Could not open input file: artisan

Question

When trying to create a new laravel project, The following error appears on the CLI:

Could not open input file: artisan

Script php artisan clear-c

Answer 1

First, be sure to be in the laravel project folder or else the terminal won't be able to locate the artisan file in the project directory and any subsequent request you pulled to start a server would be rejected.

Demo

Let's say our laravel project name is blog and located in C:\laravel We then have: C:\laravel\blog

Where to open terminal

Navigate to the C:\laravel\blog directory and open the command window (terminal). Input the code below:

Laravel terminal code to start server

php artisan serve --host 127.0.0.1