Why Use Laravel and Not Plain PHP?

Well, most developers already knows this. All development aspects of using language frameworks are much better to be used than plain language. In this case I was explaining about Laravel and PHP. Currently as I write, the latest version of PHP was Laravel 13. I still remember the first time I was using Laravel was at version 8. It was at 2020 since Laravel 8 first introduced. So 6 years of development until today.

I want to share to new developers, all the perks of using language framework

The Perks

1. You don't have to write everything from scratch
If you want to write a simple form in PHP, you need to write the full code in PHP and HTML like this:

    <form action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]); ?>" method="POST">
        <div class="form-group">
            <label for="name">Name:</label>
            <input type="text" id="name" name="name" required>
        </div>

        <div class="form-group">
            <label for="email">Email:</label>
            <input type="email" id="email" name="email" required>
        </div>

        <div class="form-group">
            <label for="message">Message:</label>
            <textarea id="message" name="message" rows="4" required></textarea>
        </div>

        <input type="submit" value="Send Message">
    </form>

And if you need more forms, than you have to write more HTML codes.

In Laravel, you can use CLI command such as php artisan make:component FormInput to make reusable form input, and it creates a PHP file at app/View/Components/FormInput.php and a view file at resources/views/components/form-input.blade.php. So it can be reused for as many times as you like.

2. It covers basic necessity in an app
Other than form templates, Laravel offers features like:

• Basic Authentication
• Session Management
• Database Migration
• Database Model
• Default Styling Template
• Basic App Security

So you don't need to cover everything by yourself. It already included in Laravel.

3. So much good laravel template
If your app investor gives good support, you could pay for good Laravel templates on marketplace such as themeforest.net to find good Paid Laravel Templates. It is ready to use and very customizable.

4. Community Supports
Laravel had been exist for 15 years. It have so many communities like laravel.io and laracasts.com. Those communities can answer you questions regarding to laravel development.

I myself have been using Laravel for 6 years and it is one of the good PHP frameworks out there. Also you can guide AI prompt to use AI for better customization and security for your projects.