Laravel-4 Configuration & Installation via Composer with Wamp/Xampp for Windows

Hi guys,

Installation process of Laravel-4 is different from Laravel-3. Unlike in Laravel-3 you can't run it just by downloading the zip file from GitHub. 

There is a special program called "Composer" which is a dependency manager for PHP. You need to have it installed first. Following steps will show how to setup. 

Step 01

Download the composer from http://laravel.com/docs/installation

Run the setup.
If you get following error window, that means you haven't enabled openssl for php. 
Go-to Step 02
The openssl extension is missing, which will reduce the security and stability of Composer. If possible you should enable it or recompile php with --with-openssl
Step 02 

Open Wamp/Xampp folder. 
Go-to C:\wamp\bin\php\php5...\php.ini or C:\xampp\bin\php\php5...\php.ini
In the php.ini document, search for "extension=php_openssl.dll" line
remove the semicolon in front of it and save the file. 
now composer should install without any issues
[check if the composer is properly installed by opening up a command prompt and typing "composer" without quotes]

Step 03

Go-to Wamp/Xampp folder
Create a folder called "laravel" inside www or htdocs folder.
Open a command prompt 
Navigate to www or htdocs folder (cd C:\wamp\www)
To download Laravel with all the dependencies to the created "laravel" folder, type following command.

composer create-project laravel/laravel laravel --prefer-dist
Press Enter. (It will take a while to install laravel into the folder)

That's it! 
Once it is installed, go-to your localhost/laravel
It should show following message with icon.

successful icon














Now you can start your Laravel-4 development :)


Cheers!

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