How to create a new Laravel project in PhpStorm 2018.1?

Question

How to create a new Laravel project in PhpStorm 2018.1 (in Ubuntu 16.04)?

Answer 1

It's just a five step process,

Just go to File -> New Project and in the dialog specify project name and folder, and – most importantly – choose type Composer Project.

1. Set Laravel project's folder & project name
2. Choose "composer.phar" option button & tick "Download composer.phar from getcomposer.org"
3. Select PHP Interpreter Version from drop down
4. Select package as "laravel/laravel" from list
5. Select PHP's version

Click on "Create" button. It will take time depending on your internet connection speed.

Congratulations, your new laravel project has been created.

Answer 2

That's not a PhpStorm specific question. To create a new project you need to have composer installed

Composer Homepage

and be sure it's appended to your path.

echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc

To accept the changes, run

source ~/.bashrc

or logout and login again.

Then have a look at the Laravel documentation

Laravel

There are 2 possible ways:

• Use composer directly
• Use the Laravel installer

Both ways are fine, open the new created project in PhpStorm and you are good to go.