Laravel 7 was officially released on 3rd March 2020. It is another major version and the latest in the Laravel 6-month major version release strategy. It’s not an LTS version so that according to Laravel version support policy they provide 6-month bug fix until September 3rd, 2020.
New in Laravel 7
- Laravel Airlock
- Blade X
- Laravel Sanctum
- Zttp for HTTP client
- CORS Support
- Custom Eloquent Cast
- Fluent String Operations
- Customizable Stubs
- Query Time Casts
- New Artisan Command
- Multiple Mail Driver
Improvements in Laravel 7
- Route Model Binding Improvements
- 2x Faster Route
- Markdown Mail Template Improvements
- Database queue improvements
Laravel Airlock
Laravel Airlock is an official package for API authentication. It provides a featherweight authentication system for SPAs, mobile applications, and simple, token-based APIS.
It allows each user of your application to generate multiple API tokens for their account.
Laravel Sanctum
Laravel Sanctum provides API API authentication.
CORS Support
Now Laravel 7 supports CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) out of the box.
Improvements in Laravel 7
- 2x Faster Route
- Route Model Binding Improvements
- Database queue improvements
- Markdown Mail Template Improvements
Database queue improvements
Laravel 7 provides improvements to applications using MySQL 8+ operating in hosted environemnts. Head over to the official Laravel website detailed information.
We’ve already started updating existing Laravel applications so if you need support then please get in touch.