Setup Laravel project after cloning - php

Question

So I have just cloned big repo with Laravel project, for the moment this folder (lets call it /var/www/project) does not have vendor folder, .env file, autoload files etc.
Is there some kind of detailed united tutorial with all the steps what should I do next? Install composer (it is already installed on my computer, I have other working projects), generate autoload files and vendors?
Which commands should I run in my console (I have Ubuntu 14.04) to make this folder a working virtual host? Or could someone be so kind to give me all the instructions?

Answer 1

run composer install to generate depedencies in vendor folder
change .env.example to .env
run php artisan key:generate
configure .env
basiclly you need do these things, more info you should check docs

Answer 2

Windows
Go to the project folder
Shift+Right Click -> Open command window here
Mac
Open Terminal, Type "cd " (with a space)
From finder, Drag the project folder
Press Enter to go inside the project folder
Compose
composer install
Generate Key
php artisan key:generate
Setup Database
Open the file .env
(Assuming wamp or xampp)
Edit values to match your database
Add empty database using phpmyadmin
Include that name in the DB_DATABASE
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_DATABASE=students_data
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=
Get Tables
php artisan migrate
Get default/initial/dummy table values
php artisan db:seed
Run the project
php artisan serve

Answer 3

Install Docker Desktop. See https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/installation for details.
Change working directory to project dir.
Set up sail dependencies:
docker run --rm \
-v $(pwd):/opt \
-w /opt \
laravelsail/php80-composer:latest \
composer install
See https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/sail#installing-composer-dependencies-for-existing-projects for details.
Run the docker container:
vendor/bin/sail up
Connect to MySQL container shell:
vendor/bin/sail exec mysql bash
Inside that shell, create the database:
mysql --password= --execute='create database yourDatabaseName'
exit
Connect to Laravel container shell:
vendor/bin/sail bash
Copy .env file:
cp .env.example .env
Generate application key:
php artisan key:generate
Seed the database:
php artisan migrate:fresh --seed
Visit the site on host machine: http://localhost

Answer 4

1. clone the repo
git clone <l_repo>
2. go into the repo
cd l_repo
3. install require packages
composer install
4. generate the laravel project key
php artisan key:generate
5. migrate and seed at the same time
php artisan migrate:fresh --seed
6A. convert ".env.example" to ".env"
6B. change the 'database name' & 'username' & 'password'
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_DATABASE=own_databse_name
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=
7. Change the file upload limit for php.ini
upload_max_filesize = 4G
post_max_size = $4G
8. Link with storage
php artisan storage:link
9. start the server
php artisan serve

Answer 5

Follow the Install Laravel documentation:
https://laravel.com/docs/5.2#installation

Answer 6

First of all, if there's no vendor folder - you will need to run composer install to get all the packages. It will download all the required dependencies to run the project and also will create an .env file for local development starter.
To configure virtual host in apache, run the following command:
sudo cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.dev.conf
Here example.dev is a sample virtual host name. Change it accordingly. Now edit it:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.dev.conf
Here's an example contents for this file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin#localhost
ServerName example.dev
ServerAlias www.example.dev
DocumentRoot /var/www/project/public
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Then you will need to run the following commands to enable virtual host:
sudo a2ensite example.dev.conf
sudo service apache2 restart

Answer 7

For those people using Laravel Sail or that cloned a project that used Sail from source control, I have made Gist with a simple script and some steps to follow after executing the script. It also explains how to set up the .env file with values that work with the Sail stack. If you do not know what stack the project was using you can find out by looking in the docker-compose.yml file. Also, make sure that you have Docker Desktop installed before running the script, information on this can be found on the Laravel docs. Run the script from the root directory of the project.
https://gist.github.com/LaurenceRawlings/3b4f801cafb2e683f45a3b573dad868d

Answer 8

run composer install
rename .env.example to .env
run php artisan serve