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Beginner’s Guide: How to Install Laravel and Set Up Local Dev Environment (2025)

Laravel is a PHP framework that combines power and simplicity. If you're getting started with backend web development, here’s how to install Laravel step-by-step and build your local development environment from scratch.

🛠️ What You’ll Learn:

  • Installing PHP & Composer
  • Setting up Laravel
  • Creating your first Laravel app
  • Running the server locally

💻 Requirements:

  • PHP >= 8.1
  • Composer (Dependency manager)
  • Laravel CLI

🚀 Steps:

1. Install PHP & Composer
➡️ Download and install PHP from https://www.php.net and Composer from https://getcomposer.org.

2. Install Laravel Globally

composer global require laravel/installer
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3. Create a New Laravel Project

laravel new myapp
cd myapp
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4. Serve Your Laravel App

php artisan serve
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5. Visit in Browser
➡️ Open http://127.0.0.1:8000 to see your Laravel welcome page.

GitHub Repo:

https://github.com/rohitdhiman91/laravel-setup-guide

📌 Conclusion:

This is just the beginning! Next, explore routing, Blade templating, controllers, models, and building full apps in Laravel.

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Lamri Abdellah Ramdane •

Awesome beginner’s guide! If you're working with Laravel on Windows, I recently used ServBay—it configures PHP, database, Laravel Artisan, migrations, and HTTPS in just a click. Makes life easier when you just want to code.

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Rohit Dhiman •

Thanks for the tip! ServBay sounds like a great option for quick Laravel setup on Windows—will definitely check it out!