Laravel installation with Composer - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Laravel installation with Composer

📖 Scenario: You want to start a new web project using Laravel, a popular PHP framework. To do this, you need to install Laravel using Composer, a tool that manages PHP packages.

🎯 Goal: Set up a new Laravel project by installing it with Composer and prepare the basic project structure.

📋 What You'll Learn

Use Composer to create a new Laravel project named myLaravelApp

Set the Laravel version to 10.*

Navigate into the project directory myLaravelApp

Run the Laravel development server

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Laravel is widely used to build modern web applications quickly and efficiently. Installing it correctly is the first step to creating websites and APIs.

💼 Career

Knowing how to set up Laravel projects is essential for PHP developers working in web development roles, especially in companies using Laravel for backend services.

1

Create a new Laravel project using Composer

Run the command composer create-project laravel/laravel myLaravelApp "10.*" in your terminal to create a new Laravel project named myLaravelApp with Laravel version 10.*.

Laravel

# Run the composer command to create the Laravel project
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use Composer's create-project command with the package laravel/laravel, the project folder myLaravelApp, and version 10.*.

2

Navigate into the Laravel project directory

Run the command cd myLaravelApp to change your current directory to the newly created Laravel project folder myLaravelApp.

Laravel

composer create-project laravel/laravel myLaravelApp "10.*"
# Change directory to myLaravelApp
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the cd command followed by the folder name myLaravelApp.

3

Start the Laravel development server

Run the command php artisan serve inside the myLaravelApp directory to start the Laravel development server.

Laravel

composer create-project laravel/laravel myLaravelApp "10.*"
cd myLaravelApp
# Start the Laravel development server
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the php artisan serve command to launch the built-in Laravel server.

4

Verify the Laravel welcome page

Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:8000 to see the Laravel welcome page confirming the installation.

Laravel

composer create-project laravel/laravel myLaravelApp "10.*"
cd myLaravelApp
php artisan serve
# Open the browser at http://localhost:8000 to verify
# Your code here

Need a hint?

After running the server, open http://localhost:8000 in your browser to check the Laravel welcome page.