🚀 Laravel MVC Basics – Beginner-Friendly Example

This is a simple Laravel project that demonstrates the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture using a basic User Profile Viewer.

🎯 Perfect for Laravel beginners who want to understand:

• How Models, Views, and Controllers work together
• Basic routing and Blade templating
• Using Eloquent ORM to fetch data

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📁 Project Structure

app/
├── Http/
│   └── Controllers/
│       └── UserController.php
├── Models/
│   └── User.php
resources/
└── views/
└── users/
├── index.blade.php
└── show\.blade.php
routes/
└── web.php
database/
└── seeders/
└── DatabaseSeeder.php

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🧠 What You’ll Learn

• MVC structure in Laravel
• Eloquent ORM usage
• Blade template basics
• Laravel route-to-view flow

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🛠️ Getting Started

1. Clone the Repo

git clone https://github.com/rohitdhiman91/laravel-mvc-basics-example.git
cd laravel-mvc-basics-example

2. Install Dependencies

composer install

3. Setup Environment

cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate

4. Configure Database

Update your .env file with your database credentials, then run:

php artisan migrate --seed

5. Serve the App

php artisan serve

Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/users in your browser.

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🔎 MVC Breakdown

🔹 Model – User.php

$user = User::where('email', $email)->first();

🔹 View – index.blade.php & show.blade.php

<!-- index.blade.php -->
<h1>All Users</h1>
<ul>
  @foreach ($users as $user)
    <li><a href="{{ route('users.show', $user->id) }}">{{ $user->name }}</a></li>
  @endforeach
</ul>

<!-- show.blade.php -->
<h1>{{ $user->name }}</h1>
<p>Email: {{ $user->email }}</p>
<a href="{{ route('users.index') }}">← Back to list</a>

🔹 Controller – UserController.php

public function index() {
    $users = User::all();
    return view('users.index', compact('users'));
}

public function show($id) {
    $user = User::findOrFail($id);
    return view('users.show', compact('user'));
}

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🧪 Dummy Data

The included seeder generates 10 random users (if you have Laravel factories set up). Make sure your database is ready, then run:

php artisan migrate --seed

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📚 Learn More

This project is designed to help beginners see Laravel’s MVC pattern in action.

🔗 Want a video tutorial, article, or carousel version of this? Check the link in the bio or my dev profiles!

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🤝 Contribute

Feel free to fork, star, or extend this repo! Pull requests are welcome for:

• Adding Create/Update/Delete features
• REST API version
• Comments or authentication

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📩 Stay Connected

Follow me for beginner-friendly Laravel content on:

• GitHub: @rohitdhiman91
• Substack: https://rohitdhiman91.substack.com
• Instagram: @rohitdhiman91

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🏷️ Tags

#Laravel #PHP #MVC #WebDevelopment #Blade #Eloquent #LaravelForBeginners