Posted: 03-02-2018
Laravel 5.6 what's new
Laravel 5.6 is out.
Official laravel 5.6 release note here.
PHP
Laravel 5.6 requires PHP 7.1.3 or higher.
The Artisan Optimize Command will be removed.
The Artisan optimize command deprecated in theof 5.5, will be removed from 5.6.
With recent improvements to PHP op-code caching, the optimize Artisan command is no longer needed. You should remove any references to this command from your deployment scripts as it will be removed in a future release of Laravel.
New Blade Directives
Laravel 5.6 has two new form blade directives
@method('put')@csrf
Argon2i Password Hashing Algorithm Support
The Argon2i password hashing support will be supported by Laravel 5.6 (require php 7.2).
The old style of bcrypt by the way remain the default.
For more info about Argoin2i in php 7.2 see this article on zend
Collision Package for CLI Error Reporting
Laravel 5.6 will now come with Collision preinstalled as a dev composer dependency.
Collision was created by, and is maintained by Nuno Maduro, and is an error handler framework for console/command-line PHP applications.
More info about Collision are availiable on github
Bootstrap 4
All front-end scaffolding such as the authentication boilerplate and example Vue component have been upgraded to Bootstrap 4. By default, pagination link generation also now defaults to Bootstrap 4.
Date Casting
Now it's possible to customize the format of Eloquent date and datetime casting:protected $casts = [
'sign_up_date' => 'date:Y-m-d',>
'last_activity_at' => 'datetime:Y-m-d H:00',
];
- Tags:
- Laravel
- Laravel 5.6