php-laravelHow can I configure CORS in a Laravel application using PHP?

Configuring CORS in a Laravel application using PHP can be done in the following steps:

1. In the app/Http/Kernel.php file, add the following line in the $middleware array:

\Fruitcake\Cors\HandleCors::class,

2. Create a file named cors.php in the config directory and add the following code:

<?php

return [
    /*
     * You can enable CORS for 1 or multiple paths.
     * Example: ['api/*']
     */
    'paths' => ['api/*'],

    /*
    * Matches the request method. `[*]` allows all methods.
    */
    'allowed_methods' => ['*'],

    /*
     * Matches the request origin. `[*]` allows all origins.
     */
    'allowed_origins' => ['*'],

    /*
     * Matches the request origin with, similar to `Request::is()`
     */
    'allowed_origins_patterns' => [],

    /*
     * Sets the Access-Control-Allow-Headers response header. `[*]` allows all headers.
     */
    'allowed_headers' => ['*'],

    /*
     * Sets the Access-Control-Expose-Headers response header.
     */
    'exposed_headers' => false,

    /*
     * Sets the Access-Control-Max-Age response header.
     */
    'max_age' => false,

    /*
     * Sets the Access-Control-Allow-Credentials header.
     */
    'supports_credentials' => false,
];

3. In the .env file, set the CORS_ENABLED value to true:

CORS_ENABLED=true

4. Finally, run the following command to allow CORS requests:

php artisan config:cache

This will enable CORS for your Laravel application.

Code explanation

**

• app/Http/Kernel.php - This is the main configuration file for the Laravel application.
• config/cors.php - This is the file where the CORS configuration is stored.
• .env - This is the environment configuration file for the Laravel application.
• php artisan config:cache - This command is used to enable CORS requests.

## Helpful links

• Laravel Docs - Configuring CORS
• Fruitcake/laravel-cors Github

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