php7

1. Install the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2019.

2. Download PHP for Windows. Prefer 7.4 VC15 x64 Non Thread Safe .zip file

3. Unzip to C:\PHP7.

4. In the C:\PHP7 folder, rename the file php.ini-development to php.ini.

5. Edit php.ini.

   • Change memory_limit from 128M to 1G.

   • Uncomment the line that reads ; extension_dir = "ext"

   • Uncomment the following lines: extension=...

     extension=curl
     extension=fileinfo
     extension=gd2
     extension=mbstring
     extension=openssl
     extension=pdo_mysql
     extension=pdo_sqlite
     

6. Add C:\PHP7 to your Windows system path:

   • Open System Control Panel -> Advanced System Settings -> Environment Variables...
   • Click on the Path row under 'System variables', and click 'Edit...'
   • Click 'New' and add the row C:\PHP7.

7. Check php ok. Open powershell and type in php -v

Composer

1. Download the Windows Installer for Composer and run it.
2. During install, make sure php correct path is set to c:php7\php.exe
3. Open new powershell.
4. Run the composer command to see a list of composer help.

MySql

1. Download mysql. Choose archive version 5.7.
   • Get mysql-installer-community-5.7.30.0.msi
2. Run an installer.
   • Choose custom setup.
   • Expand MySQL Server and choose MySQL Server 5.7.10.
   • Go to Applications > MySQL Workbench 6.3 and choose workbench
   • Click on Documentation and select MySQL Documentation
   • If any, install any missing requirements. Press execute.
   • Set up MySQL root password. Do not create any user at this time.
   • Setup mysql server as a windows service.

Nodejs

1. Download nodejs. Choose LTS windows installer.
2. Run installer, check 'Automatically install neccessary tools'.
3. Next until finish.

VSCode

1. Download vscode and install.
2. Install neccessary extensions:
   • PHP Intellisense.
     • Disable VS Code's built-in PHP IntelliSense by setting php.suggest.basic to false
   • php cs fixer
   • Vetur
   • Prettier
   • Marp

Laravel

1. Place composer's system-wide vendor bin into Windows system path.
   • Add '%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Composer\vendor\bin'
2. In powershell, run > composer global require laravel/installer