Installing Laravel Using Composer

To install Laravel, you need to have PHP and Composer installed on your system. Laravel uses Composer for dependency management. Here are the general steps to install Laravel:

Step 1: Install Composer

If you don't have Composer installed, you can download and install it from getcomposer.org. Follow the instructions provided on the website for your specific operating system.

Step 2: Install Laravel

Once Composer is installed, you can use it to create a new Laravel project. Open a terminal or command prompt and run the following command:

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

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

Step 3: Navigate to Your Project

Change your working directory to the newly created Laravel project:

cd your-project-name 

Step 4: Set Up Environment Configuration

Copy the .env.example file to create a new .env file:

cp .env.example .env 

Edit the .env file and set up your database connection details and any other necessary configurations.

Step 5: Generate Application Key

Generate the application key used for encrypting session and other sensitive data:

php artisan key:generate 

Step 6: Serve Your Application

To quickly start a development server, you can use the artisan command:

php artisan serve 

This will start a development server, and you can access your Laravel application by visiting 

http://localhost:8000

 in your web browser.

Additional Steps:

If you are using a database, you can run migrations to set up your database tables:

php artisan migrate