1. Install WinNMP Stack

• Download the latest installer. The installer produces a portable folder.

2. Create a new LARAVEL Project

• Open WinNMP Manager by clicking the taskbar or desktop icon

• Click on New Project icon, choose a project name like myProjectName, hit Enter or click Save Project.

  

• Click Save to close the Edit Project window

3. Download LARAVEL using Composer

• Click on Open Command Prompt icon and execute (in folder WWW)

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

4. Setup Nginx

• In the Projects list, click Project Setup

  

• Leave Enable Local Virtual Server checked.

• Set Public Sub-Folder to public. The folder public must exist!

• Click on Edit Nginx Virtual Server button and replace the location / section with:

  location / {
      try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
  }

• Save myProjectName.conf and click Save to close the Edit Project window

• Press Reload Nginx button

5. Setup PHP

• Press Edit php.ini button next to Php and comment out open_basedir (and pray), save php.ini,

  ; open_basedir=

• Press Restart PHP-CGI button

6. Configure LARAVEL

• Use Adminer to check if the project's database myProjectName was created automatically

• Edit laravel .env file WWW\myProjectName\.env and set :

  DB_DATABASE=myProjectName
  DB_USERNAME=myProjectName
  DB_PASSWORD=""

• Open a Command Prompt and execute:

  cd myProjectName
  php artisan key:generate
  php artisan config:cache

7. View the frontend

• Browse to http://myProjectName.test