How to Install Laravel on Windows with Laravel Herd and MySQL, phpMyAdmin for Beginners

In this video, I am going to teach you how to install Laravel Herd, MySQL, and phpMyAdmin to set up an environment development for Laravel. We will learn everything from scratch and step-by-step. We will learn how to create a Laravel project on Herd directly and create a Laravel project via composer in the Herd environment.
Then, we will learn how to install MySQL because the free version of Herd do not support MySQL, so we have to install MySQL separately.
We will also learn how to install phpMyAdmin on Herd and fix phpMyAdmin warnings and errors. After this video, you will be able to set up the Laravel development environment easily with Herd which is a really popular tool for Laravel developers right now.

Chapters:
0:00 - 2:55 download and install Laravel Herd
2:56 - 5:13 Create a Laravel Project via Laravel Herd GUI
5:14 - 8:25 Create a Laravel Project via Composer
8:26 - 10:33 Fix Laravel Herd to support "php artisan serve"
10:34 - 14:35 Install MySQL on Windows for Laravel Herd
14:36 - 16:36 Install phpMyAdmin on Laravel Herd
16:37 - 18:35 Fix phpMyAdmin warnings related to a valid key for cookie encryption and configuration storage
18:36 - 20:48 Use MySQL in Laravel

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[princewillopah]

very detailed and i love the fact that you covered everything about the setup. thank you so much

[tukurhamid]

Thank you very much bro, this is so helpful

[dyme]

thank you so much for this new learning.

[shmmy]

hi, do u know how can i fix mine? i followed ur instructions, but when i went to the last step and typed php artisan migrate, it told me "nothing to migrate"

[surflaweb]

a so and so said that you can't access to the laravel app through the local network.. is true it? could you test accessing to the laravel app by using the ip address of it and see it in your phone. thanks

[ocxigin]

My php indicator is showing red instead of green how do i fix it

[jarencefeliciano]

Can't show the node version I'm using in node. Though, I have in my system. WIndows 11, why?

[iammarcellin]

is the process the same if i were to install mariadb instead of mysql?

[bvng]

When creating a project in Laravel using this Laravel herd, do I still need to install xammp or everything is all goods and don't need to open and activate the php in xammp?