Install And Setup For Laravel Framework In Windows 7

What is Laravel Framework ?

Laravel is a PHP based web framework for building high-end web applications using its significant and graceful syntaxes. It comes with a robust collection of tools and provides application architecture. Moreover, it includes various characteristics of technologies like ASP.NET MVC, Code Igniter, Ruby on Rails, and many more. This framework is an open-source framework. It facilitates developers by saving huge time and helps reduce thinking and planning to develop the entire website from scratch.

hat is a Framework?

Since they are often built, tested, and optimized by several experienced software engineers and programmers, software frameworks are versatile, robust, and efficient. Using a software framework to develop applications lets you focus on the high-level functionality of the application. This is because any low-level functionality is taken care of by the framework itself.

Requirements for LARAVEL

Server, PHP 7.3 or 7.3+, My Sql

TO INSTALL AND SETUP PROCESS

Step 1: Before download LARAVEL, make sure to download LOCALHOST web server

            Eg: WAMP, XAMPP and etc.,

Lets see how to install xampp

Click to the first site

This window in shown then click to download

After download to setup the XAMPP server like this

And this window will show

Click the finish button, finally server was download and setup it works

Now download COMPOSER because to see the reason in step 2

Step 2:

The main purpose of the composer is to install the dependencies or libraries for an application. The composer also provides the users to install the PHP applications available on the Packagist, where Packagist is the main repository that contains all the available packages.

So we first install the COMPOSER to the PHP, Lets see the following steps

Go to the browser enter the COMPOSER and click the first site, then above image will be shown on the window then click the download button on the site to download the composer.

After that this above the image will show then click the “Composer.setup.exe” link to download the composer.

Step 3:

Maybe you install a xampp composer choose it path default to save the composer file to PHP

Then go to check composer was install like this below image

Go to command prompt then type ”composer -v” to the prompt then this type of image will show

Step 4:

Before install laravel to create and set path to save laravel project file

Step 5:

Now we install “Laravel Framework” to PHP with help of composer using this command

In the image both type of commands are use to install the laravel but second one is global command we type the command only installing time but first one is typing each and every time creating the project

Now we type in the above image second box first command to the prompt first

Some install process was run then you will type second line command in this “example-app” is a project file name so we change the to our convenient

Step 6:

After to type these commands in the below image command shown the prompt

In the above image the last line command is shown your project will ready for work

Step 7:

Now we check create a project file to we set path like this

After completed these steps now we install editors like eg: sublime, VS code or etc.

Step 8:

Now we will see the download process of  VS code

In the above image to download and install the VS code

After install VS code interface is like this

Step 9:

Now we go for extension for laravel like this below image

To download the laravel extension pack for the use of laravel framework properly

Step 10:

Now we connect the server to laravel framework in vs code through terminal in vs code with use “php artisan serve” these command like this

Then copy the http link on the shown window like above the image

Step 11:

And paste the link on the web now this page is show on the window it happens the server will connect and start like below the image

So finally server was started now we see to stop the server

Step 12:

To stop the server we go back to vs code terminal to click “CTRL+C” to stop the server like these

Step 13:

Then refresh the web browser to check

Step 14:

Finally Laravel Framework install and setup was completed