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

-> cd ..

-> cd project_dir

-> php artisan ('works fine')

in my case, i removed the directory and again clone the repo from the same directory through terminal. then i went one step back and step into my project folder again and the problem was gone.