moving Laravel project between computers

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I have been working on a laravel5 project on a computer , but now I want to continue on an other, but don't know how :(

I'm using wampserver and the project is in the "www" folder, this is the error I'm getting when trying to open the project: " Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request"

after moving files to other computer, you need to use `composer update` — Sid, Sep 21 '15 at 14:58
Use git to push or pull the code. How to setup git visit https://stackoverflow.com/questions/315911/git-for-beginners-the-definitive-practical-guide?answertab=votes#tab-top — Ranjan Chaurasia, Dec 28 '17 at 13:33
WampServer or wampserver, it does not matter on windows. Windows is case insesitive, while other systems are case sensitive, that was - for me - a reason why a Laravel project worked on one server but not on an other. — PaulH, Jun 02 '19 at 13:08

score 34 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 29 '18 at 16:31

Your error message is very vague, so it is hard to pinpoint the cause. I assume you just copy pasted all of the project files

Try these steps:

Make sure you copy all of the project files including the hidden ones(.env).
Prepare your destination computer as in http://laravel.com/docs/
Check you have all the necessary PHP extensions available in php.ini as in above link requirements. Also, watch your PHP version!
Install composer https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md
When copied, go to your destination folder and run composer install.
Run php artisan key:generate from the command line.

Run php artisan cache:clear from command line

http://php.net/manual/en/install.windows.commandline.php

Make sure your webserver is serving pages from project/public folder.

If laravel is failing, check the log file to see the cause

your_project/storage/logs/laravel.log

Now, everything work just fine, I had some hidden files that weren't copied , still don't know how still I copied the entire file o.O thank you, un GRAND merci :) — C.elkhadir, Sep 30 '15 at 14:35

score 23 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 23 '19 at 08:16

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Copy the project folder and navigate terminal/cmd just run following commands.

Create database and place the same name at .env file in laravel project folder

1. composer install
2. php artisan key:generate  
3. php artisan cache:clear
4. php artisan migrate

UPDATE: If you're getting

Whoops, looks like something went wrong

in app/config/app.php, set debugging as true with:

'debug' => env('APP_DEBUG', true)'

If you're getting the error

No supported encrypter found. The cipher and/or key length are invalid

for some people it worked to do cp .env.example .env before (2).

edited Nov 23 '19 at 08:16

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answered Aug 06 '16 at 10:25

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This is specially good for those who clone Laravel projects using git. – Ahmad Karimi Feb 01 '21 at 06:09

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 01 '19 at 20:03

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You would also have to create new storage link, because Laravel uses absolute path inside it.

php artisan storage:link

answered Oct 01 '19 at 20:03

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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https://stackoverflow.com/a/32722141/3982831 Please follow this to resolve your problems. All people forget about permissions on folders.

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answered Sep 22 '15 at 16:41

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 09 '19 at 21:03

After you have done as Ademord answer, you might need to use refresh to your WAMP, XAMP or any other development stack you are using. I had the same issue plus changes were not reflecting in the front end. For example new routes in the web.php were not updating.

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