How to install Laravel via Composer

Laravel is a free and open-source PHP web framework by following the MVC (model–view–controller) pattern. Laravel is the most popular in the running days. It is the best framework to develop any kind of web application. Using Laravel, now, it is possible to build a large scale application in PHP. It is secure, fast and easy to learn.

Install Laravel via composer:

Laravel depends on a lot of external packages for its functionality. It uses the Composer as a dependency manager and utilizes Composer for installation and dependency management. We can install Laravel via composer easily by the following steps.

Step0: System Requirements for installing the composer:

Make sure you have the correct Server Requirements for Laravel. So, check the followings in your system

• PHP >= 5.6.4
• OpenSSL PHP Extension
• PDO PHP Extension
• Mbstring PHP Extension
• Tokenizer PHP Extension
• XML PHP Extension

After enabling the required extension(s), do remember to restart your server. If everything is ok then go for the next step. If you have missed something, you will be warned about any incompatibilities during the installation.

Step1: Install Composer

First, check if the composer already installed. Open command line in Windows by pressing Window Key + R . Type cmd and press enter. Now, type composer in command prompt and press enter if it’s already installed it will show Composer information.

If composer already installed and old more than 30 days, then run below command “composer self-update” this will update your composer.

If the composer is not installed. Let’s start by installing Composer.

Using the Installer on windows#

This is the easiest way to set up the Composer on Windows.  It will install the latest Composer version. Download composer for the Windows from the below link.

Download Composer for Windows

Now, set up your PATH so that you can just call composer from any directory in your command line. Check composer installation by running “composer” command in the command line after that move to the directory where you want to create Laravel project.

It’s extremely easy to get a new laravel project set up. There is no more downloading for it, now all you have to do is run following commands to create projects:

Step2: Create Laravel Project in Windows

Here, you can do two things. First, you can install the latest version of Laravel via composer. Second, you can install any specific version.

1. Create a specific version of laravel project by running following command

2. Create the latest version of laravel project by running following command

This command will download and install a fresh copy of Laravel in phpclicks folder.

Step3: Move to the Laravel Installation Directory

Move control to your project directory by running below command

Step4: Run Laravel Project

Run below command to up your laravel project

it will show below URL if it’s up successfully.

http://localhost:8000/

Run above URL in the browser and you will see the laravel home page.

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