Laravel Controllers Explained: Creating and Using Them

Learn how Laravel controllers work — create controllers with Artisan, build resource controllers, and connect them to your routes.

Controllers keep your application logic organized by moving it out of your routes file and into dedicated classes. This tutorial explains what controllers are, how to create them, and the common patterns you'll use daily. Why Use Controllers? Defining logic directly in routes/web.php works fine for small examples, but it quickly becomes unmanageable. Controllers group related logic (e.g., everything related to "products") into a single, organized class. Creating a Controller Use Artisan to generate one: php artisan make:controller ProductController This creates app/Http/Controllers/ProductController.php . A Basic Controller Method namespace App\Http\Controllers; class ProductController extends Controller { public function index() { return view('products.index'); } } Connecting a Controller to a Route use App\Http\Controllers\ProductController; Route::get('/products', [ProductControlle...

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