Hey Guys so I just started learning ReactJS and I love it a lot, yet I have never seen anyone using it with PHP it seems like everyone uses Node instead, the question is can I even use PHP and Laravel with it? cheers.
Yeah, absolutely! The backend does not matter since React is just a view layer (very controversial statement, but for the same of simplicity).
As long as you expose the endpoints, consume it and then, in turn, provide React (or Redux) with the data, it doesn't matter which framework you use it with.
The reason why people usually use Node.js is because of isomorphism: you write the backend and the frontend in the same language so you don't get confused.
You can change out the Vue.js scaffolding in a laravel 5.5 project using
php artisan preset react
https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/frontend
Would have simply commented this but not enough Rep yet! // yolo