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PHP Laravel 4 Basics Getting Started with Laravel Installing VirtualBox & Vagrant

Don Shipley
Don Shipley
19,488 Points
Posted by Don Shipley
Don Shipley
19,488 Points

Laravel

Is Laravel like xampp wampp etc. Is this just to make a localhost?

2 Answers

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

No, Laravel is a PHP framework to build an application off of. Xampp, Wampp, and other similiar programs are "bundles" that install common applications like Apache, MySQL, and possibly a FTP client or two.

You might use Xampp to run a Laravel application locally.

Don Shipley
Don Shipley
19,488 Points
Don Shipley
Don Shipley
19,488 Points

Have not studied any on building applications. Learning php for building web sites and get a better understanding of Wordpress. Laravel is in the Library under php. Is Laravel necessary to get a better understanding of PHP ?

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

No, laravel is not necessary to a better understanding of php. I'd actually go as far to say it would hinder it. Learn vanilla PHP and object oriented programming first. Than you'll be able to better harness the speed and power Wordpress and Laravel can provide. And just to be clear, Wordpress is a CMS (content management system), but Laravel is a php framework. There is a difference, and you'll learn about it as you go.

Laravel would be easy to get lost in with a base layer understanding of core PHP.

Don Shipley
Don Shipley
19,488 Points
Don Shipley
Don Shipley
19,488 Points

Thank you Kevin. Your answer is a huge help. I will stay on track studying PHP and learn more css. I know Wordpress is a cms one of the reasons I want to learm Wordpress. I believe with the plugins for Wordpress will make things a little simpler building web sites allowing the client to have access to update and add content on their own.