Installing PHP 5.4 and Apache 2.4:
- Download Apache 2.4 from apachelounge.com
- Download PHP 5.4 from the php.net
- Extract Php files into a directory. You can choose c:\php if you want.
- I think Apache 2.4 comes in a zip. So just extract the contents into a directory of choice. I use c:\apache
Configuring PHP and Apache
- In command line, install Apache as a service by running this in cmd: httpd -k install
- Navigate to Apache's configuration directory and open httpd.conf in a text editor
- Add the following lines
# PHP Stuff #####################################
#
LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2_4.dll"
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php
# configure the path to php.ini
PHPIniDir "C:/php"
- Change the listening port if necessary. You may want IIS to be on 80 and Apache on 8080. Or vice versa
- Start apache!!!
Install Laravel
- Download Laravel 4. Search on google. And follow the tutorial on the Tut+ site
- If you're migrating and seeding the database, you need to add $this->call('TableNameTableSeeder') make the following class:
class TableNameTableSeeder extends Seeder {
public function run()
{
DB::table('tablename')->delete();
User::create(array(
'id' => 1,
'username' => 'firstuser',
'password' => Hash::make('first_password'),
'created_at' => new DateTime,
'updated_at' => new DateTime
));
}
}