Laravel, one of the most popular PHP frameworks, provides robust tools for managing layouts through its Blade templating engine. Traditionally, developers have used the @extends and @section directives to manage layouts. However, with the introduction of Blade components in Laravel 7, a more modern and flexible way to define and reuse layout templates has emerged. This tutorial will explore the differences between traditional layouts and component-based layouts in Laravel, with practical examples and use cases for each approach.
In traditional Blade layouts, the @extends and @section directives are used to define a base layout and extend it across various views.