Using global variables in a careless fashion is a bad practice indeed. But globals are not universally evil. Laravel uses globals very thoughtfully. Having u

Using global variables in a careless fashion is a bad practice indeed. But globals are not universally evil. Laravel uses globals very thoughtfully. Having used the Laravel framework for many years, I agree with many of the choices it has made. Additionally, Laravel does not force you to use Globals. See https://laravel.com/docs/5.6/requests https://laravel.com/docs/5.6/requests to dig a little deeper.