Could not open input file: artisan

php laravel laravel-4 laravel-artisan
wessodesigner picture wessodesigner · Oct 4, 2014 · Viewed 443.3k times · Source

When trying to create a new laravel project, The following error appears on the CLI:

Could not open input file: artisan

Script php artisan clear-compiled handling the post-install-cmd event returned with an error

I am using the latest version of XAMPP v3.2.1 with PHP 5.5.15 and with mcrypt enabled (made sure of that by issuing the command php -m). And I am running windows 8.1

Answer

Marcin Nabiałek picture Marcin Nabiałek · Oct 4, 2014

You need to first create Laravel project and if you already have one you need to go to this project dir using cd command in terminal for example cd myproject.

Now you will be able to run any artisan commands, for example running php artisan will display you list of available commands.

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