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Laravel Installation

Prerequisites

  1. PHP: Laravel requires PHP 8.0 or higher.
  2. Composer: Laravel uses Composer, a PHP dependency manager, to handle packages.
  3. Web Server: Apache or Nginx is recommended.

Step 1: Install Composer

If you haven’t installed Composer, download and install it from getcomposer.org.

To verify the installation, run:

composer --version

Step 2: Install Laravel

You can install Laravel in two main ways:

  1. Via Composer (Recommended): Using Composer’s create-project command.
  2. Using Laravel Installer: Install the Laravel CLI tool, which lets you create new Laravel projects easily.

Option 1: Install Laravel using Composer’s create-project command

1. Navigate to the directory where you want to install Laravel:

cd path/to/your/project-directory

2. Run the following command to create a new Laravel project:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel project-name

Replace project-name with the desired name for your project.

3. Once the installation is complete, navigate to your project directory:

cd project-name

Option 2: Install Laravel using Laravel Installer

1. First, install the Laravel Installer globally:

composer global require laravel/installer

2. Make sure the Composer global vendor directory is added to your system’s PATH. For most systems, you can add the following line to your shell configuration file (like .bashrc or .zshrc):

export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin"

3. Now, create a new Laravel project with:

laravel new project-name

Step 3: Configure Environment

1. Copy the .env.example file to .env:

cp .env.example .env

2. Generate an application key:

php artisan key:generate

3. Open the .env file and set up your database credentials and any other required environment variables.

Step 4: Start the Laravel Development Server

Now, you can start Laravel’s built-in development server by running:

php artisan serve

This command will start the server at http://localhost:8000 by default. You can open this URL in your browser to see the Laravel welcome page.

Step 5: Verify Installation

If everything is set up correctly, you should see the Laravel welcome page at http://localhost:8000.

Additional Configuration

  • Database: Configure your database connection in the .env file.
  • Storage: Make sure the storage and bootstrap/cache directories are writable by the web server:
chmod -R 775 storage
chmod -R 775 bootstrap/cache

You’re all set! You now have a fully functional Laravel application.

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