How to Install Ckeditor in Laravel 8

In this tutorial you will learn about the How to Install Ckeditor in Laravel 8 and its application with practical example.

In this How to Install Ckeditor in Laravel 8 tutorial I will show you how to install and use CKEditor in laravel. In this tutorial, you will learn to install CKEditor in laravel using the command line. In this article I will guide you through how to install and upload images and files using CKEditor in laravel.

While creating forms we come to situation where we may text editor field so that we can insert and save html and other text into database. The CKEditor editor is feature rich wysiwyg html editor allows us to integrate text editor fields in html form.

How to Install Ckeditor in Laravel 8

In this step by step tutorial I will demonstrate you how to install and use CKEditor editor in laravel 8 application. Please follow the instruction given below:

  • Step 1: Install Laravel 8 App
  • Step 2: Connecting App to Database
  • Step 3: Create Post Model & Migration
  • Step 4: Add Fillable Property in Model
  • Step 5: Make Route
  • Step 6: Create Controller
  • Step 7: Create Blade Views File
  • Step 8: Start Development Server

Step 1: Install Laravel 8 App

First of all we need to create a fresh laravel project, download and install Laravel 8 using the below command

Step 2: Connecting App to Database

Now, lets create a MySQL database and connect it with laravel application. After creating database we need to set database credential in application’s .env file.

Step 3: Create Post Model & Migration

Now, in this step we will create model and migration file. Please run the following command:

Now, open create_posts_table.php file inside /database/migrations/ directory. And the update the function up() with following code:

Now, run the migration to create database table using following artisan command:

Step 4: Add Fillable Property in Model

In this step, add the fillable property in Post model, which is located inside app/models directory:

Step 5: Make Route

After this, we need to define routes in “routes/web.php” file. Lets open “routes/web.php” file and add the following routes in it.

routes/web.php

Step 6: Create Controller

Now, lets create a controller named PostController using command given below –

Once the above command executed, it will create a controller file PostController.php in app/Http/Controllers/ directory. Open the PostController.php file and put the following code in it.

app/Http/Controllers/PostController.php

Step 7: Create Blade Views File

In this step we will create blade view file. Go to resource/views direcotry and create two files name posts.blade.php and create.blade.php file. Create a blade view file name posts.blade.php and put the following code into it:

posts.blade.php


Now, create a blade view file name create.blade.php and put the following code into it:

create.blade.php


Note that, Don’t forget to add the following cdn file to your blade view file:

Step 8: Start Development Server

Now we are ready to run our example so lets start the development server using following artisan command –

Now, open the following URL in browser to see the output –

In this tutorial we have learn about the How to Install Ckeditor in Laravel 8 and its application with practical example. I hope you will like this tutorial.