Laravel is an open-source PHP web framework. It follows the model-view-controller architectural pattern, and is based on Symfony.

To use it, you’ll first need the composer tool, which you can install from your package manager.

Then, install the Laravel CLI as follows:

composer global require laravel/installer

If it complains about ext-zip, similar to this:

…then determine which version of PHP you’re running, and install the appropriate PHP zip version:

php --version
 
sudo apt-get install php7.2-zip

After Laravel CLI is installed, you can create a new Laravel project as follows.

Example project named “blog”:

laravel new blog

If the Laravel CLI complains about ext-dom, install it as follows (making sure you’re referencing the correct PHP version):

sudo apt-get install php7.2-xml