The fastest and simplest way of installing Laravel is via composer command. From the laravel docs (http://laravel.com/docs/quick), it shows that we can install it with this:
composer create-project laravel/laravel your-project-name --prefer-dist
But, when you run the above command, it will grab the latest version of Laravel. How can I control it if I want to install latest version of 4.0.x? Or, 4.1.x when 4.2 is out?
You can also specify the version with the package name using = or : as separator. To install unstable packages, either specify the version you want, or use the --stability=dev (where dev can be one of RC, beta, alpha or dev). This works with the * notation. I tried laravel/laravel=5.8.
To install the old version of Laravel, the easiest way is to use the composer create-project command. Using this command we only have to specify the project name and Laravel version that we want it to be installed and there you go it's ready.
From the composer help create-project
command
The create-project command creates a new project from a given
package into a new directory. If executed without params and in a directory with a composer.json file it installs the packages for the current project.
You can use this command to bootstrap new projects or setup a clean
version-controlled installation for developers of your project.[version]
You can also specify the version with the package name using = or : as separator.
To install unstable packages, either specify the version you want, or use the --stability=dev (where dev can be one of RC, beta, alpha or dev).
This command works:
composer create-project laravel/laravel=4.1.27 your-project-name --prefer-dist
This works with the * notation.
Have a look:
Laravel 4.2 Documentation
Syntax (Via Composer):
composer create-project laravel/laravel {directory} 4.2 --prefer-dist
Example:
composer create-project laravel/laravel my_laravel_dir 4.2
Where 4.2 is your version of laravel.
Note: It will take the latest version of Laravel automatically If you will not provide any version.
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