Creating a New Laravel Project

There are two ways to create a new Laravel project, but both are run from the command line.
The first option is to globally install the Laravel installer tool (using Composer); the second
is to use Composer ’s create-project feature.

You can learn about both options in more detail on the Installation documentation page, but
I’d recommend the Laravel installer tool.

Installing Laravel with the Laravel Installer Tool

If you have Composer installed globally, installing the Laravel installer tool is as simple as
running the following command:

       composer global require "laravel/installer=~1.1"

Once you have the Laravel installer tool installed, spinning up a new Laravel project is
simple. Just run this command from your command line:

       laravel new projectName
This will create a new subdire    ctory of your current directory named projectName and install a
bare Laravel project in it.

Installing Laravel with Composer’s create-project Feature

Composer also offers a feature called create-project for creating new projects with a
particular skeleton. To use this tool to create a new Laravel project, issue the following
command:

composer create-project laravel/laravel projectName --prefer-dist

Just like the installer tool, this will create a subdirectory of your current directory named
projectName that contains a skeleton Laravel install, ready for you to develop.