PHP Laravel: Build Complete Job Portal

Skip the initial setup and jump to the authentication system if your VS Code or editor is ready, for quicker Laravel progress.

Install Xampp to set up a local development stack with Apache, MySQL, PHP, and phpMyAdmin. Download from apachefriends.org, install, start Apache and MySQL, and access localhost.

Install Visual Studio Code, the text editor used in this course, by downloading for Windows, running the installer, and optionally creating a desktop icon to start coding with me.

Design and code a complete job portal template with post-a-job and register/login pages, plus a multi-input search with trending keywords and a detailed job page with save, share, and apply.

Create a fresh Laravel project and run the local server. Configure the MySQL database named job board via the .env file and phpMyAdmin.

Create an authentication system in Laravel using the UI library with bootstrap scaffolding, generating login and registration views, controllers, and guards, and migrate the users table.

Learn to integrate a design theme into a Laravel job portal by adding assets, loading css and javascript in the master blade, and updating the header navigation based on authentication.

Integrate a Laravel job portal theme by adding header imagery and building login and register forms with blade templates, csrf tokens, and responsive styling.

Learn to build the home page of a Laravel job portal, integrate login and register flows, and model a jobs table with key fields for dynamic job listings.

Fetch a subset of jobs and display them on the home page in a Laravel job portal. Fix asset paths and pass the data to the view with compact.

Build a Laravel single job detail page by creating a jobs controller with a single method, fetching a job by id, and returning a view with compact data.

Display related jobs from the same category on a job detail page by creating categories table, adding a category field to jobs, and retrieving five results excluding the current job.

Learn to build share links for a job portal, crafting dynamic Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn URLs with job title and route parameters.

Implement the save job feature by building a form and wiring a Laravel controller to store job id, user id, image, title, region, type, and company in a new table.

Implement a save job feature in a Laravel job portal: verify user and job IDs, toggle a disabled save button, and show a success message with counts.

Learn to implement a job application feature in a Laravel job portal by updating the user schema, creating an applications table, building the apply form, and confirming successful submissions.

Prevent duplicate job applications by checking the application table for matching user and job IDs from the session, then disable the apply button when already applied.

Create a categories controller, pass all categories to a Blade view, and loop through them to render anchors for future category-based job filtering.

Display all jobs for every category by routing to a single category view, retrieving jobs by category name, and rendering them with a category-specific blade template.

Create a dynamic user profile page in a Laravel job portal, wiring routes, controller, and blade view to show name, photo, bio, job title, social links, and a downloadable CV.

Showcase a user’s applications and saved jobs by building an applications page that fetches from the applications table using the user id and renders it in a Blade view.

Learn to display saved jobs per user by querying saved jobs by user ID, passing data to a Blade view, and wiring a saved jobs page behind a profile link.

Enable users to update their own profile details—name, job title, and bio—via a Laravel form, route, and controller, with live data retrieval and view integration.

Explore updating user data in a Laravel job portal by creating an update route, a form for name, job title, bio, and social links, and processing updates in the controller.

Update cv functionality by creating an edit cv page, uploading a new cv via multipart/form-data, and updating the user's cv record by id.

Learn how to validate the update details form in Laravel, enforcing required fields and a 140-character limit, and display validation error messages for fields like name, bio, and social links.

clean and organize Laravel routes by adding dynamic job, category, and user prefixes, streamline page creation with blade templates for about and contact, and ensure assets and views load correctly.

Learn to implement a job search feature in a Laravel app by routing a search form, capturing region, job type, and title, querying with like patterns, and rendering results.

Create and store user search keywords in a new searches table by generating a search model, wiring a controller to insert keywords, and prepare to fetch trending keywords next.

Implement a trending keywords feature in a Laravel job portal by querying the searches table, counting and grouping by keyword, and displaying the top three on the home page.

Learn how to validate a single job page by adjusting authentication logic, enabling index access for guests, and conditionally displaying apply or login prompts based on user status.

Design and code an admin panel in PHP Laravel to manage users, admins, categories, jobs, applications, and view applicant CVs.

Create a custom admin guard in Laravel, define an admin model, and build an admins table with id, email, password, and timestamps; set up an admin login flow.

Learn to build a custom admin authentication system in laravel for a job portal, including routes, an admin guard, login form, and blade templates for the dashboard.

Validate the admin front end in a Laravel job portal by conditionally displaying the admin email, hiding the login link when authenticated, and wiring logout with a simple form.

This lecture shows securing a Laravel job portal by implementing backend validation with middleware and guards, grouping admin routes, protecting login and index pages, and clearing caches to apply changes.

Fetch all admins in the admin controller and display them in a Blade view using a loop. Wire the admins table to the view with name and email.

Learn to display stats on the index page of a Laravel job portal, counting jobs, categories, admins, and applications using the corresponding models and the index view.

Create new admins by wiring routes, building a create admin form, hashing passwords, storing admins, and showing a success message, then redirecting to the admins list.

Validate admin creation with fields name, email, and password; show front-end messages for empty inputs. Display categories by looping the category model, listing programming and design with update and delete.

Learn step-by-step how to create categories in a Laravel job portal: build a create category form, validate and store the name, display categories, and handle feedback messages.

Update categories in a Laravel admin: display a prefilled edit form, pass the category id via the route, and process the update in the controller with validation and redirect.

Delete categories using a simple delete function that passes the category ID, then redirect to display categories with a 'category deleted successfully' message.

Define a route and admin controller action to display all jobs, pass the jobs data to a blade view, and render a dynamic, minimal job list in the template.

Create new jobs in a Laravel course by building a dynamic job creation form, validating input, uploading images to assets/images, and storing data in the jobs table.

Delete a job entry and its image by handling laravel routes and the admin controller, removing the image file then the database record, with deletion feedback.