Why do I get a laravel error while creating a new project?

Question

When I type laravel new blog I get the following error.

In RequestException.php line 113:

Server error: GET http://cabinet.laravel.com/latest.zi

Answer 1

Do this:

composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app

if the following fails:

composer global remove laravel/installer 
composer global require laravel/installer