A procedure to install Laravel 5 on Windows running Xampp Server.

1. Laravel 5
Installing
Sowren Sen, Premier University, Chittagong.

2. You are going to need:
― Xampp Server (5.0+)
― PHP (5.5+)
― Composer (shown here)
Prerequisites

3. Now download composer from the following URL:
Download Composer
https://getcomposer.org/Composer-Setup.exe

4. Select Install Shell Menus here:
Install Composer

5. Install Composer
Show PHP
installation path
here;
(located in
xampp/php)
Keep clicking next
until last screen.

6. Install Laravel
― Open command prompt.
― Type composer and press
enter.
― Check if composer is
working. It should give a
output screen like this.

7. Install Laravel
― Go to htdocs directory
from cmd.
― In case of mine, I have
xampp server installed on
G:xampphtdocs
― Type g: and press enter.
― Then type
cd xampp/htdocs

8. Type the following command to
create a new Laravel 5 project:
Here, “project_name” is the desired project name.
It can be anything you want. Follow the next slide.
Create Laravel Project
composer create-project laravel/laravel project_name

9. Create Laravel Project
― Press enter. It will take
some time depending on
your internet connection.
― After installation, you will
see the success
message.

10. Create Laravel Project
― Open browser and enter
following address:
― In my case
“project_name” is
learnlaravel.
― It will take you to the
newly created Laravel
project.
https://localhost/project_name/public

11. Finished!
Congrats, you have successfully installed
LARAVEL 5
Note: This is one of the procedures to install Laravel. There are other ways to install it. For those,
check Laravel’s documentation on official website.