Laravel 5.6 Tutorial : Install on Windows using XAMPP
In this Laravel tutorial, you will know how to install laravel 5.6 on Windows Using XAMPP. Laravel 5.6 Needs PHP 7.1.3 or higher. So Make sure you have PHP 7.1.3+ installed on Windows 10 other version of Windows like Windows 8.1 or Windows 7. Also, you will need Composer, the PHP package manager.
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