Laravel windows 8.1 Browser No Input File Specified - php

Question

I have been trying to get laravel working for over a week now and have come close, but I am unable the project in my web browser. I receive the 'No input file specified" when I direct to 127.0.0.1:8000. I have tried every solution I have found on the web, but can not find a solution. I am using the latest version of vagrant, virtualbox, composer and homestead.
My Yaml is:
ip: "192.168.10.10"
memory: 2048
cpus: 1
provider: virtualbox
authorize: ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
keys:
- ~/.ssh/id_rsa
folders:
- map: ~/Projects
to: /home/vagrant/Code
sites:
- map: laravel.dev
to: /home/vagrant/Code/laravel-basics/public
hhvm: true
databases:
- homestead
variables:
- key: APP_ENV
value: local
Vagrant file is:
require 'json'
require 'yaml'
VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"
confDir = $confDir ||= File.expand_path("~/.homestead")
homesteadYamlPath = confDir + "/Homestead.yaml"
afterScriptPath = confDir + "/after.sh"
aliasesPath = confDir + "/aliases"
require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/scripts/homestead.rb')
Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
if File.exists? aliasesPath then
config.vm.provision "file", source: aliasesPath, destination: "~/.bash_aliases"
end
Homestead.configure(config, YAML::load(File.read(homesteadYamlPath)))
if File.exists? afterScriptPath then
config.vm.provision "shell", path: afterScriptPath
end
end
Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
config.vm.box = "laravel/homestead"
config.vm.network :forwarded_port, host: 4567, guest: 80
end
Hosts File
# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 laravel.dev

Answer 1

I'm not sure where you got port 8000 from.
This line:
config.vm.network :forwarded_port, host: 4567, guest: 80
Says that, on your master machine (what you're reading this from), port 4567 will be forwarded to your guest machine's (the VM you spin up) port 80.
However, this is not necessary to know. Apache and Nginx listen to port 80 by default, and all browsers us it when you visit a URL.
This means that this line in your /etc/hosts file,
127.0.0.1 laravel.dev
allows you go to go http://laravel.dev without anything further.
If this is still not working, you have a few options:
Use $ vagrant ssh to go into the VM and read the Nginx logs. I believe they should be at /var/logs/nginx/{vhost_name}.
I have an older, more mature, more powerful alternative to Homestead: https://puphpet.com. I've successfully spun up Laravel, SF2, ZF2 and countless other frameworks through this.