Today, in 2025, every modern web app must make providing a seamless and secure payment experience its top priority. Stripe remains one of the most robust and developer-friendly payment processors worldwide. If you are working with Laravel, implementing Stripe is easy and fast.

This post will walk you through Stripe payment gateway integration in Laravel based on the latest best practices.

Why choose Stripe?

Supports credit/debit cards, wallets (Apple Pay, Google Pay) and bank transfers and is easy to implement with clean APIs and SDKs. Secure with built-in PCI compliance and fraud detection capabilities. Supports one-time and recurring payments.

Step-by-Step Stripe Integration in Laravel

Step 1: Install Stripe PHP SDK

Run the following command to install Stripe via Composer:

bash:-

composer require stripe/stripe-php

Step 2: Set Up Stripe API Keys

env:

STRIPE_KEY=your_stripe_publishable_key

STRIPE_SECRET=your_stripe_secret_key

In config/services.php, add:

'stripe' => [

'key' => env('STRIPE_KEY'),

'secret' => env('STRIPE_SECRET'),

Step 3: Create Stripe Payment Form

Create a simple form in resources/views/checkout.blade.php:

<formaction="{{ route('stripe.payment') }}"method="POST">

@csrf

Step 4: Create Routes

In routes/web.php:

use App\Http\Controllers\StripeController;

Route::get('/checkout', [StripeController::class, 'checkout'])->name('checkout');

Route::post('/stripe/payment', [StripeController::class, 'payment'])->name('stripe.payment');

Step 5: Create StripeController

Create a controller via:

bash:-

php artisan make:controller StripeController

Then, define the method: