installing laravel 8

1Laravel 8* install composer comand
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3composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app
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5cd example-app
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7php artisan serve

1composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel test "8.*"

1composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel ProjectName dev-develop

1curl -s https://laravel.build/app-name | bash
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3composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel app-name "8.*"

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2*** SETTING UP LARAVEL 8 (Simple steps) ***
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5**Ensure you computer already has PHP and Composer installed.
6Then apply the CLI commands below.
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8** Vist "https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html" to install PHP via XAMPP
9** Visit "https://getcomposer.org/" to install composer
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12ENTER CLI TERMINAL COMMANDS below
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14> composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app
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16> cd example-app
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18> php artisan serve
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20> composer require laravel/ui
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22> php artisan ui vue --auth
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24Now you will have to ensure you setup your database variables in the 
25.env file of your laravel project so you can migrate your database.
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27> php artisan migrate
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29**At this stage, your laravel app is fully ready with 
30login authentication for development
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33DEPLOY APP TO ONLINE LINUX SERVER
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35[1] Delete the file called "Server.php" in the Laravel Project directory
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37[2] Copy your laravel 8 project to your web server "Public_html" directory
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39[3] Simply copy all files in the "Public_html" folder of your 
40Laravel 8 Project and paste in the server web home directory 
41which is the servers own 'Public_html' folder which is also where
42Laravel project files are.
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44[4] Then update the index.php file by changing the directory levels
45e.g. change '/../storage/framework/maintenance.php' to
46'/storage/framework/maintenance.php' by removing the '../' in the directory syntax.
47Thats all! just refresh your browser and your app will be running fine.
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50-- By Atsu Emmanuel T.
51(Web Developer / Architecht)
52Email: atsuemmanuel@gmail.com
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