Upgrading From Laravel 12 to Laravel 13: The Practical Guide
The Laravel 13 upgrade is mostly painless — but three config areas will silently change how your app behaves if you skip them. Here's what actually changed and what's worth adopting.
I’m Steven, a software engineer and technical leader based in the west coast of Scotland. I’m the CTO at Digitonic, where we develop technologies for the investor relations and igaming industries.
The Laravel 13 upgrade is mostly painless — but three config areas will silently change how your app behaves if you skip them. Here's what actually changed and what's worth adopting.
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