Cheatsheet

Pocket Laravel. Assumes the PHP tutorial cheatsheet already lives in your head.

Create & run

composer create-project laravel/laravel app && cd app
php artisan serve
npm install && npm run dev

Routes

Route::get('/posts', [PostController::class, 'index'])->name('posts.index');
Route::resource('posts', PostController::class)->middleware('auth');
Route::get('/posts/{post}', …); // model binding

php artisan route:list

Controller returns

return view('posts.index', compact('posts'));
return redirect()->route('posts.index');
return response()->json($data, 201);
abort(403);

Blade

@extends('layouts.app')
@section('content') … @endsection
{{ $escaped }}
{!! $raw !!}
@csrf
@method('PUT')
{{ old('title') }}
@error('title') {{ $message }} @enderror
@vite(['resources/css/app.css', 'resources/js/app.js'])

Validation

$data = $request->validate([
    'title' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
]);

Eloquent

Post::query()->with('user')->latest()->paginate(10);
Post::query()->create($data);
$post = Post::query()->findOrFail($id);
$post->update($data);
$user->posts()->create($data);
DB::transaction(fn () => …);

Auth

auth()->check();
auth()->user();
$this->actingAs($user); // tests
$this->authorize('update', $post);

Route::middleware('auth')->group(…);

Artisan

php artisan make:model Post -mfs
php artisan migrate
php artisan tinker
php artisan test
php artisan optimize:clear

Config

config('app.name');
// env() only inside config/*.php

APP_DEBUG=true          # local only
QUEUE_CONNECTION=sync   # local default
MAIL_MAILER=log

PHP tutorial → Laravel

PHP tutorial	Laravel
mini-router	routes/web.php
$_POST + validate	$request->validate
CSRF session token	@csrf + middleware
PDO	Eloquent / Query Builder
password_hash	Hash / cast hashed
sessions	auth + session driver
front controller	public/index.php

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That's enough to unblock a coding session. For the why, jump back to the chapters.

Best,

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