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This thread are for those who need support on how to install Laravel PHP framework on their local server.

Installing Laravel

Laravel utilizes Composer to manage its dependencies. So, before using Laravel, make sure you have Composer installed on your computer.
The easiest way of installation is by downloading laravel from github and installing its dependencies.

1. Visit https://github.com/laravel/laravel and download and save to your computer.

2. Locate C:\xampp\htdocs within the htdocs folder create a root folder that will contain the framework files such as app, public etc.

3. Open your command prompt and locate C:\xampp\htdocs\ < your project root folder>

4. Run composer update to install Laravel framework dependency

to configure your database, open .env in the your project root folder to set your desired database connection

before i proceed, if you have completed the steps or encountered any problem during installation, let me know