laravel
September 03, 2019
Laravel 6 Is Now Released
Here are some of the new features included in Laravel 6:
Laravel 6.0 Is the New LTS
The release of Laravel 6.0 marks the new LTS version of Laravel, with bugfixes until September 3rd, 2021 and security fixes until September 3rd, 2022. Laravel 5.5 was the previous LTS (with security fixes until August 30th, 2020). Here’s the updated table with versions and dates of the latest versions of Laravel:
| Version | Release | Bug Fixes Until | Security Fixes Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| V1 | June 2011 | – | – |
| V2 | September 2011 | – | – |
| v3 | February 2012 | – | – |
| v4 | May 2013 | – | – |
| 5.0 | Feb 4th, 2015 | Aug 4th, 2015 | Feb 4th, 2016 |
| 5.1 (LTS) | Jun 9th, 2015 | Jun 9th, 2017 | Jun 9th, 2018 |
| 5.2 | Dec 21st, 2015 | Jun 21st, 2016 | Dec 21st, 2016 |
| 5.3 | Aug 23rd, 2016 | Feb 23rd, 2017 | Aug 23rd, 2017 |
| 5.4 | Jan 24th, 2017 | Jul 24th, 2017 | Jan 24th, 2018 |
| 5.5 (LTS) | Aug 30th, 2017 | Aug 30th, 2019 | Aug 30th, 2020 |
| 5.6 | Feb 7th, 2018 | Aug 7th, 2018 | Feb 7th, 2019 |
| 5.7 | Sep 4, 2018 | Feb 4th, 2019 | Sep 4th, 2019 |
| 5.8 | Feb 26th, 2019 | Aug 26th, 2019 | Feb 26th, 2020 |
| 6.0 (LTS) | Sept 3rd, 2019 | Sept 3rd, 2021 | Sept 3rd, 2022 |
Semantic Versioning
The Laravel release notes clarify semantic versioning going forward in Laravel 6.0 and beyond:
The Laravel framework (laravel/framework) package now follows the semantic versioning standard. This makes the framework consistent with the other first-party Laravel packages which already followed this versioning standard. The Laravel release cycle will remain unchanged.
Improved Authorization Responses
Previously it was difficult to provide custom error messages around authorization to end users. Laravel 6 introduces a
Gate::inspect method which provides the authorization policy’s response:$response = Gate::inspect('view', $flight);
if ($response->allowed()) {
// User is authorized to view the flight...
}
if ($response->denied()) {
echo $response->message();
}
Job Middleware
Job Middleware is a feature contributed by Taylor Otwell, which allows jobs to run through middleware:
// Add a middleware method to a job class
public function middleware()
{
return [new SomeMiddleware];
}
// Specify middleware when dispatching a job
SomeJob::dispatch()->through([new SomeMiddleware]);
The middleware will help you avoid custom logic in the body of your job’s
handle() method. Learn more in our post: Job Middleware is Coming to Laravel 6.Lazy Collections
Lazy collections are a game-changer for working with extensive collections of data, including Eloquent model collections. A new
Illuminate\Support\LazyCollection class leverages PHP’s generators to keep memory low while working with large datasets. Check out Lazy Collections documentation for more details on this impressive new feature!Eloquent Subquery Enhancements
Learn more about Jonathan Reinink’s contributions to subqueries in his post on Laravel News – Eloquent Subquery Enhancements in Laravel 6.0. Also, check out Jonathan’s excellent talk on using subqueries (among other techniques) in his Laracon talk Eloquent Performance Patterns.
Laravel UI
The frontend scaffolding provided with Laravel 5.x releases is now extracted into a separate laravel/ui Composer package. This allows first-party UI scaffolding to be iterated on separately from the primary framework.
If you want the Traditional Bootstrap/Vue/ scaffolding, you will run the following command:
composer require laravel/ui
php artisan ui vue --auth
Learn More
You should now be able to start a new Laravel 6 application with the laravel CLI tool:
laravel new my-app
Here’s a few resources related to Laravel 6 that you should check out:
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