Installation#

If PHP and Composer are installed, you can install the Laravel installer globally via Composer:

composer global require laravel/installer

Create Laravel Application#

After installing PHP, Composer, and the Laravel installer, you can create a new Laravel application. The installer will prompt you to select your preferred testing framework, database, and starter kit:

laravel new example-app

Once the application is created, use the dev Composer script to start the Laravel local development server, queue workers, and Vite dev server:

cd example-app
npm install && npm run build
composer run dev

After the server starts, your app can be accessed in the browser at http://localhost:8000. Next, update the .env configuration file to connect to your database. For example, if using MySQL, update the DB_* variables in .env like so:

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=laravel
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

Install Laravel Apidoc#

Install via Composer:

composer require larafly/apidoc

Run the following command to install the API documentation tool:

php artisan apidoc:install

You can now access Laravel Apidoc at http://localhost:8000/apidoc.

UI Interface#

After installation, visiting the URL will show the following interface: