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Setup Laravel in Local Host

#laravel #php

This guide assume you are installing on a Mac OS.
Install composer which is a package manager for Laravel.

php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');" php -r "if (hash_file('sha384', 'composer-setup.php') === '756890a4488ce9024fc62c56153228907f1545c228516cbf63f885e036d37e9a59d27d63f46af1d4d07ee0f76181c7d3') { echo 'Installer verified'; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt'; unlink('composer-setup.php'); } echo PHP_EOL;" php composer-setup.php php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');" sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
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Install laravel installer.

composer global require "laravel/installer" export PATH=~/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH
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Now you can create a new Laravel project on the working directory.

laravel new {project} cd {project}
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Run the new project with sail tool.

composer require laravel/sail --dev php artisan sail:install
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After that docer-compser.yml and Dockerfile are created. For now mysql 8.0.25 and php8.0 were installed. It builds docker images and prints container logs like tail -f. You could use sail up -d to run containers in background.
Save the current code on github for backup.

git init git add . git commit -m "first commit" git branch -M main git remote add origin git@github.com:{username}/laravel-example.git git push -u origin main
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Let's see what containers are running. sail command is similar to docker-compose command.

# list containers sail ps # list databases sail exec mysql mysql -usail -ppassword -e"show databases"
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Open a browser and go to http://localhost to see Laravel.

To stop containers, open a new terminal and go to {project} directory and run down command.

sail down
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Lastly install a debugger for php.

# on MacOS pecl install xdebug # on Ubuntu sudo apt install php-xdebug
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Jane Smith •

Looks like you're running a Laravel project on your local host using Sail! If you're running into any issues with containers or debugging, double-check your Docker setup and environment variables.