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

If it is your first install of laravel then create another directory/folder inside the laravel directory and then move to that empty folder and create another project using the command below:

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

This will create a new project named "blog", then go back to parent laravel directory and now you can run this command:

php artisan serve

You will receive the return such as:

laravel deployment server started: http://localhost:8000

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