Deploy Laravel 13 Blade MySQL [Oct 26]

Deploy and Host Laravel 13 Blade MySQL on Railway

Laravel 13.37 (16 October 2026) Blade starter with MySQL. One click provisions the database, injects DB_URL, runs migrations, and serves the app with FrankenPHP.

About Hosting Laravel 13 Blade MySQL

Railpack builds this repo on PHP 8.4 and starts FrankenPHP with the document root at public. The start script runs php artisan migrate --force before the server listens. Railway's healthcheck is GET /up. The app trusts Railway's proxy, so pages and assets stay on HTTPS.

The MySQL service is part of the template. Its connection string is wired to DB_URL. If the wizard also sets DB_CONNECTION=sqlite (the skeleton default), a present DB_URL still selects MySQL. ext-pdo_mysql is required in composer.json, so Railpack installs the driver even when DB_CONNECTION is not mysql.

Why Deploy Laravel 13 Blade MySQL on Railway?

• October 2026 framework: Laravel 13.37, PHP 8.4, Vite 8.3, Tailwind CSS 4.3.
• MySQL is provisioned with the app. No manual connection form.
• Migrations run on every deploy and are safe to repeat.
• GET /up is the healthcheck. Logs from the start script go to the deploy logs.

Common Use Cases

• Start a Blade app that already talks to MySQL on Railway.
• Confirm a production deploy path before adding auth, queues, or your own routes.
• Fork the skeleton and keep the DB_URL connection rule.

Dependencies for Laravel 13 Blade MySQL Hosting

Deployment Dependencies

• Laravel 13.37 and PHP 8.4
• MySQL 9 (the template service). DB_URL is ${{MySQL.MYSQL_PUBLIC_URL}}
• FrankenPHP, installed by Railpack
• Vite 8.3 and Tailwind CSS 4.3, built during the Railpack install

What you get

Local development

cp .env.example .env
composer install
npm install
npm run build
php artisan key:generate
php artisan serve

Without DB_URL, the app uses SQLite. Set DB_URL to a MySQL URL when you want the same connection the template uses.

Notes

• Database: config/database.php uses MySQL whenever DB_URL is set, including when DB_CONNECTION is sqlite.
• Migrations: run on every deploy.
• Healthcheck: /up, registered in bootstrap/app.php.
• Logging: the start script prints migration output to the deploy logs (railway logs).