Laravel Installation

Server Requirement

• PHP Version
  • Minimum required PHP version for
    • Laravel 5.2/5.1 is PHP >= 5.5.9
    • Laravel 5.0 is PHP >= 5.4

Installation Steps

• Laravel requires Composer to manage its dependencies.Download and install composer from Composer
• Issue the following command on your terminal

        composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel Halo

        create-project - operation

        laravel/laravel- path to the framework for the project

        Halo - path to the project folder

        --prefer-dist - Current distribution

• It will install the stable version of laravel and its dependencies. Current stable version for laravel is 5.2
• If you want to install the different version of laravel, you can issue the following command on your terminal

               composer create-project laravel/laravel Halo "~5.0.0" --prefer-dist

Refer :  laravel.com