The Installation of Laravel

Laravel is a PHP framework for web development. Here goes the installation procedure.

1. Install Composer (if not installed)

> brew install composer

2. Install Laravel

> composer global require laravel/installer

3. Add path to $PATH

Edit and add the following code to the shell configuration file:

• zsh: .zshrc

• bash: .bash_profile

# Laravel
export PATH="$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"

Close and restart the terminal.

4. Start coding

> cd (your laravel project directory)
> laravel new (project name)
  :
  :
> cd (project name)
> php artisan serve

-> open browser
-> http://localhost:8000