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.

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How to Install Ckeditor in Laravel 8

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.

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

 composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel Blog

1	composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel Blog

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.

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=database-name
DB_USERNAME=database-user-name
DB_PASSWORD=database-password

DB_CONNECTION=mysql

DB_HOST=127.0.0.1

DB_PORT=3306

DB_DATABASE=database-name

DB_USERNAME=database-user-name

DB_PASSWORD=database-password

Step 3: Create Post Model & Migration

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

php artisan make:model Post -m

1	php artisan make:model Post -m

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

public function up()
{
    Schema::create('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->id();
        $table->string('title');
        $table->text('body');
        $table->timestamps();
    });
}

public function up()

{

Schema::create('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {

$table->id();

$table->string('title');

$table->text('body');

$table->timestamps();

});

}

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

php artisan migrate

1	php artisan migrate

Step 4: Add Fillable Property in Model

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

<?php
 
namespace App\Models;
 
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 
class Post extends Model
{
    use HasFactory;
     
    protected $fillable = [
        "title",
        "body"
    ];
}

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Post extends Model

{

use HasFactory;

protected $fillable = [

"title",

"body"

];

}

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

<?php
use App\Http\Controllers\PostController;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;

Route::get('posts', [PostController::class, "index"]);
Route::get("create", [PostController::class, "create"]);
Route::post('store', [PostController::class, "store"]);

<?php

use App\Http\Controllers\PostController;

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;

Route::get('posts', [PostController::class, "index"]);

Route::get("create", [PostController::class, "create"]);

Route::post('store', [PostController::class, "store"]);

Step 6: Create Controller

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

php artisan make:controller PostController

1	php artisan make:controller PostController

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

<?php
 
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\Post;
 
class PostController extends Controller
{
     
    public function index() {
 
        $posts =  Post::orderBy("id", "desc")->paginate(5);
 
        return view("posts", compact("posts"));
    }
 
 
    // Create Post 
    public function create() {
 
        return view("create");
    }
 
 
    public function store(Request $request) {
 
        $post = [  "title"  =>  $request->title,
                    "body" => $request->body
                ];
       
        $post  =  Post::create($post);
 
        return back()->with("success", "Post has been created");
     
    }
}

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

use App\Models\Post;

class PostController extends Controller

{

public function index() {

$posts = Post::orderBy("id", "desc")->paginate(5);

return view("posts", compact("posts"));

}

// Create Post

public function create() {

return view("create");

}

public function store(Request $request) {

$post = [ "title" => $request->title,

"body" => $request->body

];

$post = Post::create($post);

return back()->with("success", "Post has been created");

}

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

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title> Laravel 8 Posts List For CKEditor Example </title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
<!-- Bootstrap CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-ggOyR0iXCbMQv3Xipma34MD+dH/1fQ784/j6cY/iJTQUOhcWr7x9JvoRxT2MZw1T" crossorigin="anonymous">
<style>
table td p {
word-break: break-all;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container mt-4">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xl-8">
<h3 class="text-right"> Laravel 8 CKEditor Integration Example</h3>
</div>
<div class="col-xl-4 text-right">
<a href="{{url('create')}}" class="btn btn-primary"> Add Post </a>
</div>
</div>
@if(count($posts) > 0)
<div class="table-responsive mt-4">
<table class="table table-striped">
<thead>
<tr>
<th> Id </th>
<th style="width:30%;"> Title </th>
<th> Decription </th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
@foreach($posts as $post) 
<tr>
<td> {{ $post->id }} </td>
<td> {{ $post->title }} </td>
<td> {!! html_entity_decode($post->body) !!} </td>
</tr>
@endforeach
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
{{ $posts->links() }}
@endif
</div>      
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha384-q8i/X+965DzO0rT7abK41JStQIAqVgRVzpbzo5smXKp4YfRvH+8abtTE1Pi6jizo" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.14.7/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-UO2eT0CpHqdSJQ6hJty5KVphtPhzWj9WO1clHTMGa3JDZwrnQq4sF86dIHNDz0W1" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-JjSmVgyd0p3pXB1rRibZUAYoIIy6OrQ6VrjIEaFf/nJGzIxFDsf4x0xIM+B07jRM" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
</body>
</html>

