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About the Book

This book is an up-to-date compilation of the official documentation pages hosted on http://laravel.com/docs to help the community to have an easy to read & organised offline documentation that can be used as a portable reference.

I will try my best to keep this book in sync with the official documentation by reviewing the changes in documentation repo periodically. If you find any error in the documentation or want to contribute, please feel free to fork the documentation repo in github and send pull request with corrections/enhancements. When your pull request will be accepted & merged into the repo, those updates will automatically be available in this book through next periodic sync.

About the Editor

M N Islam Shihan
M N Islam Shihan
Founder & CTO at Sphinx Corporation

An accomplished Software Engineer & Leader specializing in Object-Oriented Design and Analysis with extensive experience in the full life cycle of the software design process including requirement analysis, prototyping, proof of concept, design of application, platform and user interface architecture design, implementation, testing and maintenance. Additional expertise includes project management and strong communication skills on both technical and business domains.

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Table of Contents

  • Prologue
    • Release Notes
      • Support Policy
      • Laravel 5.3
      • Laravel 5.2
      • Laravel 5.1.11
      • Laravel 5.1.4
      • Laravel 5.1
      • Laravel 5.0
      • Laravel 4.2
      • Laravel 4.1
    • Upgrade Guide
      • Upgrading To 5.3.0 From 5.2
      • Upgrading To 5.2.0 From 5.1
      • Upgrading To 5.1.11
      • Upgrading To 5.1.0
      • Upgrading To 5.0.16
      • Upgrading To 5.0 From 4.2
      • Upgrading To 4.2 From 4.1
      • Upgrading To 4.1.29 From <= 4.1.x
      • Upgrading To 4.1.26 From <= 4.1.25
      • Upgrading To 4.1 From 4.0
    • Contribution Guide
      • Bug Reports
      • Core Development Discussion
      • Which Branch?
      • Security Vulnerabilities
      • Coding Style
  • Getting Started
    • Installation
      • Installation
      • Web Server Configuration
    • Configuration
      • Introduction
      • Accessing Configuration Values
      • Environment Configuration
      • Configuration Caching
      • Maintenance Mode
    • Directory Structure
      • Introduction
      • The Root Directory
      • The App Directory
    • Errors & Logging
      • Introduction
      • Configuration
      • The Exception Handler
      • HTTP Exceptions
      • Logging
  • Dev Environments
    • Laravel Homestead
      • Introduction
      • Installation & Setup
      • Daily Usage
      • Network Interfaces
      • Updating Homestead
      • Old Versions
    • Laravel Valet
      • Introduction
      • Installation
      • Serving Sites
      • Sharing Sites
      • Viewing Logs
      • Custom Valet Drivers
      • Other Valet Commands
  • Core Concepts
    • Service Container
      • Introduction
      • Binding
      • Resolving
      • Container Events
    • Service Providers
      • Introduction
      • Writing Service Providers
      • Registering Providers
      • Deferred Providers
    • Facades
      • Introduction
      • When To Use Facades
      • How Facades Work
      • Facade Class Reference
    • Contracts
      • Introduction
      • When To Use Contracts
      • How To Use Contracts
      • Contract Reference
  • The HTTP Layer
    • Routing
      • Basic Routing
      • Route Parameters
      • Named Routes
      • Route Groups
      • Route Model Binding
      • Form Method Spoofing
      • Accessing The Current Route
    • Middleware
      • Introduction
      • Defining Middleware
      • Registering Middleware
      • Middleware Parameters
      • Terminable Middleware
    • CSRF Protection
      • Introduction
      • Excluding URIs From CSRF Protection
      • X-CSRF-TOKEN
      • X-XSRF-TOKEN
    • Controllers
      • Introduction
      • Basic Controllers
      • Controller Middleware
      • Resource Controllers
      • Dependency Injection & Controllers
      • Route Caching
    • HTTP Requests
      • Accessing The Request
      • Retrieving Input
    • HTTP Responses
      • Creating Responses
      • Redirects
      • Other Response Types
      • Response Macros
    • HTTP Session
      • Introduction
      • Using The Session
      • Adding Custom Session Drivers
    • Validation
      • Introduction
      • Validation Quickstart
      • Form Request Validation
      • Manually Creating Validators
      • Working With Error Messages
      • Available Validation Rules
      • Conditionally Adding Rules
      • Validating Arrays
      • Custom Validation Rules
  • Views & Templates
    • Views
      • Creating Views
      • Passing Data To Views
      • View Composers
    • Blade Templates
      • Introduction
      • Template Inheritance
      • Displaying Data
      • Control Structures
      • Including Sub-Views
      • Stacks
      • Service Injection
      • Extending Blade
    • Localization
      • Introduction
      • Retrieving Language Lines
      • Overriding Package Language Files
  • JavaScript & CSS
    • JavaScript & CSS
      • Introduction
      • Writing CSS
      • Writing JavaScript
    • Compiling Assets (Laravel Elixir)
      • Introduction
      • Installation & Setup
      • Running Elixir
      • Working With Stylesheets
      • Working With Scripts
      • Copying Files & Directories
      • Versioning / Cache Busting
      • BrowserSync
  • Security
    • Authentication
      • Introduction
      • Authentication Quickstart
      • Manually Authenticating Users
      • HTTP Basic Authentication
      • Adding Custom Guards
      • Adding Custom User Providers
      • Events
    • Authorization
      • Introduction
      • Gates
      • Creating Policies
      • Writing Policies
      • Authorizing Actions Using Policies
    • Resetting Passwords
      • Introduction
