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This article describes how to install the Laravel PHP framework manually.
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Installing Laravel

To install Laravel, follow these steps:
  1. Log in to your account using SSH.
  2. Laravel uses composer, a PHP dependency manager. To install Laravel, type the following commands. Replace project with the project name that you want to use:
    This command installs the Laravel project in the /home/username/project directory, where username represents your username, and project represents the project name.
  3. To enable running Artisan by simply typing artisan at the command prompt, type the following commands. Replace username with your account username, and project with your project name:
    šŸ‘ Tip Artisan is the command-line interface to Laravel. When you create a Laravel project, Artisan isĀ installed automatically in the project directory. For more information about Artisan, please visit http://laravel.com/docs/artisan.
  4. To make the Laravel project files accessible to web visitors, you must copy all of the files in the /home/username/project/public directory to the public_html directory. To do this, type the following command, replacing project with the project name:
    šŸ“˜ Note Alternatively, if you want to use a subdirectory beneath the public_html directory, copy the public files there instead. For example, the following command copies all of the public files to the laravel subdirectory:
    In this case, the Laravel site would be accessible at http://www.example.com/laravel, where example.com represents your domain name.
  5. In the public_html directory, open the index.php file in your preferred text editor, and then modify it as follows:
    • Locate the following line:
      Modify the path to include the directory whereĀ Laravel is installed. For example, if Laravel is in the project directory, you would change the line as follows:
    • Locate the following line:
      Modify the path to include the directory whereĀ Laravel is installed. For example, ifĀ Laravel is in the project directory, you would change the line as follows:
  6. Save your changes to the index.php file.
  7. In your web browser, go to http://www.example.com, where example.com represents your domain name. You should see the Laravel welcome page.
ImportantMake sure you repeat steps 4 to 6 if you modify any of the public site files in the project directory.

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More information

For more information about Laravel, please visit https://laravel.com.