How to Create and Run Controller in Laravel 10?
Last updated on October 5, 2023
In the Laravel framework, we can create a controller by using the artisan command. To create a controller run the below command in the terminal which will create a controller file in the app/Http/Controllers directory.
php artisan make:controller YourControllerNameMake sure the controller name ends with Controller, for example, if we need a student controller then it should be StudentController.
A controller manages how requests behave and responds to them. It processes requests sent by routes. Laravel keeps the controller files inside the app/Http/Controllers directory. All controllers we create in the Laravel application should be placed in the app/Http/Controllers directory. In the Laravel framework, the Controllers are implemented as PHP classes.
Let’s create a controller along with a method and route.
Create a Controller in Laravel
To create the controller in Laravel, open the terminal and run the below command that will create the controller class in the app/Http/Controllers directory.
php artisan make:controller StudentControllerThe controller name should follow PascalCase, also known as UpperCamelCase, a convention used in programming and naming conventions.
Once we run the above command, the controller file will be created.
class StudentController extends Controller
{
public function show(){
return view('student.profile');
}
}Above, we created StudentController along with a show method that simply loads the profile.blade.php file from the student folder.
Run Controller in Laravel
To run a controller, we need a route that calls the controller. we create the route in the web.php from the routes directory.
use App\Http\Controllers\StudentController;
Route::get('/student-profile',[StudentController::class,'show']);The route() method takes two parameters. In the first parameter, we put the route name, and in the second parameter, we put the class and method name.
If you are using a local web server then run the below command in the terminal that will run the Laravel on the development server.
php artisan serveNow you can access and run the StudenController and show() method through the below URL,
http://127.0.0.1:8000/student-profile
If your Laravel application is deployed on the server then you can add ‘student-profile’ as a slug to your domain. For example https://yourdomain.com/student-profile
Conclusion:
This article demonstrates creating and executing controllers in the Laravel framework step by step.
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