valet

Site	Updated	Requires
https://laravel.com/docs/valet	2023-11-05	brew php composer

Laravel

Laravel is my preferred way to set up a development environment on a local machine, such as macOS.

Install

First, make sure you have completed the installation steps in install-system.sh to install PHP and Composer.

Then, run the following commands to install Valet and trust the local domain:

composer global require laravel/valet
valet install
valet trust

To test that everything is working, run the following command:

ping -c1 localhost.test

This will ping the local domain and should return a 404 page.

Database

There are two ways to set up the database: with DBngin or manually.

I chose to set up the database manually, which is the option that is run by the install.sh script.

The manually setup

1. Install MySQL with Homebrew:

brew install [email protected]

2. Start MySQL:

brew services start [email protected]

3. Set the MySQL password:

mysql -u root

ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'root'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Setup based on: https://sqlpad.io/tutorial/mysql-install-mac/

The DBngin setup

1. Install DBngin:

brew install --cask dbngin

2. Create a MySQL service in DBngin:

• name = mysql
• port = 3306
• socket = /tmp/mysql.sock
• disable log = true
• auto start = true

3. Add the following export path to your PATH environment variable:

export PATH=/Users/Shared/DBngin/mysql/5.7.23/bin:$PATH

4. Set the MySQL password:

mysql -u root

ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'root'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;