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Best Security Practices in Laravel

Laravel is a powerful and flexible web development framework that offers many built—in tools to ensure application security. Let's look at the basic practices that will help make your applications more secure.

Laravel provides convenient and reliable tools for managing user authentication and authorization. Use embedded systems such as Laravel Breeze, Laravel Jetstream, Laravel Passport and Laravel Sanctum to implement secure authentication and authorization.

Laravel automatically protects against CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) attacks using CSRF tokens. All forms created using Blade templates automatically include CSRF tokens. For AJAX requests, you need to add a CSRF token to the request header.

Always validate the input data using Laravel's built-in validation mechanisms. Define validation rules in controllers or Form Requests to ensure that the data meets your expectations and requirements.

Use Eloquent ORM and Query Builder to make queries to the database. These tools automatically escape query parameters, preventing SQL injections. Avoid using raw SQL queries if possible.

Laravel includes a powerful data encryption tool. Use encryption to store sensitive information such as passwords and personal data of users. Built-in methods such as encrypt and decrypt make it easy to encrypt and decrypt data.

Set up secure session storage using encryption and secure cookies. Laravel allows you to store sessions in files, database, or Redis. Make sure that the session data is secure and cannot be compromised.

Update Laravel and all installed packages regularly. New versions often contain vulnerability fixes and security improvements. Use Composer to manage dependencies and stay tuned.

Use the built-in data escaping functions when displaying information in views. The Blade template engine automatically shields all data, preventing XSS attacks. Manually escape the data if you use other output methods.

Always use HTTPS to protect the data transmitted between the server and the client. Configure your server to work with SSL certificates and force all HTTP requests to be redirected to HTTPS.

Configure the correct access rights to files and directories on the server. Make sure that configuration files and other sensitive data are not publicly available. Use .env files to store sensitive data and do not include them in the version control system.

Following these security practices will help protect your Laravel application from common threats and vulnerabilities. Always stay tuned for updates and new recommendations to maintain a high level of security for your code and data.