Creating a new laravel 5.8 project
Here's a step-by-step guide to creating a new Laravel 5.8 project:
Prerequisites:
- PHP 7.1.3 or higher
- Composer (the PHP package manager)
- A code editor or IDE of your choice
Step 1: Install Composer
If you haven't already, download and install Composer from the official website: https://getcomposer.org/
Step 2: Create a new project
Open your terminal and 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 of your project.
Step 3: Change into the project directory
Navigate into the newly created project directory:
cd project-name
Step 4: Install dependencies
Run the following command to install the required dependencies:
composer install
This may take a few minutes to complete, depending on your internet connection and the speed of your computer.
Step 5: Configure the environment
Laravel comes with a default .env
file that you can use as a starting point. You can customize this file to suit your needs.
Step 6: Run the database migrations
Laravel uses a database to store its data. You'll need to create a database and then run the database migrations to create the necessary tables:
php artisan migrate
Step 7: Start the development server
Run the following command to start the development server:
php artisan serve
This will start a development server that you can use to test your application. You can access your application by navigating to http://localhost:8000
in your web browser.
Step 8: Start coding!
You're now ready to start building your Laravel application. You can create new controllers, models, and views using the php artisan make
command. For example, to create a new controller, you can run:
php artisan make:controller MyController
This will create a new MyController.php
file in the app/Http/Controllers
directory.
That's it! You've successfully created a new Laravel 5.8 project.