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hello everyone, I am cloning a project on Github, I followed the tutorial steps listed bellow
$ git clone https://github.com/coreui/coreui-free-laravel-admin-template.git my-project
$ cd my-project
$ composer install
$ npm install
the above stages were successful and I have connected the .env to myql database
the next stage which is
$ php artisan key:generate
i have tried everything possible to pass this stage is showing me error. i have use composer update, composer dumpautoload still giving me same error.. this the error message ODUMS@ODUM MINGW64 /c/_project/web/prediction (master) $ php artisan
Warning: require(C:_project\web\prediction/vendor/autoload.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:_project\web\prediction\artisan on line 18
Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required 'C:_project\web\prediction/vendor/autoload.php' (include_path='.;C:\php\pear') in C:_project\web\prediction\artisan on line 18
I also included the (include_path='.;C:\php\pear) in artisan file still giving me error
how will I resolve....
@mastertech01 looks like your composer install wasn't successful at all.
require(C:_project\web\prediction/vendor/autoload.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:_project\web\prediction\artisan on line 18 this error means you don't have the vendor/autoload.php which can be only generated via composer.
Are you sure you are in the correct directory?
@mastertech01 you might think that your composer install was a success but wasn't mainly because your PHP version is not compatible?
On this package, it requires PHP 7.2.5.
Check your PHP version first.
Thanks, i have upgraded my php version to 7.4.13 because its one of the requirement to install laravel 8 and also updated composer to 2.0.8, respectively it was successful but still getting the same error
Something doesn't feel right with your paths.
Looking at this it seems you are on a Windows machine and the paths seem to be missing a slash just after the colon.
C:_project\web\prediction/vendor/autoload.php
This is not a valid path, there's a slash missing as I said.
the problem is error:
fix : open new terminal and run this : [
sudo apt update
sudo apt install php-xml
php -m | grep -E "xml|dom"
] open laravel project in terminal and run : [
composer install
]
now boom is fexed you can see the folder /vendor now .
Missing vendor folder after composer install on Windows is almost always a path issue or a silent composer failure. The backslash vs forward slash mixing in those paths is a red flag specific to Windows environments running Git Bash or MinGW. Worth trying the same commands in a plain Command Prompt or PowerShell instead of MINGW64, since Git Bash sometimes mangles Windows paths in ways that break composer's directory resolution completely.
Why don't you install the project on a virtual machine (VirtualBox ?) with Ubuntu ?
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