Laravel 7 is the previous stable version of the open-source PHP web framework created by Taylor Otwell. It was released on March 3, 2020. Please use the [laravel] tag for general Laravel-related questions.
Laravel 7 continues the improvements made in Laravel 6.x by introducing Laravel Sanctum, routing speed improvements, custom Eloquent casts, Blade component tags, fluent string operations, a developer-focused HTTP client, first-party CORS support, improved scoping for route model binding, stub customization, database queue improvements, multiple mail drivers, query-time casts, a new artisan test command, and a variety of other bug fixes and usability improvements.
New features overview:
- Laravel Airlock
Laravel Airlock provides a featherweight authentication system for SPAs (single-page applications), mobile applications, and simple, token-based APIs. Airlock allows each user of your application to generate multiple API tokens for their account. In addition, these tokens may be granted abilities/scopes which specify which actions the tokens are allowed to perform.
- Custom Eloquent Casts
Laravel has various built-in, helpful cast types; however, you may occasionally need to define your cast types. You may now accomplish this by defining a class that implements the CastsAttributes interface.
Classes that implement this interface must define get and set methods. The get method is responsible for transforming a raw value from the database into a cast value, while the set method should transform a cast value into a raw value that can be stored in the database.
- Blade Component Tags & Improvements
Blade components have been overhauled for tag-based rendering, attribute management, component classes, and inline view components. Since the overhaul of Blade components is so extensive, please consult the complete Blade component documentation to learn about this feature.
- HTTP Client
Laravel now provides an expressive, minimal API around the Guzzle HTTP client, allowing you to quickly make outgoing HTTP requests to communicate with other web applications. Laravel’s wrapper around Guzzle is focused on its most common use cases and an excellent developer experience.
- Route Caching Speed Improvements
Laravel 7 includes a new method of matching compiled, cached routes that have been cached using the route:cache Artisan command. On large applications (for example, applications with 800 or more routes), these improvements can result in a 2x speed improvement in requests per second on a simple “Hello World” benchmark. Again, no changes to your application are required.
