How To Install Laravel On Windows With Xampp

In this post we will learn how to install laravel on windows with xampp.

Requirements

• PHP >= 5.5.9
• OpenSSL PHP Extension
• PDO PHP Extension
• Mbstring PHP Extension
• Tokenizer PHP Extension

Install Xampp

First of all, we need Xampp, so we can download it from the official page:

Download Xampp

Composer

After you’ve downloaded and installed Xampp, we need to install Composer.

Composer is a PHP package manager that is integrated with Laravel Framework. In Windows we can install it easy going to the official page and download the installer.

Install Laravel Framework

We are prepared to install and configure a Laravel Framework. First of all, we have to navigate to htdocs folder to install it and run this following command:

composer create-project laravel/laravel laravel “5.1.*”

Will start the installation of the Framework: