How to Install Laravel Framework in Windows

Installing XAMPP

1. 
   Open the XAMPP download page. Go to https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html in your computer's web browser.
2. 
   Scroll down to the "7.2.8 / PHP 7.2.8" heading. You'll find it near the bottom of the list of downloads.

   1. This is important; since Laravel requires PHP 7.13 or higher, you'll need to make sure you don't accidentally install an older version of XAMPP.
3. 
   Click Download (32 bit). It's a blue button to the right of the "7.2.8 / PHP 7.2.8" heading. This will download the XAMPP setup file onto your computer.
4. 
   Open the XAMPP setup file. Double-click the downloaded setup file to do so.
5. 
   Click Yes when prompted. This will open the XAMPP setup window.
6. 
   Navigate through the XAMPP setup process. Click through the XAMPP menus by doing the following:

   1. Click Next three times.
   2. Uncheck the "Learn more about Bitnami for XAMPP" box.
   3. Click Next twice.
7. 
   Click Finish when prompted. This will open the XAMPP language preferences pop-up window.
8. 
   Click Save when prompted. Doing so will save your default language settings and open the XAMPP dashboard.
9. 
   Start Apache. Click Start to the right of each of the "Apache" heading. This will turn on Apache. At this point, you're ready to install Composer.

   1. You can also do the same with the "MySQL" heading, but you'll need to have MySQL installed in order to do so.