How to set a domain name with php artisan serve

Question

I am new to PHP and Laravel. While virtualhosting with Wamp, I could specify the documentroot, servername and the port number - hence specifying the domain name. But with the command php artisan serve, I am able to specify the port address but not the domain name. Is it possible to set the domain name?

also, what is the difference between hosting with this command and with wamp ?

n.b I am new to server side languages, sorry for asking these basics !

EDIT: I've used php artisan serve --host=blog.local --port=8001 but error is showing up

I've cleared the configuration and application cache.

Answer 1

You can explicitly define the host and the port with artisan serve command:

php artisan serve --host=somedomain.com --port=8001

Note: Remember to enable to port with your firewall.

Answer 2

Though it is too late.

Make an entry in the system host file. in case of windows it is at

C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts

 # localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself. #   127.0.0.1       localhost #   ::1             localhost 127.0.0.1           blog.local  

Then run your command:

php artisan serve --host=blog.local --port=8001