Laravel is a powerful and popular PHP framework designed to make web development easier and more efficient. This quick start guide will help you set up Laravel on your PHP server.
Before installing Laravel, ensure that the following requirements are met:
Laravel is installed using Composer, so you’ll need to have it on your system.
Download Composer:
Visit getcomposer.org to download and install Composer for your operating system.
Verify Composer Installation:
Open your terminal or command prompt and run the following command:
composer
If Composer is installed correctly, you should see a list of Composer commands.
Once Composer is set up, you can create a new Laravel project.
cd /path/to/your/directory
composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel project-name
Replace project-name
with your desired project name.
Laravel uses an .env
file to store environment variables such as database credentials, the app URL, and more.
.env
file. Open it and configure your database settings:
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=your_database
DB_USERNAME=your_username
DB_PASSWORD=your_password
APP_URL
for the correct URL of your application.On a Unix-based system, ensure that the storage and bootstrap/cache directories are writable:
sudo chmod -R 775 storage
sudo chmod -R 775 bootstrap/cache
You can quickly start Laravel’s built-in development server to test your application.
cd project-name
php artisan serve
http://localhost:8000
. You should see the default Laravel welcome page.If your project requires a database, run the following migrations to set up the database schema:
Ensure your .env
file is correctly configured for your database.
Run the migration command:
php artisan migrate
When deploying to a production environment, ensure your server meets Laravel’s requirements.
Copy your project files to the server and set the necessary environment variables in your .env
file.
Set up a Virtual Host (for Apache or Nginx) pointing to the public
directory of your Laravel project.
composer install --optimize-autoloader --no-dev
php artisan key:generate
php artisan config:cache
php artisan route:cache
php artisan view:cache
storage
and bootstrap/cache
directories as mentioned earlier.You have now successfully set up a Laravel application on a PHP server. You can begin developing your web application, utilising Laravel’s powerful tools and features.
For further details, visit the official Laravel documentation: Laravel Docs.
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