How to Set Up Laravel on Windows with XAMPP, Composer, and Node.js (2025)

🚀 What You'll Need

• Windows PC (Windows 10/11 recommended)
• Admin access on your machine
• XAMPP (for PHP/MySQL)
• Composer
• Node.js
• Git (optional but highly recommended)

Step 2: Install Composer (PHP Dependency Manager)

الخطوة 2: تثبيت Composer (مدير تبعيات PHP)

1. Download Composer:
   • Go to getcomposer.org.
   • Click “Download” and choose “Composer-Setup.exe”.
2. تحميل Composer:
   • انتقل إلى getcomposer.org.
   • اضغط على “Download” واختر “Composer-Setup.exe”.
3. Run the Composer Installer:
   • Make sure it detects your PHP path automatically (should be something like C:\xampp\php\php.exe).
   • Click Next, Next, and Finish.
4. تشغيل مثبت Composer:
   • تأكد أن البرنامج يكتشف مسار PHP تلقائيًا (مثلاً C:\xampp\php\php.exe).
   • اضغط Next ثم Next ثم Finish.
5. Verify Composer:
   • Open Command Prompt (Windows+R, type cmd).
   • Run:

 

 

In the next post, we’ll dive into setting up Laravel authentication, user roles, and building your first secure CRUD application using your new environment.

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