Laravel 5 is a version of Laravel released between 2015 and 2020. Laravel is a an open-source PHP web development MVC framework created by Taylor Otwell which helps you create applications using simple, expressive syntax. Use the laravel tag for general Laravel related questions.
Laravel 5.0 was released on February 4, 2015, and Laravel 5.8 in 2019. Laravel 5.8 and Laravel 5.5 LTS received their last security patch in 2020.
Laravel 5 uses the latest components and techniques of Design patterns and php5's components. Laravel uses Composer for managing dependencies. Laravel has its own optional templating engine called Blade.
Make sure you have the following minimum PHP version for each Laravel version.
5.0 requires >= 5.4
5.1 and 5.2 requires >= 5.5.9
5.3 and 5.4 requires >= 5.6.4
5.5 requires >= 7.0.0
5.6, 5.7, and 5.8 requires >= 7.1.3
Laravel Versions
Useful documentation
Pros
- It uses a blade template that is fast and maintains a cache
- Expressive syntax
- Reusability of code
- Laravel 5.5 is the latest LTS release; Laravel 5.1 was the first LTS release
Useful Tags
laravel laravel-3 laravel-4 laravel-5 laravel-5.1 laravel-5.2 laravel-5.3 laravel-5.4 laravel-5.5 laravel-5.6 laravel-5.7 laravel-5.8 laravel-routing eloquent
