"php artisan serve" command does not work in command line for Laravel?

Question

Is php artisan serve command working in command line for laravel?

Step 1:

C:\Users\Rezaul> php artisan serve
Could not open input file: artisan

C:\Users\Rezaul>

Step 2:

C:\Users\Rezaul>php artisan serve --port=8080
Could not open input file: artisan

C:\Users\Rezaul>

http://localhost:8000

The error indicates that the artisan file does not exist, check your root directory. — Ropali Munshi, Mar 28 '19 at 06:56
You have to first create Laravel project into the directory where you want. Check this link : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26193314/could-not-open-input-file-artisan — Mayank Dudakiya, Mar 28 '19 at 07:30

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 28 '19 at 06:55

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On windows you might have to give it the full path try running php .\artisan serve

answered Mar 28 '19 at 06:55

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 28 '19 at 09:31

You should run php artisan serve command in You app directory like this :

C:\Users\Rezaul\project>php artisan serve

which project folder struct is like this :

->project\
---->app\
---->config\
---->public\
   .
   .
   .
----->artisan
----->composer.json

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 28 '19 at 09:59

Could not open input file: artisan

This error message indicates that there are no file artisan in your current directory C:\Users\Rezaul>.

You should run the command in your Laravel project directory.

You should cd into your project directory, or right click(or with shift) in the file explorer of your project and click open cmd(or powershell) here, then run the command php artisan serve.

"php artisan serve" command does not work in command line for Laravel?

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