[chiefalchemist]

As someone who recently took on the Laravel learning curve, be aware that Laravel moves atypically fast. That is, something in say version X.Y might be different in X.Y+1 or Y+2. That ends up manifesting itself as a lot of noise when you're asking The Google for help.

It can be frustrating. When you're on a deadline it can be unnerving and then some.

[TheRealDunkirk]

Ha ha. Joke's on me. I just inherited at 3.x site. Getting it upgraded to 5.5 looks like it will be a half-total rewrite.

[CharlesW]

If you can get it to 4.2, you may find this helpful: https://laravelshift.com/

[tomschlick]

That's true for additional features, but rarely does documented behavior change in a point release. That usually only happens when there is a security bug.

[CleanShirt]

That’s not true. It happens quite often. Variables, classnames, php targets are changed on a whim.

[chiefalchemist]

More than twice The Google found me solutions that were out of date by Y+1 or Y+2.

I finally got into the habit of making sure what I found was current. But that doesn't prevent so much noise in the Laraval + The Google signal.