Starting php with Laravel4 : Getting Started

It is been a long time since i last used php. If i remember correctly, I used php around 2 year and 6 months back. Since them am fiddling with RoR and java with struts, hibernate , and scala with play.

It's a reminiscence for me.

Ok, lets start with php5 with laravel.

Setup:

1. Install apache
1. create config file
2. enable rewrite module, if not

 Installing apache and php5

sudo apt-get install apache2 php5

Once, apache2 is installed, move to next step of creating a site.
Here is the template of site look like:

<VirtualHost *:80>


    # Host that will serve this project.


    ServerName      app.dev


    # The location of our projects public directory.


    DocumentRoot    /path/to/our/public


    # Useful logs for debug.


    CustomLog       /path/to/access.log common


    ErrorLog        /path/to/error.log


    # Rewrites for pretty URLs, better not to rely on .htaccess.


    <Directory /path/to/our/public>


        <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>


            Options -MultiViews


            RewriteEngine On


            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f


            RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]


        </IfModule>


    </Directory>


</VirtualHost>

Edit it to suit laravel project directory. Replace "/path/to/our/public" with the path to public folder inside laravel project dir.


  Now, put this site inside /etc/apach2/site-available


  Enable site:

a2ensite  site_name
 Enable rewrite module

a2enmod   rewrite
 Reload apache2

sudo service apache2  reload
 Restart apache2

sudo service apache2 restart

Now, you may see your site at following destination

http://localhost

 Now,  lets edit /app/routes.php file and add our "hello world" route

Route::get('/hello', function() {
     return 'Hello world!';
});


Point your browser to :  http://localhost/hello

 


happy coding.. ;)
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Issue:
   Routes not working?
   Solution:  Please verify you have 'rewrite' module enable.  If it's enabled then verify you have write permission to laravel project dir and it's subfolder.
If it's still not working, then google is your friend. 


Reference:

1.  laravel site config: https://github.com/daylerees/laravel-website-configs 
2. Routes not working? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12045881/php-laravel-routing-issue