Setup Laravel project after cloning

1. run composer install to generate depedencies in vendor folder
2. change .env.example to .env
3. run php artisan key:generate
4. configure .env

basiclly you need do these things, more info you should check docs

Windows

Go to the project folder
Shift+Right Click -> Open command window here

Mac

Open Terminal, Type "cd " (with a space)
From finder, Drag the project folder
Press Enter to go inside the project folder

Compose

composer install

Generate Key

php artisan key:generate

Setup Database

Open the file .env
(Assuming wamp or xampp)
Edit values to match your database
Add empty database using phpmyadmin
Include that name in the DB_DATABASE

DB_HOST=localhostDB_DATABASE=students_dataDB_USERNAME=rootDB_PASSWORD=

Get Tables

php artisan migrate

Get default/initial/dummy table values

php artisan db:seed

Run the project

php artisan serve

• Install Docker Desktop. See https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/installation for details.

• Change working directory to project dir.

• Set up sail dependencies:

  docker run --rm \    -v $(pwd):/opt \    -w /opt \    laravelsail/php80-composer:latest \    composer install

  See https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/sail#installing-composer-dependencies-for-existing-projects for details.

• Run the docker container:

  vendor/bin/sail up

• Connect to MySQL container shell:

  vendor/bin/sail exec mysql bash

• Inside that shell, create the database:

  mysql --password= --execute='create database yourDatabaseName'exit

• Connect to Laravel container shell:

  vendor/bin/sail bash

• Copy .env file:

  cp .env.example .env

• Generate application key:

  php artisan key:generate

• Seed the database:

  php artisan migrate:fresh --seed

• Visit the site on host machine: http://localhost