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Laravel – The clean stack for Artisans and agents
Run these commands to spin up a new Laravel project
laravel new my-app --using=nativephp/mobile-starter
cd my-app
php artisan native:jumpNote: You need Laravel pre-installed before running these lines.
How to install Laravel?
What exactly is Laravel?
Laravel is an extremely popular, user-friendly PHP web framework. It ships with built-in tools for user login & registration, file uploads, email delivery, database operations and form validation. It drastically speeds up your PHP development work.
Since Laravel runs on PHP, make sure PHP is set up first. Also pay attention to version requirements; outdated PHP won’t work with modern Laravel.
PHP ≥ 8.1 (8.2 ~ 8.4 recommended)
Install PHP
Check out my dedicated guide to install PHP:
Install PHP Environment – FoxDevelop
Install Composer
Composer acts as PHP’s package manager, comparable to NuGet in .NET or Maven/Gradle for Java.
Refer to my separate tutorial for Composer installation steps.
Install PHP Package Manager Composer – FoxDevelop
Once both PHP and Composer are ready, we can move on to install Laravel.
Open CMD and verify your software versions first.
PHP version requirement: PHP ≥ 8.1 (8.2 / 8.5 preferred), run php -v
Composer version requirement: Composer ≥ 2.5, run composer -V
Next verify required PHP extensions:
php -m | findstr mbstring
php -m | findstr openssl
php -m | findstr pdo
Users based in China can switch to Alibaba’s mirror source to avoid slow download speeds. Paste this command inside CMD:
composer config -g repo.packagist composer https://mirrors.aliyun.com/composer/Now start installation via create-project command:
composer create-project laravel/laravel myproject
cd myprojectI hit an error due to missing zip extension here. Skip the troubleshooting steps below and jump here if your install runs smoothly.
The error message looks like this:
C:\Users\xxxx>composer create-project laravel/laravel myproject
Creating a "laravel/laravel" project at "./myproject"
Installing laravel/laravel (v12.10.0)
Failed to download laravel/laravel from dist: The zip extension and unzip/7z commands are both missing, skipping.
The php.ini used by your command-line PHP is: D:\php8.2\php.ini
Now trying to download from source
- Syncing laravel/laravel (v12.10.0) into cacheRun this check command in CMD to confirm missing zip extension:
php -m | findstr zipEmpty output means the zip extension remains disabled.
Edit php.ini to enable the zip extension
My PHP config path: D:\php8.2\php.ini
Find ;extension=zip and remove the leading semicolon.
Run php -m | findstr zip again in CMD; valid output confirms the extension is active.
Retry the installation afterwards
Execute the install command once more:
composer create-project laravel/laravel myprojectAnother installation failure popped up with the below logs:
composer create-project laravel/laravel myproject
Creating a "laravel/laravel" project at "./myproject"
Installing laravel/laravel (v12.10.0)
- Downloading laravel/laravel (v12.10.0)
Failed downloading laravel/laravel, trying the next URL (404: The "https://mirrors.aliyun.com/composer/dists/laravel/laravel/76396a056d552b8a34077f151775037ac44b431a.zip" file could not be downloaded (HTTP/2 404 ))
- Downloading laravel/laravel (v12.10.0)
- Installing laravel/laravel (v12.10.0): Extracting archive
Created project in C:\Users\maiwu\myproject
> @php -r "file_exists('.env') || copy('.env.example', '.env');"
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies
Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.
Problem 1
- Root composer.json requires laravel/tinker ^2.10.1, it is satisfiable by laravel/tinker[v2.10.1, v2.10.2, v2.11.0, v2.11.1] from composer repo (https://repo.packagist.org) but laravel/tinker[2.x-dev] from composer repo (https://mirrors.aliyun.com/composer) has higher repository priority. The packages from the higher priority repository do not match your minimum-stability and are therefore not installable. That repository is canonical so the lower priority repo's packages are not installable. See https://getcomposer.org/repoprio for details and assistance.
Problem 2
- Root composer.json requires phpunit/phpunit ^11.5.3, found phpunit/phpunit[11.5.3, ..., 11.5.44] but these were not loaded, because they are affected by security advisories ("PKSA-z3gr-8qht-p93v", "PKSA-z3gr-8qht-p93v"). Go to https://packagist.org/security-advisories/ to find advisory details. To ignore the advisories, add them to the audit "ignore" config. To turn the feature off entirely, you can set "block-insecure" to false in your "audit" config.
Problem 3
- Root composer.json requires laravel/sail ^1.41 -> satisfiable by laravel/sail[v1.41.0, ..., v1.46.0].
- laravel/sail[v1.41.0, ..., v1.46.0] require symfony/yaml ^6.0|^7.0 -> found symfony/yaml[v6.0.0, ..., v6.4.30, v7.0.0, ..., v7.4.1] but these were not loaded, because they are affected by security advisories ("PKSA-v5yj-8nmz-sk2q", "PKSA-ft77-7h5f-p3r6", "PKSA-b14r-zh1d-vdrc", "PKSA-v5yj-8nmz-sk2q", "PKSA-ft77-7h5f-p3r6", "PKSA-b14r-zh1d-vdrc"). Go to https://packagist.org/security-advisories/ to find advisory details. To ignore the advisories, add them to the audit "ignore" config. To turn the feature off entirely, you can set "block-insecure" to false in your "audit" config.
Problem 4
- Root composer.json requires laravel/framework ^12.0 -> satisfiable by laravel/framework[v12.1.1, ..., v12.40.0].
