Setting up the environment

Remember, no matter how you have configured your environment to develop web applications with PHP and Laravel, keep the main server requirements in mind, and you will be able to follow the examples in this chapter.

It is important to note that some operating systems do not have PHP installed. As this is the case with Windows machines, here are some alternatives for you to create your development environment:

• HOMESTEAD (recommended by Laravel documentation): https://laravel.com/docs/5.6/homestead
• MAMP: https://www.mamp.info/en/
• XAMPP: https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html
• WAMP SERVER (only for Windows OS): http://www.wampserver.com/en/
• PHPDOCKER: https://www.docker.com/what-docker