laravel current directory installation

When developing with Laravel, sometimes we need to create a new Laravel project in the current directory instead of the default directory provided by the Laravel installer (such as /var/www/html/ or ~/Sites/). This article will introduce how to install Laravel in the current directory.

1. Preparation

Before you start, please make sure that the system has met the running requirements of Laravel. For example, dependent software such as PHP, Apache or Nginx has been installed and configured. You can obtain the PHP installation package through the PHP official website (https://www.php.net/), and learn how to install and configure it through the official documentation.

2. Download the Laravel installation package

In order to install Laravel in the current directory, we need to download the Laravel installation package. There are two ways to download the Laravel installation package:

2.1 Using Composer

The preferred installation method for Laravel is to install using Composer. Open the current directory in the terminal and execute the following command:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel .

Note that . in the command indicates the current directory. The --prefer-dist parameter means that the packaged files will be used instead of pulling the source code from GitHub.

After the execution is completed, Laravel's core files have been installed and saved in the current directory. At this time, you can enter the following command in the terminal to verify the installation:

php artisan --version

If the version number of Laravel is output, the installation is successful.

2.2 Manual download

In addition to using Composer to install, we can also directly download the Laravel installation package manually.

Visit Laravel's official website (https://laravel.com/), click the "Download" button on the page, select the latest stable version, and download .zip or .tar.gz Compressed package.

After the download is completed, decompress the compressed package to the current directory, and rename the decompressed folder to the project name (for example, my-laravel-project). At this time, you can also verify whether the installation is successful through the php artisan --version command in the terminal.

3. Configure virtual host

In order for Apache or Nginx to correctly access the Laravel project, we need to create a virtual host locally and configure domain name resolution. The following is an example of configuring the Apache virtual host:

3.1 Apache configuration example

Open the Apache virtual host configuration file. For example, in Ubuntu you can execute the following command:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/my-laravel-project.conf

In Add the following content to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName my-laravel-project.test
    DocumentRoot /path/to/my-laravel-project/public

    <Directory /path/to/my-laravel-project/public>
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Among them, my-laravel-project.test is the domain name corresponding to the virtual host and needs to be added in /etc/hosts A record:

127.0.0.1 my-laravel-project.test

/path/to/my-laravel-project needs to be replaced with the directory path where the Laravel project is located. After saving and closing the file, execute the following command to enable the virtual host:

sudo a2ensite my-laravel-project.conf
sudo service apache2 restart

At this time, visit http://my-laravel-project.test in the browser, you should be able to see Laravel's welcome page.

3.2 Nginx configuration example

The virtual host configuration of Nginx is slightly different from that of Apache. The following is an example:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name my-laravel-project.test;
    root /path/to/my-laravel-project/public;
    index index.php;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    location ~ .php$ {
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
        fastcgi_param PHP_VALUE "date.timezone=Asia/Shanghai";
    }
}

where/path/to/my- laravel-project needs to be replaced with the directory path where the Laravel project is located. After saving and closing the file, execute the following command to enable the virtual host:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/my-laravel-project /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/my-laravel-project
sudo service nginx restart

At this time, visit http://my-laravel-project.test in the browser and you should be able to see it. Go to the Laravel welcome page.

4. Configure environment files

Laravel projects require some environment variables and configuration files to run correctly. In the current directory, we can create a .env file to store these configurations. It can be created by copying the default .env.example file and renaming it:

cp .env.example .env

Then edit the .env file and change the APP_KEY , DB_ and other key configuration items are modified to their own values.

5. Completion

At this point, the Laravel project has been installed and configured in the current directory, and development can begin. It is recommended to execute the following command in the terminal to initialize the Git repository:

git init
git add .
git commit -m "initial commit"

This can ensure the security and version control capabilities of the code. For detailed usage of Laravel, you can refer to the relevant chapters in the official documentation (https://laravel.com/docs/).

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