what is laravel and how to install it in ubuntu

Hello there! toady we are going to see about laravel. what is laravel and how to install it in ubuntu

what is laravel?

Laravel is an open-source PHP framework, which is robust and easy to understand. It follows a model-view-controller design pattern. Laravel reuses the existing components of different frameworks which helps in creating a web application. The web application thus designed is more structured and pragmatic.Laravel offers a rich set of functionalities which incorporates the basic features of PHP frameworks like CodeIgniter, Yii and other programming languages like Ruby on Rails. Laravel has a very rich set of features which will boost the speed of web development.

If you are familiar with Core PHP and Advanced PHP, Laravel will make your task easier. It saves a lot time if you are planning to develop a website from scratch. Moreover, a website built in Laravel is secure and prevents several web attacks.

how to install laravel in ubuntu

Step 1.Install Apache web server

$ sudo apt install apache2

Step 2: install some php certificates

• sudo apt update
• sudo apt install lsb-release ca-certificates apt-transport-https software-properties-common -y
• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php

Step 3: Install PHP and additional PHP extensions

• $ sudo apt install php
• $sudo apt install php{bcmath,xml,fpm,mysql,zip,intl,ldap,gd,cli,bz2,curl,mbstring,pgsql,opcache,soap,cgi}

Version

• $ php -v

Step 4: Create Database for Laravel Application -MariaDB

• $ sudo apt install mariadb-server

Once the database server is installed, log into the MariaDB prompt:

• $ sudo mysql -u root -p

Once logged in create the database, database user, and grant all privileges to

the database user.

• CREATE DATABASE laravel_db;
• CREATE USER 'laravel_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY ‘1234’;
• GRANT ALL ON laravel_db.* TO 'laravel_user'@'localhost';
• FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
• QUIT;

Step 5: Install Composer 

• $ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

Next, move the composer file to the /usr/local/bin path.

• $ sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Assign execute permission:

• $ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/composer

Verify the Composer version installed:

• $ composer --version

Step 6: Install Laravel 8 Ubuntu

• $ cd /var/www/html

Now, install Laravel using the composer command, type:

• $ sudo composer create-project laravel/ laravelapp

Change the ownership of the Laravel directory to the webserver user and 

also the permissions:

• $ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/filename
• $ sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/filename/storage

Once the installation is done navigate to the installation directory and check theLaravel version.

• $ cd laravelapp
• $ php artisan

Step 7: Configure Apache to serve Laravel site

• $ sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/laravel.conf
  

<VirtualHost *:80>

ServerName (IP address)

ServerAdmin admin@example.com

DocumentRoot /var/www/html/laravelapp/public

<Directory /var/www/html/laravelapp>

AllowOverride All

</Directory>

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log

CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

Save the changes and exit the file. Next, enable the Laravel site and Apache

rewrite module using these two commands.

• $ sudo a2ensite laravel.conf
• $ sudo a2enmod rewrite

To apply the changes, restart Apache.

• $ sudo systemctl restart apache2

then open ip

thats all for this blog thank you