Trying to run Laravel on Windows

I did not had to use Docker at all @lemmon and that made me so happy, simply because I believe that if I don't have a need to do something with a tool, I simply don't mess with it but here we are :-).

Eventually I was able to finally produce a fresh new Laravel project on this Windows Machine, however upon cloning my repo to this very machine, I am now unable to run any artisan and naturally any php artisan commands, because somehow php or sail they are not found either on the:

1. Gitbash terminal
2. Windows terminal
3. Powershell terminal

I miss the Mac days.

What I want to do now is to be able to browse a project I had on the Mac, but I can't get the php artisan serve to work.

Ok I get it I was simply following the docs from Laravel but I guess they were just pushing their service, I don't really care about it, but how do I even install php on this Windows Machine? If I want to use the Gitbash that is. For example if I run php -v on it I get: bash: php: command not found and I just haven't found exactly how to install php in bash..

I ran into the fact that installing php on a windows machine was a task so

The way I installed php on my machine is I installed wampserver

wamp server is a linux apache mysql php server that runs on windows that comes with phpmyadmin and mysql cmd prompt.

https://www.wampserver.com/en/

you could actually use that to serve laravel but if you are used to php artisan serve then wamp installs php so you can get composer going

Thank you I will try to install this.

install wamp then you should be abled to run php in git bash then you can install composer using git bash. then move the composer.phar like the instructions say.

@lemmon Finally got it my friend I have succesfully installed Composer and PHP on this Windows Machine, thanks! I should now go ahead and create a new Laravel project and well I hope I can make it through until my new charger arrives! So I just need to install Laravel through Composer is that correct?

I need to move composer.phar? Well I need to know what my PATH is, how can i print that into the console?

@lemmon I get this

warpig@DESKTOP-BR5EUFO MINGW64 ~/projects
$ mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
mv: cannot stat 'composer.phar': No such file or directory

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel NameOfYourProject

or install the laravel installer

looks like you are in the projects dir you need to be in ~

Right now that is not important, I need to know why I can't run php artisan serve

warpig@DESKTOP-BR5EUFO:/mnt/c/Users/warpig/projects/videotheque$ php artisan make:controller Test
PHP Warning:  require(/mnt/c/Users/warpig/projects/videotheque/vendor/autoload.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /mnt/c/Users/warpig/projects/videotheque/artisan on line 18
PHP Fatal error:  require(): Failed opening required '/mnt/c/Users/warpig/projects/videotheque/vendor/autoload.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php') in /mnt/c/Users/warpig/projects/videotheque/artisan on line 18

from inside git bash run php -v

what happened?

@lemmon So right now im at /home/warpig how can I go back to home? I can't by cd -- or cd - or cd ~

PHP is installed... that works right now.

Composer version 2.0.12 2021-04-01 10:14:59

I need to be in gitbash?

Oh yes

warpig@DESKTOP-BR5EUFO MINGW64 ~
$ cd

warpig@DESKTOP-BR5EUFO MINGW64 ~
$ ls
'3D Objects'/
 AppData/
'Application Data'@
 Contacts/
 Cookies@
'Creative Cloud Files'/
 Desktop/
 Documents/
 Downloads/
 Favorites/
 Links/
'Local Settings'@
 MicrosoftEdgeBackups/
 Music/
'My Documents'@
 NTUSER.DAT
 NTUSER.DAT{53b39e88-18c4-11ea-a811-000d3aa4692b}.TM.blf
 NTUSER.DAT{53b39e88-18c4-11ea-a811-000d3aa4692b}.TMContainer00000000000000000001.regtrans-ms
 NTUSER.DAT{53b39e88-18c4-11ea-a811-000d3aa4692b}.TMContainer00000000000000000002.regtrans-ms
 NetHood@
 OneDrive/
 Pictures/
 PrintHood@
 Projects/
 Recent@
'Saved Games'/
 Searches/
 SendTo@
'Start Menu'@
 Templates@
 Videos/
 ansel/
 composer.bat
 dev/
 ext/
 extras/
 getting-started/
 lib/
 ntuser.dat.LOG1
 ntuser.dat.LOG2
 ntuser.ini
 php/

warpig@DESKTOP-BR5EUFO MINGW64 ~
$ mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
mv: cannot stat 'composer.phar': No such file or directory

first of all run php -v and tell me what happens.

warpig@DESKTOP-BR5EUFO MINGW64 ~
$ php -v
PHP 8.0.3 (cli) (built: Mar  2 2021 23:33:56) ( NTS Visual C++ 2019 x64 )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.0.3, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies

warpig@DESKTOP-BR5EUFO MINGW64 ~
$ composer --version
Composer version 2.0.12 2021-04-01 10:14:59

Ok you are golden.

Yes that "test drive" project was created with WSL in Visual Studio Code terminal.

so now find a spot where you wan to put your project cd in there and run

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel NameOfYourProject

$ composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel NameOfYourProject
Creating a "laravel/laravel" project at "./NameOfYourProject"
Installing laravel/laravel (v8.5.15)
  - Installing laravel/laravel (v8.5.15): Extracting archive
Created project in C:\Users\warpig\projects\NameOfYourProject
> @php -r "file_exists('.env') || copy('.env.example', '.env');"
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies
Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.

