🚀 Laravel Blog Template

• Laravel blog with AdminLTE interface
• TinyMCE editor for rich text editing
• Article tags and categories management
• User registration and admin panel
• Docker-based development environment

How to Install

Prerequisites

• Docker and Docker Compose
• Make (optional, for convenience)

Setup

1. Clone the repository
2. Copy environment file: cp .env.example .env
3. Start containers: make up or docker compose up --build
4. Install dependencies: make composer-install
5. Run migrations: make migrate
6. Seed demo data: docker compose exec php-fpm php artisan db:seed
7. Install and build frontend assets:

   make npm-i
   make npx-mix

8. Configure mail settings in .env for subscription functionality

Quick Start

git clone [repository-url]
cd phpqa.ru
cp .env.example .env
make init  # Runs full setup

Demo Data & Initialization

Default Login Credentials

After seeding the database, you can login with:

• Admin: admin@phpqa.ru / admin123
• User: user@phpqa.ru / user123

Demo Data

The seeder creates:

• 5 categories and 10 tags
• 25 blog posts (20 regular + 5 featured)
• Admin and regular user accounts

Custom Demo Data

For more detailed information about factories and seeders, see Docs/FACTORIES.md

# Fresh installation with demo data
docker compose exec php-fpm php artisan migrate:fresh --seed

# Add more demo data
docker compose exec php-fpm php artisan db:seed --class=BlogSeeder

Docker Commands

make up              # Start all containers
make down            # Stop containers
make bash            # Enter PHP container
make build           # Build and start in background
make migrate         # Run database migrations

Deployment

git pull
make build
make migrate
make npm-run-prod

Testing

Run tests inside the PHP container:

make bash
./vendor/bin/phpunit --filter TestName

Or directly:

docker compose exec php-fpm ./vendor/bin/phpunit

Telescope

The "Laravel Telescope" will be enabled when TELESCOPE_ENABLED is true. Access will be if APP_ENV is local.

Installing

docker compose exec php-fpm php artisan telescope:install
docker compose exec php-fpm php artisan migrate

after updating:

docker compose exec php-fpm php artisan telescope:publish

Debugbar

The Debugbar will be enabled when APP_DEBUG is true.

Development

Artisan Commands

Run artisan commands inside the container:

make bash
php artisan make:model Post -a
php artisan migrate:refresh
php artisan migrate:refresh --path=/database/migrations/fileName.php

Project Structure

• Main Laravel app: app-laravel/api-laravel/
• Working directory in container: /app
• Access: http://phpqa.local (dev) or https://phpqa.ru (prod)

How to test and check honeypot

Open post with comment text field, after it open browser console and write:

document.querySelectorAll('input[name="countMe"]')[0].value;

let honeypot = document.getElementById('honeypot');
honeypot.value;

Cache Management

docker compose exec php-fpm php artisan optimize:clear
docker compose exec php-fpm composer dump-autoload