Working with Laravel on Windows

If you're a newcomer and needs to get started fast, with as little knowledge as possible, follow these steps.

Setup .editorconfig

Setup .gitignore_global

/.idea
/.vscode
/.vagrant
/auth.json

# Editor directories and files
.idea
.vscode
*.suo
*.ntvs*
*.njsproj
*.sln
*.sw*

# python
/.venv

# php
/vendor

# node
/node_modules

Install XAMPP (https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html). This saves you the hassle of installing PHP in your OS. Volume H.

Install Vagrant. Volume H.

# install vagrant plugin for host manager
vagrant plugin install vagrant-hostmanager
# update the Nginx configuration on the virtual machine
vagrant reload --provision
# always do halt then up to make sure windows host is up-to-date
vagrant halt
vagrant up

Install Composer (https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#using-the-installer). Use php.exe from XAMPP when asked for the executable.
Using Hyper-V Manager, create a Virtual switch for homestead (suggested name: Homestead-EXT). Make sure it's External type, using the physical network adapter.

Use Git for Windows and add these aliases

alias v="vagrant"
alias vs="vagrant ssh"

Use Homestead (https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/homestead) as your local VM for development.

# go to H drive
git clone https://github.com/laravel/homestead.git
# run init.bat using powershell (admin) > cmd
vagrant up

Share work folder using SMB for a Windows vagrant user, with password vagrant declared in your yaml.

folders:
  - map: ~/code
    to: /home/vagrant/code
    smb_username: vagrant
    smb_password: vagrant

Start laravel projects.

composer global require laravel/installer
cd /g/projects
laravel new laravel-project

Use as reference the below Homestead.yml

---
ip: "192.168.10.10"
# ip above gets ignored in hyperv
memory: 2048
cpus: 2
provider: hyperv

authorize: ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

keys:
    - ~/.ssh/id_rsa

folders:
    - map: G:\\projects
      to: /home/vagrant/projects
      smb_username: vagrant
      smb_password: vagrant

sites:
    - map: homestead.test
      to: /home/vagrant/projects/laravel7/public

databases:
    - homestead

features:
    - mariadb: false
    - ohmyzsh: false
    - webdriver: false

# ports:
#     - send: 50000
#       to: 5000
#     - send: 7777
#       to: 777
#       protocol: udp

Suggested Lynda courses

Credit

https://dev.to/nicolus/getting-homestead-to-play-nice-with-hyper-v-4202

Add as alias in VM

function xphp() {
    (php -m | grep -q xdebug)
    if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]
    then
        XDEBUG_ENABLED=true
    else
        XDEBUG_ENABLED=false
    fi

    if ! $XDEBUG_ENABLED; then xon; fi

    #Find the IP of the latest ssh connection :
    HOST_IP=$(last --limit=1 | grep -oP '\d+(\.\d+){3}')

    php \
        -dxdebug.remote_host=${HOST_IP} \
        -dxdebug.remote_autostart=1 \
        "$@"

    if ! $XDEBUG_ENABLED; then xoff; fi
}

huenisys/laravel-on-windows-steps.md

Suggested Lynda courses

Credit

Add as alias in VM