  Problem 1
    - laravel/framework[v8.12.0, ..., 8.x-dev] require league/flysystem ^1.1 -> satisfiable by league/flysystem[1.1.0, ..., 1.x-dev].
    - league/flysystem[1.1.0, ..., 1.x-dev] require ext-fileinfo * -> it is missing from your system. Install or enable PHP's fileinfo extension.
    - Root composer.json requires laravel/framework ^8.12 -> satisfiable by laravel/framework[v8.12.0, ..., 8.x-dev].

To enable extensions, verify that they are enabled in your .ini files:
    - C:\Users\warpig\php\php.ini
You can also run `php --ini` inside terminal to see which files are used by PHP in CLI mode.

did you install wamp?

Correct

@warpig

so now find a spot where you wan to put your project cd in there and run

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel NameOfYourProject

Yes

All services running, the icon is green

@warpig

click on the green icon then choose php from the menu then open up the php.ini file.

then do ctrl + f and search for fileinfo extension when you find it remove the ; from in front of it to enable it

ie change:

;extension=fileinfo

to

extension=fileinfo

save the file close it

then click on green icon and choose restart all services

then run composer create-project again

warpig@DESKTOP-BR5EUFO MINGW64 ~/projects
$ composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel NameOfYour
Creating a "laravel/laravel" project at "./NameOfYour"
Installing laravel/laravel (v8.5.15)
  - Installing laravel/laravel (v8.5.15): Extracting archive
Created project in C:\Users\warpig\projects\NameOfYour
> @php -r "file_exists('.env') || copy('.env.example', '.env');"
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies
Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.

  Problem 1
    - laravel/framework[v8.12.0, ..., 8.x-dev] require league/flysystem ^1.1 -> satisfiable by league/flysystem[1.1.0, ..., 1.x-dev].
    - league/flysystem[1.1.0, ..., 1.x-dev] require ext-fileinfo * -> it is missing from your system. Install or enable PHP's fileinfo extension.
    - Root composer.json requires laravel/framework ^8.12 -> satisfiable by laravel/framework[v8.12.0, ..., 8.x-dev].

To enable extensions, verify that they are enabled in your .ini files:
    - C:\Users\warpig\php\php.ini
You can also run `php --ini` inside terminal to see which files are used by PHP in CLI mode.

warpig@DESKTOP-BR5EUFO MINGW64 ~/projects

It's not there, this is the output of that:

warpig@DESKTOP-BR5EUFO MINGW64 ~/projects
$ php -m
[PHP Modules]
bcmath
calendar
Core
ctype
curl
date
dom
filter
gmp
hash
iconv
json
libxml
mbstring
mysqlnd
openssl
pcre
PDO
Phar
readline
Reflection
session
SimpleXML
SPL
standard
tokenizer
xml
xmlreader
xmlwriter
zip
zlib

[Zend Modules]

Loaded Configuration File => C:\Users\warpig\php\php.ini

should I go there now and do the same with fileinfo extension ?

@warpig

Yes make sure this list is satisfied

BCMath PHP Extension

Ctype PHP Extension

Fileinfo PHP extension

JSON PHP Extension

Mbstring PHP Extension

OpenSSL PHP Extension

PDO PHP Extension

Tokenizer PHP Extension

XML PHP Extension

if they are in the ini file then remove the colon from the beginning

Ok the command works now, I have a new Laravel application. How can I ensure php artisan are working now?

@warpig

cd into the application and type

php artisan -v

or

php artisan list

@lemmon they work on new Laravel's but not in the cloned repo...

@warpig

so when you clone a repo from git you have to:

cd into the repo

cp .env.example .env

composer install

php artisan key:generate

then you can run php artisan serve inside the project

Thank you Mr. Lemmon you saved my project !!

@warpig

you are welcome.

did I

Hi @lemmon yes you are right sorry I couldn't respond it was 11 PM where I live I hope you have the time to guide me again, I would appreciate it my friend

Mark a best reply and start another thread.

With my limited knowledge of wsl and docker for windows. I agree.

@sourcefli Getting to install Laravel through this method was painful for me mainly because of 2 things but I don't need to get into it, mainly because I was frustrated and just wanted to overcome this challenge since I didn't know when I was going to get the Mac back. Eventually @lemmon showed me the ultimate basics and that was a heaven sent, installing Wamp is probably the most straight forward method there is, at least to get your feet wet.

Laragon would've seem like a great choice as you say is very "laravel-esque" but I use this Windows Machine for gaming, had nothing about web dev in here.

@vinhnt13 Open your own thread for better response.

Describe your issue and what you have done so far.

When I am forced to run laravel on a Windows machine I set up an virtual machine for it.

https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/install-laravel-on-ubuntu-for-apache/

@vinhnt13 Start a new thread someone will help you there.