Laravel: Getting started

Notes on getting started with Laravel, on Centos Linux 6,7,8.

In order to get started with Laravel, there are required software to run composer and laravel that needs to be installed. This includes;

1. Web server
2. PHP
3. Composer
4. Node JS

Step 1. Install PHP 7.3 or newer.

If you havent installed PHP, follow notes from previous post.
After installing PHP, install all the regular extensions. Ensure PHP is working with the web browser.

sudo yum install php-cli php-zip wget unzip  php-dom php-posix php-shmop  php-xsl php-xmlrender

Step 2. Web server.

In this case, I am using Apache HTTPD. Install this and test that the php is working.

sudo yum install httpd

Step 3. Composer

Download the installer.

php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php' ");
sudo php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

Step 4. Node JS

sudo yum install nodejs

You are ready to work with Laravel projects. Here are links to the remainder tutorials
Part 1, Part 2,