How to install Laravel's Artisan?

Question

I want to create migrations in Laravel but according to the tutorials I need the Artisan CLI. The php command works fine and I\'m on Windows. I type in php ar

Answer 1

You just have to read the laravel installation page:

1. Install Composer if not already installed
2. Open a command line and do:

composer global require "laravel/installer"

Inside your htdocs or www directory, use either:

laravel new appName

(this can lead to an error on windows computers while using latest Laravel (1.3.2)) or:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel appName

(this works also on windows) to create a project called "appName".

To use "php artisan xyz" you have to be inside your project root! as artisan is a file php is going to use... Simple as that ;)