Hi,
I've been developing PHP apps on my mac using Laravel Valet for quite some time.
However, I recently also got a windows based pc on which I'd like to do some coding as well.
But I'm currently struggling with the developement server setup.
Laravel Valet is dead simple and works like a charm, is there a similar alternative on Windows?
I've tried WSL with Apache2 as well, however I'd like to avoid having to deal with vHosts configurations for each project.
XAMMP isn't an option.
Thanks!
Top comments (2)
Solid overview for Windows users — getting a smooth PHP setup on Windows definitely takes a bit more work compared to Unix-based systems.
I used to run something similar when I was on Windows. Now on macOS, I’ve been using ServBay to manage my local PHP stack — mainly because it keeps multiple versions and services like MySQL and Redis bundled together, which saves time switching between projects.
I use Laragon.