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bwrice's avatar
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Does Spark require a fresh install of Laravel?

Or can you install it on an app already in development?

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Cronix
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I guess it depends on how complex your app is and what you've done. Spark recommends to be installed on a new project (not existing) since it uses custom auth controllers, user/team models and some other things that could mess up an existing app.

I'd start with a fresh install of spark, get it set up and working on it's own, then start copying your code over and merging things where appropriate (like user class, etc)

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