And when you understood how it works you may want to try Symfony. Laravel also uses some of their libraries.

Sorry, I did. I made a quick return to PHP in 2016, being so happy to try Laravel on a real big project. So ... just pure disappointment ;( ;(

It is 4 time more verbose than rails and not fully compliant. Laravel is purefect for people knowing only PHP, it is a real nightmare for rubyist. ;(