Install Laravel on Mac m1

Setting up Laravel on a Mac M1 can significantly enhance your development workflow, given the powerful performance of Apple’s latest silicon. Laravel, known for its elegant syntax and robust capabilities, requires a few additional steps to ensure compatibility with the M1 architecture. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the streamlined process of installing Laravel on your Mac M1, from configuring your environment to overcoming any specific challenges. Whether you're new to Laravel or a seasoned developer, this guide will help you get up and running efficiently. please following this step.

- Installing Brew

Brew (https://brew.sh/) is a crucial package manager for macOS that's currently absent from your system. To get it set up, open your terminal and execute:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Verify the installation of brew by running the following command:

user@macbook-user ~ % brew --version
Homebrew 4.3.13

- Installing multiple Version PHP

next, we’ll walk through the steps to install multiple PHP versions simultaneously, allowing you to easily switch between different versions based on your project's requirements. following this command

brew tap shivammathur/php

Next, you can install all the PHP versions you require, including versions from 5.6 up to 8.0

brew install shivammathur/php/[email protected]
brew install shivammathur/php/[email protected]
brew install shivammathur/php/[email protected]
brew install shivammathur/php/[email protected]
brew install shivammathur/php/[email protected]
brew install shivammathur/php/[email protected]
brew install shivammathur/php/[email protected]

For more details, visit the source at link.

After the installation is complete, add the following code to your .zshrc file.

source $(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin

switchphp() {
    # List of available PHP versions
    installed_php_versions=("7.4" "8.0" "8.1" "8.2" "8.3")

    # Get the current PHP version
    current_php_version=$(php -v | grep -o 'PHP [0-9]*\.[0-9]*' | cut -d ' ' -f 2 | sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//')

    target_php_version=$1
    echo "You can run PHP version $target_php_version"

    # Check if no PHP version is provided
    if [ -z "$1" ]; then
        echo "No PHP version provided"
        return 1
    fi
    
    # Validate if the target PHP version is available in the list
    if [[ ! " ${installed_php_versions[@]} " =~ " ${target_php_version} " ]]; then
        echo "Invalid PHP version provided"
        return 1
    fi
    
    # Check if the current PHP version is the same as the target version
    if [[ $target_php_version == $current_php_version ]]; then
        echo "You are already using PHP version $1"
        return 1
    fi

    echo "======================================================================================================"
    echo "Switching from PHP $current_php_version to PHP $target_php_version"
    echo "======================================================================================================"

    # Unlink the current PHP version and link to the target version
    brew unlink php@"$current_php_version" && brew link --overwrite --force php@"$target_php_version"
    
    # Use the newly installed PHP version with Laravel Valet
    echo "Please enter the password for the changed PHP version on Valet"
    valet use php@"$target_php_version"

    echo "======================================================================================================"
    # Verify the currently active PHP version
    php -v
    echo "======================================================================================================"
}

If you encounter any issues, refer to the information below, as the problems may be due to the recent installation.

switchphp:2: command not found: php
Error: No such keg: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/php@

like

user@macbook-user ~ % switchphp 7.4
switchphp:2: command not found: php
Error: No such keg: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/php@
Linking /opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/7.4.33_6... 25 symlinks created.

If you need to have this software first in your PATH instead consider running:
  echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
  echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
PHP 7.4.33 (cli) (built: Aug  1 2024 07:06:15) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v7.4.33, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologie

To check your PHP version, run the command php -v, and if needed, install a different version. After installing a new version, try running the command switchphp 7.4 to switch to PHP 7.4 or if you want use version 8.1 you can try running the command switchphp 8.1.

For more details, visit the source at link.

- Installing Composer

To install Composer for Laravel using Homebrew on macOS, you can use the following command:

brew install composer

If you encounter an error after installing composer like the one below, run the command switchphp 7.4, then run brew install composer again..

Already downloaded: /Users/ivannofickadhanugraha/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/bf9f18c1224a72004ddf6d70ba0203e570251c8223efea7284955158db329dd0--php-8.3.10.bottle_manifest.json
==> Pouring php--8.3.10.arm64_sonoma.bottle.tar.gz
Error: The `brew link` step did not complete successfully
The formula built, but is not symlinked into /opt/homebrew
Could not symlink bin/pear
Target /opt/homebrew/bin/pear
is a symlink belonging to [email protected]. You can unlink it:
  brew unlink [email protected]

To force the link and overwrite all conflicting files:
  brew link --overwrite php

To list all files that would be deleted:
  brew link --overwrite php --dry-run

Possible conflicting files are:
/opt/homebrew/bin/pear -> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/7.4.33_6/bin/pear
/opt/homebrew/bin/peardev -> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/7.4.33_6/bin/peardev
/opt/homebrew/bin/pecl -> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/7.4.33_6/bin/pecl
/opt/homebrew/bin/phar -> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/7.4.33_6/bin/phar
/opt/homebrew/bin/phar.phar -> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/7.4.33_6/bin/phar.phar
/opt/homebrew/bin/php -> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/7.4.33_6/bin/php
/opt/homebrew/bin/php-cgi -> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/7.4.33_6/bin/php-cgi
/opt/homebrew/bin/php-config -> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/7.4.33_6/bin/php-config
/opt/homebrew/bin/phpdbg -> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/7.4.33_6/bin/phpdbg
/opt/homebrew/bin/phpize -> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/7.4.33_6/bin/phpize
/opt/homebrew/sbin/php-fpm -> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/7.4.33_6/sbin/php-fpm
Error: Could not symlink include/php/TSRM/TSRM.h
Target /opt/homebrew/include/php/TSRM/TSRM.h
is a symlink belonging to [email protected]. You can unlink it:
  brew unlink [email protected]

To force the link and overwrite all conflicting files:
  brew link --overwrite [email protected]

To list all files that would be deleted:
  brew link --overwrite [email protected] --dry-run

After the installation is successful, check the Composer version by running the command composer --version. then the command return like below

user@macbook-user ~ % composer --version
Composer version 2.7.7 2024-06-10 22:11:12
PHP version 7.4.33 (/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/7.4.33_6/bin/php)
Run the "diagnose" command to get more detailed diagnostics output.

after successfully install composer, put and save the command bellow line on .zshrc and then reopen terminal

export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin

for more details, visit the source link

- Install Valet with Composer

Valet is a local development tool that simplifies setting up a local server environment for PHP applications.

To execute the command, open your terminal or command prompt and type:

composer global require laravel/valet

next run command for check version valet

valet --version

terminal return like below

user@macbook-user ~ % valet --version
Laravel Valet 4.7.1

for more details install valet you can visit the source link