Simple utility to create a fresh Laravel installation. Laravel is required! ;)

LARAVEL- create-app.sh

#!/bin/bash

# set base directory for Laravel apps (WITH trailing slashes)
# ex: "/Users/Foo/apache/httpdocs/"
BASE_DIR="/PATH/TO/WEBSERVER/"


function quit {
	exit
}

function start {

	echo "Please, insert app name  :  "

	read LARAVEL_DESTINATION_DIR_NAME
	
	if [ "$LARAVEL_DESTINATION_DIR_NAME" ] ; then
		
		# check valid name
		if [[ $LARAVEL_DESTINATION_DIR_NAME =~ ^[A-Za-z0-9_\-]+$ ]]; then
			
			# check if destination exists
			if [ -d "$BASE_DIR$LARAVEL_DESTINATION_DIR_NAME" ]; then
			
				echo
				echo " \"$LARAVEL_DESTINATION_DIR_NAME\" exists! Please, insert another name."
				echo
				start
			
			else
				 
				# go to destination directory
				cd $BASE_DIR
				
				# start laravel
				laravel new $LARAVEL_DESTINATION_DIR_NAME
				 
				echo "App is ready:"
				echo "   $BASE_DIR$LARAVEL_DESTINATION_DIR_NAME"
				echo
				
				echo "Choose: another installation (N) or quit (Q) ?  "
				read ACTION
				
				case $ACTION in
					[Nn] )
						echo
						start ;;
					[Qq] )
						clear
						quit ;;
				esac
				
			fi
		
		else
			echo
			echo "Name contains invalid characters."
			echo
			start
		fi
	
	else
		echo
		echo "Please, specify a name."
		echo
		start
	fi
}


clear

echo "--------------------------"
echo "  LARAVEL UTILITY"
echo "  CREATE NEW APP"
echo "  v0.1"
echo "--------------------------"

echo
echo

echo "This utility will create a fresh Laravel installation"
echo

start