Category: Laravel

php artisan serve

Create a blank controller:

php artisan make:controller PostsController

Create a new controller with methods:

php artisan make:controller --resource PostsController

Create the project

Typical way

Open cmd or git bash and find the directory you want to install the Laravel project into. Then just add this line:

composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app

This will create a new project that’s inside folder example-app. When its done installing you will go into the folder to access the project

Quicker Way

Add this to git bash:

composer global require laravel/installer

To update this after its installed do this:

composer global update laravel/installer

Now write the name of your new project:

laravel new example-app

Create Database

Create a new database in PHPMySQL

Add that info into the .env file so project can access the database.

Open in Visual Studio Code

Right click on project folder and choose Open with Code

Type this in the terminal:

php artisan serve