What are the reasons to choose Laravel MVC for

web development?
Sambhav Rajput

MSC IT – Research Methods and Professional Issues

Bournemouth University
Poole, United Kingdom
[email protected]

Abstract— In the current market, there is a wide range of business logic (models), the manipulate coordination
interesting technological solutions. So, it is recommended to (controllers) and the presentation of statistics (views) into 3
properly research, identify and implement the solution distinctive layers. In other phrases, the heart of the MVC
which most suited to the information system strategy. In pattern is the concept of “Separation of concern” [4]. The
contemporary years due to the brisk development of internet framework additionally helps modular architect which
technology, online business is gradually rampant. Website enables developers to separate code into unbiased
users are very demanding as all the time they expect the web manageable modules [5]. Laravel is one of the PHP systems
services to be quickly and easily accessible from different that have distinctive aspects e.g., expressiveness and clean
code [6].
places around the world, whenever they need it. Website
users always need very rapid and quick responses. Website In this context, this paper focuses on below hypothesis
development is a process that takes time and takes more questions:
time if the development language is simple, which is not  What is MVC Really?
consistent with this quick and evolving world of technology.
So that's why frameworks are developed to overcome these  What is Laravel Authentication?
problems related to web development and to create websites  What is Laravel Middleware?
very conveniently.
Keywords— Laravel framework; Authentication; MVC;  What is Laravel Starter?
PHP; Middleware
 What are the key features of Laravel?
I. INTRODUCTION  What are the Pros of Laravel?
In the modern IT enterprise, it's far essential for web
 Problem with Framework and How to overcome it?
developers to recognize at least one conflict-demonstrated
framework. In the modern IT industry, it is very important  What are the Cons of Laravel?
for web developers to have the knowledge and awareness of
at least one framework. Laravel is one of the most successful  What are the reasons for selecting the Laravel
PHP frameworks in 2015, primarily based on an annual Framework?
framework recognition survey carried out by using Site point  What are the improvements to the Framework?
[1]. The free, open-source system was planned by Taylor
Otwell, and was propelled back in 2011, at present running II. LITERATURE REVIEW
its 8.0 adaptation dispatched on September 8th 2020 [2]. According to [7], to test the efficiency of various PHP
PHP platform facilitates the rapid application development measurements, certain tasks are performed. So, these tasks
(RAD), that saves our time by reducing development time for were: text files read/write, uploading and saving images on
the developers, helping to create a more reliable application. the server, all the CRUD operations and retrieve large data
It saves the developers from writing the repetitive codes due from the database. So, by their experiment, Laravel is the
to which it allows developers to spend more their time on best for reading and writing text files. As compared to other
developing the actual web application, instead of writing PHP frameworks the file processing component of Laravel
repetitive codes and wasting time on them. A Laravel performs the best. According to [8], based on the Laravel
Framework mainly has many robust libraries and convenient framework a web application has a layered structure. The
tools which helps to reduce the complex tasks and repetitive first layer consists of the Laravel core component extension
tasks [3]. Further, using a Laravel it also helps to strengthen and Framework. The second layer consists of Laravel
the security of a website. Website security in the business persistence layer of database and labels extension. The third
world plays an important role. So, with using Laravel layer consists of a common data persistence framework and
framework, the developer doesn't need to have much deeper batch query analysis page. A large amount of data can be
knowledge about website security because Laravel supports identified by Laravel for the business purpose. The
many features to prevent security attacks such as cross-site frameworks basically based on Model, view, and Controller
request forgery (CRF), Cross-site Scripting and SQL design pattern.
injection. Laravel additionally offers a well-established Referring to Figure1 [9], MVC is a short form for ‘Model
skeleton for building big projects. Essentially, Laravel View Controller’. This illustrates the use of structure
employs the well-known MVC architectural sample, which developers when constructing applications. MVC basically is
facilitates to prepare code better. MVC pattern separates the a software which separates utility/domain/commercial

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enterprise in terms of the interface of customers. This is done register view handles the registration process by a new user.
by breaking MVC software into the further three parts: first Users use this default authentication module.
is the Model, second is the View, and the last one is the
Controller. The model handles basic machine behaviours and Lastly, use Middleware
information. It answers to instructions to change the status of
its documents and also to alert observers of periodic systems
when the facts change. This may be a database or a retrieval
device. So, in short, this is the record-management of the
programme or software. View correctly provides the
software's user interface feature and display information into
a form via a model which is sufficient for the interface of the
user. The controller gets the data request from the user and
passes it to the model objects and sees the execution of
appropriate actions [5].

Figure 3: Laravel Authentication Default. Adapted from [11]