- laravel/framework[v12.1.1, ..., v12.12.0] require league/commonmark ^2.6 -> found league/commonmark[2.6.0] but these were not loaded, because they are affected by security advisories ("PKSA-21fb-n1x5-5nf7", "PKSA-2cx9-ynrq-qdk3", "PKSA-rqc2-tcc6-nc79", "PKSA-21fb-n1x5-5nf7", "PKSA-2cx9-ynrq-qdk3", "PKSA-rqc2-tcc6-nc79"). Go to https://packagist.org/security-advisories/ to find advisory details. To ignore the advisories, add them to the audit "ignore" config. To turn the feature off entirely, you can set "block-insecure" to false in your "audit" config.
- laravel/framework[v12.13.0, ..., v12.40.0] require league/commonmark ^2.7 -> satisfiable by league/commonmark[2.7.0, ..., 2.8.2] from composer repo (https://repo.packagist.org) but league/commonmark[dev-main, 2.7.x-dev, 2.8.x-dev, 2.9.x-dev (alias of dev-main)] from composer repo (https://mirrors.aliyun.com/composer) has higher repository priority. The packages from the higher priority repository do not match your minimum-stability and are therefore not installable. That repository is canonical so the lower priority repo's packages are not installable. See https://getcomposer.org/repoprio for details and assistance.Cause: Alibaba’s Composer mirror stopped functioning properly.
Remove the broken project folder first, then revert back to official source:
rmdir /s /q myproject
composer config -g --unset repos.packagist
composer create-project laravel/laravel myproject --no-auditThe installation still failed, so clean up leftover files again:
- Downloading phpunit/php-code-coverage (11.0.12)
- Downloading phar-io/version (3.2.1)
- Downloading phar-io/manifest (2.0.4)
- Downloading myclabs/deep-copy (1.13.4)
- Downloading phpunit/phpunit (11.5.55)
110/111 [===========================>] 99%A connection timeout was encountered. If you intend to run Composer without connecting to the internet, run the command again prefixed with COMPOSER_DISABLE_NETWORK=1 to make Composer run in offline mode.
Failed to download laravel/pint from dist: The "https://codeload.github.com/laravel/pint/legacy.zip/0770e9b7fafd50d4586881d456d6eb41c9247a80" file could not be written to C:\Users\maiwu\myproject/vendor/composer/tmp-60f6b8b4815321558e13bb1ac74423ee.zip: Failed to open stream: Permission denied
Now trying to download from source
- Syncing laravel/pint (v1.29.1) into cache
Cloning failed using an ssh key for authentication, enter your GitHub credentials to access private repos
You need to provide a GitHub access token.
Tokens will be stored in plain text in "C:/Users/maiwu/AppData/Roaming/Composer/auth.json" for future use by Composer.
Due to the security risk of tokens being exfiltrated, use tokens with short expiration times and only the minimum permissions necessary.
Carefully consider the following options in order:
1. When you don't use 'vcs' type 'repositories' in composer.json and do not need to clone source or download dist files
from private GitHub repositories over HTTPS, use a fine-grained token with read-only access to public information.
Use the following URL to create such a token:
https://github.com/settings/personal-access-tokens/new?name=Composer+on+DESKTOP-1OHC5Q4+2026-05-27+0946
2. When all relevant _private_ GitHub repositories belong to a single user or organisation, use a fine-grained token with
repository "content" read-only permissions. You can start with the following URL, but you may need to change the resource owner
to the right user or organisation. Additionally, you can scope permissions down to apply only to selected repositories.
https://github.com/settings/personal-access-tokens/new?contents=read&name=Composer+on+DESKTOP-1OHC5Q4+2026-05-27+0946
3. A "classic" token grants broad permissions on your behalf to all repositories accessible by you.
This may include write permissions, even though not needed by Composer. Use it only when you need to access
private repositories across multiple organisations at the same time and using directory-specific authentication sources
is not an option. You can generate a classic token here:
https://github.com/settings/tokens/new?scopes=repo&description=Composer+on+DESKTOP-1OHC5Q4+2026-05-27+0946
For additional information, check https://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/authentication-for-private-packages.md#github-oauth
Token (hidden):Run this revised install command next:
composer create-project laravel/laravel myproject --no-dev --no-auditInstall Laravel without GitHub token prompts and extra dependencies:
Add –no-dev plus –no-audit flags to skip pint/phpunit which trigger GitHub source pulls:
Your installation succeeds once you see output similar to this:
- Installing league/commonmark (2.8.2): Extracting archive
- Installing laravel/framework (v12.61.0): Extracting archive
75 package suggestions were added by new dependencies, use `composer suggest` to see details.
Package sebastian/code-unit is abandoned, you should avoid using it. No replacement was suggested.
Package sebastian/code-unit-reverse-lookup is abandoned, you should avoid using it. No replacement was suggested.
Generating optimized autoload files
> Illuminate\Foundation\ComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump
> @php artisan package:discover --ansi
INFO Discovering packages.
laravel/tinker .............................................................................................................................. DONE
nesbot/carbon ............................................................................................................................... DONE
nunomaduro/termwind ......................................................................................................................... DONENow we’ll test our newly built project. The previous command creates the myproject folder holding all source files.
Stay inside your existing CMD window and run these two lines:
cd myproject
php artisan serveYour CMD session will look like this:
C:\Users\xxxx>cd myproject
C:\Users\xxxx\myproject>php artisan serve
INFO Server running on [http://127.0.0.1:8000].
Press Ctrl+C to stop the server
Paste http://127.0.0.1:8000 into your browser address bar to view the default Laravel homepage.
