Getting Started with Laravel

Laravel is a PHP framework designed to make web development easy.

What is Laravel?

It helps developers build websites and web applications by providing tools that streamline common tasks like routing, working with databases, and rendering HTML views. Laravel is built on the Model-View-Controller design pattern, which helps organise code in a way that separates the logic of the application from its presentation.

Create a new Laravel project

Before creating your first Laravel project, make sure that your local machine has PHP and Composer installed.

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composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel my-laravel-app

Running Laravel

After the installation is complete, navigate into your Laravel project:

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cd my-laravel-app

Start Laravel's local development server using Laravel Artisan's serve command:

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php artisan serve

This command will launch a local server, and you can access your new Laravel project by visiting http://127.0.0.1:8000 in your browser.