      • Database Considerations
      • Routing
      • Views
      • After Resetting Passwords
      • Customization
    • API Authentication (Passport)
      • Introduction
      • Installation
      • Configuration
      • Issuing Access Tokens
      • Password Grant Tokens
      • Implicit Grant Tokens
      • Client Credentials Grant Tokens
      • Personal Access Tokens
      • Protecting Routes
      • Token Scopes
      • Consuming Your API With JavaScript
      • Events
    • Encryption
      • Introduction
      • Configuration
      • Using The Encrypter
    • Hashing
      • Introduction
      • Basic Usage
  • General Topics
    • Event Broadcasting
      • Introduction
      • Concept Overview
      • Defining Broadcast Events
      • Authorizing Channels
      • Broadcasting Events
      • Receiving Broadcasts
      • Presence Channels
      • Notifications
    • Cache
      • Configuration
      • Cache Usage
      • Cache Tags
      • Adding Custom Cache Drivers
      • Events
    • Events
      • Introduction
      • Registering Events & Listeners
      • Defining Events
      • Defining Listeners
      • Queued Event Listeners
      • Firing Events
      • Event Subscribers
    • Filesystem / Cloud Storage
      • Introduction
      • Configuration
      • Obtaining Disk Instances
      • Retrieving Files
      • Storing Files
      • Deleting Files
      • Directories
      • Custom Filesystems
    • Mail
      • Introduction
      • Generating Mailables
      • Writing Mailables
      • Sending Mail
      • Mail & Local Development
      • Events
    • Notifications
      • Introduction
      • Creating Notifications
      • Sending Notifications
      • Mail Notifications
      • Database Notifications
      • Broadcast Notifications
      • SMS Notifications
      • Slack Notifications
      • Notification Events
      • Custom Channels
    • Queues
      • Introduction
      • Creating Jobs
      • Dispatching Jobs
      • Running The Queue Worker
      • Supervisor Configuration
      • Dealing With Failed Jobs
      • Job Events
  • Database
    • Database: Getting Started
      • Introduction
      • Running Raw SQL Queries
      • Database Transactions
    • Database: Query Builder
      • Introduction
      • Retrieving Results
      • Selects
      • Raw Expressions
      • Joins
      • Unions
      • Where Clauses
      • Ordering, Grouping, Limit, & Offset
      • Conditional Clauses
      • Inserts
      • Updates
      • Deletes
      • Pessimistic Locking
    • Pagination
      • Introduction
      • Basic Usage
      • Displaying Pagination Results
      • Customizing The Pagination View
      • Paginator Instance Methods
    • Database: Migrations
      • Introduction
      • Generating Migrations
      • Migration Structure
      • Running Migrations
      • Tables
      • Columns
      • Indexes
    • Database: Seeding
      • Introduction
      • Writing Seeders
      • Running Seeders
    • Redis
      • Introduction
      • Interacting With Redis
      • Pub / Sub
  • Eloquent ORM
    • Eloquent: Getting Started
      • Introduction
      • Defining Models
      • Retrieving Models
      • Retrieving Single Models / Aggregates
      • Inserting & Updating Models
      • Deleting Models
      • Query Scopes
      • Events
    • Eloquent: Relationships
      • Introduction
      • Defining Relationships
      • Querying Relations
      • Eager Loading
      • Inserting & Updating Related Models
      • Touching Parent Timestamps
    • Eloquent: Collections
      • Introduction
      • Available Methods
      • Custom Collections
    • Eloquent: Mutators
      • Introduction
      • Accessors & Mutators
      • Date Mutators
      • Attribute Casting
    • Eloquent: Serialization
      • Introduction
      • Serializing Models & Collections
      • Hiding Attributes From JSON
      • Appending Values To JSON
  • Artisan Console
    • Console Commands
      • Introduction
      • Writing Commands
      • Defining Input Expectations
      • Command I/O
      • Registering Commands
      • Programatically Executing Commands
    • Task Scheduling
      • Introduction
      • Defining Schedules
      • Task Output
      • Task Hooks
  • Testing
    • Testing
      • Introduction
      • Environment
      • Creating & Running Tests
    • Application Testing
      • Introduction
      • Interacting With Your Application
    • Database Testing
      • Introduction
      • Resetting The Database After Each Test
      • Writing Factories
      • Using Factories
    • Mocking
      • Introduction
      • Events
      • Jobs
      • Mail Fakes
      • Notification Fakes
      • Facades
  • Official Packages
    • Laravel Cashier
      • Introduction
      • Configuration
      • Subscriptions
      • Subscription Trials
      • Handling Stripe Webhooks
      • Handling Braintree Webhooks
      • Single Charges
      • Invoices
    • Envoy Task Runner
      • Introduction
      • Writing Tasks
      • Running Tasks
      • Notifications
    • API Authentication (Passport)
      • Introduction
      • Installation
      • Configuration
      • Issuing Access Tokens
      • Password Grant Tokens
      • Implicit Grant Tokens
      • Client Credentials Grant Tokens
      • Personal Access Tokens
      • Protecting Routes
      • Token Scopes
      • Consuming Your API With JavaScript
      • Events
    • Laravel Scout
      • Introduction
      • Installation
      • Configuration
      • Indexing
      • Searching
      • Custom Engines
  • Appendix
    • Collections
      • Introduction
      • Available Methods
      • Method Listing
    • Helper Functions
      • Introduction
      • Available Methods
      • Method Listing
      • Arrays
      • Paths
      • Strings
      • URLs
      • Miscellaneous
    • Package Development
      • Introduction
      • Service Providers
      • Routing
      • Resources
      • Public Assets
      • Publishing File Groups

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