laravel mirror installation

With the increasing popularity of Laravel, we often encounter some problems when installing Laravel. Many of these problems are network-related, such as slow download speeds. This article will introduce how to use Laravel mirror to accelerate installation to improve installation efficiency.

1. What is Laravel mirror

Laravel mirror refers to an alternative download source that is different from the official Laravel source. It has the same files as the official Laravel source, but has faster download speeds, allowing users to download and install Laravel faster.

2. How to use Laravel image

1. Composer installation

We can add --prefer-dist## to the command line #Option to install Laravel using the Laravel image. An example is as follows:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel project-name

If your network environment is not very good, you may encounter slow downloading or downloading failure. At this time, you can replace the official Laravel source with a domestic source that responds faster in China. Taking Alibaba Cloud's Composer image as an example, we can set the Composer image installation URL globally.

composer config -g repo.packagist composer https://mirrors.aliyun.com/composer/

At this time, when using Composer to install Laravel, Composer will give priority to using Alibaba Cloud's Composer image to download the required files, making the entire process faster and smoother.

Laravel Installation

If you want to install Laravel through the installation package provided by the Laravel official website, you can also use the Laravel mirror to speed up the download. Taking Alibaba Cloud's Laravel image as an example, we can replace the official Laravel source with Alibaba Cloud's Laravel image before installing Laravel. An example is as follows:

composer config -g repositories.laravel composer https://mirrors.aliyun.com/composer/

In this way, when installing Laravel, Composer will automatically download the required files from Alibaba Cloud's Laravel image to speed up the download.

3. How to configure Laravel image

Alibaba Cloud Composer image

Alibaba Cloud provides the image source of Composer, which not only includes the PHP warehouse, but also Including Composer's full mirror, Chinese documentation, mirror site documentation, Composer documentation, etc. Users can use the following command to set the mirror source:

composer config -g repo.packagist composer https://mirrors.aliyun.com/composer/

Laravel China Mirror

Laravel China mirror is an unofficial development community of Laravel, providing multiple Laravel mirrors resource. Users can use the following command to set up the Laravel China mirror:

composer config -g repo.laravelchina composer https://packagist.laravel-china.org

In addition, Laravel China also provides a Symfony-based mirror source, which has multiple servers and is suitable for users from all over the country. You can use the following command to set up the Symfony mirror:

composer config -g repo.symfony composer https://php.cnpkg.org

Note:

If you use the Laravel mirror, it is recommended to back up the original configuration before use to avoid unexpected situations.
If you set the Composer image to Alibaba Cloud Composer image, you may need to wait for a while for initialization when using it for the first time, but it will greatly speed up Laravel package download and installation afterwards.
If you want to restore the default Laravel mirror source, you can use the following command:

composer config -g repo.packagist composer https://packagist.org

4. Summary
Laravel mirror is a tool that makes people feel trustworthy. It can solve problems caused by network restrictions and speed up Laravel installation. Especially in China, it can save developers a lot of time and effort. I hope that the introduction in this article can help readers better use Laravel mirroring and improve project development efficiency.

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