel Installer with command as below:
composer global require laravel/installer
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Create new folder named LearnLaravelWithRealApps. Use Visual Studio Code open to LearnLaravelWithRealApps foler. In this folder, create new project named LearnLaravelWithRealApps with command as below:
laravel new LearnLaravelWithRealApps
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Run LearnLaravelWithRealApps project with command as below:
php artisan serve
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Open LearnLaravelWithRealApps project with url as below:
http://localhost:8000
Models
Create new PHP file named Product.php in app/Models folder as below:
<?php
namespace App\Models;
class Product
{
var $id;
var $name;
var $price;
function __construct($id, $name, $price)
{
$this->id = $id;
$this->name = $name;
$this->price = $price;
}
}
Controllers
Create new PHP file named DemoController.php in app/Http/Controllers folder as below:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Models\Product;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class DemoController extends Controller
{
public function index(Request $request)
{
$request->session()->put('id', 123);
$request->session()->put('username', 'acc1');
$product = new Product('p01', 'name 1', 4.5);
$request->session()->put('product', $product);
$products = array(
new Product('p01', 'name 1', 4.5),
new Product('p02', 'name 2', 7.8),
new Product('p03', 'name 3', 9.4)
);
$request->session()->put('products', $products);
// Remove Session
$request->session()->forget('id');
return redirect('/demo/index2');
}
public function index2(Request $request)
{
if ($request->session()->has('id')) {
echo 'id: ' . $request->session()->get('id');
}
if ($request->session()->has('username')) {
echo '<br>username: ' . $request->session()->get('username');
}
if ($request->session()->has('product')) {
$product = $request->session()->get('product');
echo '<br>id: ' . $product->id;
echo '<br>name: ' . $product->name;
echo '<br>price: ' . $product->price;
}
if ($request->session()->has('products')) {
$products = $request->session()->get('products');
foreach ($products as $product) {
echo '<br>id: ' . $product->id;
echo '<br>name: ' . $product->name;
echo '<br>price: ' . $product->price;
echo '<br>------------------------';
}
}
return view('demo/index');
}
}
Views
Create new folder named demo in resources/views folder. In this folder, create new Blade file named index.blade.php as below:
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Laravel</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Index</h3>
</body>
</html>
Routes
Open web.php file in routes folder, add new routes as below:
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use App\Http\Controllers\DemoController;
Route::group([], function () {
Route::get('/', [DemoController::class, 'index']);
Route::get('/demo', [DemoController::class, 'index']);
Route::get('/demo/index', [DemoController::class, 'index']);
Route::get('/demo/index2', [DemoController::class, 'index2']);
});
Structure of Laravel Project
Run Application
Access index action in Demo controller with url http://localhost:8000/demo/index to create new sessions and redirect to index2 action in Demo controller with url http://localhost:8000/demo/index2
Output