Figure 1: Web MVC Pattern. Adapted from [9] B. Middleware in Laravel

Middleware shares mechanism with which it filters HTTP
A. Laravel Authentication request entering the application. For example, default there is
Authentication is the method for deciding what someone a middleware in the Laravel which usually authenticate the
pretends to be. The authentication mechanism works on a user, means it verifies the user. If the user is not
website as defined in the following Figure 2. authenticated then middleware automatically redirects the
user to the Login screen and if the user gets authenticated it
will allow the request to move further within the application.
We can create additional middleware to perform a variety of
tasks besides authentication. There is multiple middleware
integrated into the Laravel framework, all of these
middleware are in the app/Http/Middleware directory.
Usually, a developer can modify the existing or create a new
middleware for the application [2].
C. Laravel Starter
Laravel is designed in such a way that it improves the
Figure 2: Website Authentication Stages. Adapted from [10] quality of your software by reducing the cost of initial
development and ongoing maintenance costs and provide
One of the modules is Laravel's implementation of the clear expressive syntax to improve the experience of
authentication. The authentication file of configuration is working within the application and core set of functionalities
located at config/auth.php, which provides some well- to save the hours of implementation time. One of the few
documented alternatives for changing the actions of PHP frameworks that provide true code modularity is
authentication services.
Laravel. It is done by a mixture of drivers and a series of
Laravel is having predefined and equipped with php artisan packages. Drivers help you to adjust and expand the features
tool and it can be used to create controller and model. of caching, session, and database and authentication quickly.
Laravel contains many pre-built controllers having functions Laravel also offers cutting-edge database interaction toolset.
to be connected between view and model and each controller You can easily design and modify a database with the help
uses a trait to include the important methods. The Laravel of database migrations in a platform-independent way due to
authentication layer allows users to create accounts and log which there will be no compatibility issues. Implementation
in to the application. Following are the procedures to of Laravel's Active record is called Eloquent. It is the
implement Laravel authentication: - modern way of interacting with a database in an object-
So firstly, need to add the routes to app/http/routes.php oriented way. With Eloquent, without having to write a
single SQL line, we can create, retrieve, refresh, and erase
Route::group(['middleware' => ['web']], function () database records. Eloquent has powerful relationship
{ Route::get('/', function () {return view('welcome'); }) -
management as well as it also handles the pagination
>middleware('guest');Route::auth(); });
automatically for you and saves time [12].
Create register.blade.php and login.blade.php inside
resources/views/auth directory D. Key Features [5]
Laravel provides the following main capabilities that make it
These two views are used for authentication mode Login a truly ideal desire for web application design –
view handle the login process where users can log in and

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Modularity: Laravel offers 20 libraries and modules that As it says, so it's better to see it removed as this would force
are combined, allowing the framework to be enhanced. It developers to take responsibility for correctly validating and
offers integrated 20 modules and libraries to improve the assigning model data.
application. Due to the fact, every module is covered with
G. Cons of Laravel
the Composer dependency manager it makes updates easier.
Lack of technical talents: Laravel seems simple as it is
Routing: It provides a versatile way for the user to outline equipped with automated functions which is misleading
routes within the Internet utility. It helps to scale the utility [14].
in a better manner and will increase its general overall
performance. No built-in support functions: Unlike Ruby on Rails and
Django, Laravel has very limited built-in support as it is a
Email: Laravel provides a mail elegance that allows to send small framework. Using third-party tools, the issue can be
mail with rich content material and web software resolved through and get back to the track quickly [14].
attachments.
Some upgrades might be problematic: With Long term
Authentication: Laravel has predefined features like login, support it has few issues in general regarding versions and it
register, forgot password and password reminders which gets critique sometimes because of this. Updates can cause
promotes the designing authentication. minor problems. But developers can smooth out the process
with the proper attention [14].
E. Pros of Laravel [13]
Enhanced Security: Laravel provides enhanced security to Legacy systems: It's not easily transferred to Laravel. Some
the data as well as users. It does not let access the paid companies will stay with Zend or Symfony because it would
resources or anything important to the business to make too much effort to build it again with Laravel [15].
unauthorized users.
III. CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Excellent Mail Services Integration: Usually, mail A. The Reasons for Selecting Laravel Framework [12]
services are used as notifications to the users’ following any
Laravel is a web application platform with an intuitive,
event. Laravel framework offers a powerful and clean API,
trendy syntax. Laravel tries to make the web development
over the famous Swift Mailer library. It also offers a robust
easier by easing some of basic tasks such as sessions,
solution for SMTP, Amazon SES, Mandrill, and “Send
authentication, routing and caching which is used in most of
mail”, which helps an app to send mail through a cloud-
the web development projects.
based or nearby carrier.
According to [2] have different functionalities like:
Robust Tools Integration for Agile Development: In this
digital world, the application should be agile in a structured
Security Level: Laravel is safer since it avoids the use of
way, that finally result in significantly growing ROI. It
SQL injection, Xsrf, Xss.
supports backends like Redis and Memcached which are
robust cache. It effectively uses the file cache driver because
Storing Password: Due to Hash class, the Laravel offers
it is well configured in a manner, to stores cached
stable Bcrypt hashing password encryption.
components in the file system dynamically. Also, Laravel
enables developers to implement various cache
Reset Password and Reminders: Most web applications
configurations significantly.
offer a way for users to reset their forgotten passwords.
Instead of requiring users to re-execute this on every
Automation Testing Work: Testing is crucial, for any
programme, Laravel has simple procedures to send
successful website development & deployment. Automated
password reminders and reset passwords.
testing is supported by Laravel, and which not only saves a
lot of time but also provide more accurate reports than
Encryption: Laravel provides facilities via the mcrypt PHP
manual testing.
extension for strong AES encryption.
F. Problem with Framework and How to overcome it
Mass Assignment: Furthermore, need to discuss one-point Validation: Laravel provides a facility for data validation
i.e., Mass Assignment in Laravel and how to overcome it. and reverting validation of error messages through the
Mainly Mass Assignment objective is to save models from Validation class. It's a simple way to show the error
being injected with unpredicted values which mainly comes messages back to the views until the validation is performed.
from request data. It is important if it's seen from a security This is simply handled by Laravel [1].
perspective and it works in case of feature perspective.
Deeply most of the developers set all model columns as
fillable or completely disable mass assignment by
unguarding the models, so both of which beat the purpose of
the mass assignment.

So basically, to overcome there is one approach which will

be to reimplement the feature as Rails did so by using strong
parameters [18].

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 framework with a simple and graceful syntax make the web
development fast and easy. Simple processes like caching
and routing are user simplified. Laravel has a strong base of
reliable and tested code, as it is built upon Symfony Robust
components [16].
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