<!doctype html>

<head>

<title> Laravel 8 Posts List For CKEditor Example </title>

<style>

table td p {

word-break: break-all;

}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h3 class="text-right"> Laravel 8 CKEditor Integration Example</h3>

</div>

</div>

@if(count($posts) > 0)

<thead>

<tr>

<th style="width:30%;"> Title </th>

<th> Decription </th>

</tr>

</thead>

<tbody>

@foreach($posts as $post)

<tr>

<td> {{ $post->title }} </td>

<td> {!! html_entity_decode($post->body) !!} </td>

</tr>

@endforeach

</tbody>

</table>

</div>

@endif

</div>

</body>

</html>

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

create.blade.php

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title> Laravel 8 Install CKEditor Example </title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-ggOyR0iXCbMQv3Xipma34MD+dH/1fQ784/j6cY/iJTQUOhcWr7x9JvoRxT2MZw1T" crossorigin="anonymous">
{{-- CKEditor CDN --}}
<script src="https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5/23.0.0/classic/ckeditor.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container mt-5">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xl-12 text-right">
<a href="{{ url('posts') }}" class="btn btn-danger"> Back </a>
</div>
</div>
<form action="{{url('store')}}" method="POST">
@csrf
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xl-8 col-lg-8 col-sm-12 col-12 m-auto">
@if(Session::has('success'))
<div class="alert alert-success alert-dismissible">
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert">×</button>
{{ Session::get('success') }}
</div>
@elseif(Session::has('failed'))
<div class="alert alert-danger alert-dismissible">
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert">×</button>
{{ Session::get('failed') }}
</div>
@endif
<div class="card shadow">
<div class="card-header">
<h4 class="card-title"> Laravel 8 Install CKEditor Example Tutorial </h4>
</div>
<div class="card-body">
<div class="form-group">
<label> Title </label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="title" placeholder="Enter the Title">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label> Body </label>
<textarea class="form-control" id="body" placeholder="Enter the Description" name="body"></textarea>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card-footer"> 
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-success"> Save </button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
<script>
ClassicEditor
.create( document.querySelector( '#body' ) )
.catch( error => {
console.error( error );
} );
</script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha384-q8i/X+965DzO0rT7abK41JStQIAqVgRVzpbzo5smXKp4YfRvH+8abtTE1Pi6jizo" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.14.7/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-UO2eT0CpHqdSJQ6hJty5KVphtPhzWj9WO1clHTMGa3JDZwrnQq4sF86dIHNDz0W1" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-JjSmVgyd0p3pXB1rRibZUAYoIIy6OrQ6VrjIEaFf/nJGzIxFDsf4x0xIM+B07jRM" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
</body>
</html>

<!doctype html>

<head>

<title> Laravel 8 Install CKEditor Example </title>

</head>

<body>

</div>

@csrf

@if(Session::has('success'))

</div>

@elseif(Session::has('failed'))

</div>

@endif

<h4 class="card-title"> Laravel 8 Install CKEditor Example Tutorial </h4>

</div>

<label> Title </label>

</div>

</div>

</div>

</form>

</div>

ClassicEditor

.create( document.querySelector( '#body' ) )

.catch( error => {

console.error( error );

} );

</script>

</body>

</html>

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

<script src="https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5/23.0.0/classic/ckeditor.js"></script>

1	<script src="https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5/23.0.0/classic/ckeditor.js"></script>

Step 8: Start Development Server

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

php artisan serve

1	php artisan serve

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

http://127.0.0.1:8000/create

1	http://127.0.0.1:8000/create

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