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Introduction ------------ [](#introduction) Valet is a Laravel development environment for Windows. No Vagrant, no `/etc/hosts` file. You can even share your sites publicly using local tunnels. *Yeah, we like it too.* Laravel Valet configures your Windows to always run Nginx in the background when your machine starts. Then, using [Acrylic DNS](http://mayakron.altervista.org/wikibase/show.php?id=AcrylicHome), Valet proxies all requests on the `*.test` domain to point to sites installed on your local machine. Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) Before installation, make sure that no other programs such as Apache or Nginx are binding to your local machine's port 80. Also make sure to open your preferred terminal (Windows Terminal, CMD, Git Bash, PowerShell, etc.) as Administrator. - If you don't have PHP installed, open PowerShell (3.0+) as Administrator and run: ``` Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope Process; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/cretueusebiu/valet-windows/raw/master/bin/php.ps1" -OutFile $env:temp\php.ps1; .$env:temp\php.ps1 "8.4" ``` (You can replace `8.4` with the PHP version you want to install: `7.4`, `8.2`, `8.3`, `8.4`) > This script will download and install PHP for you and add it to your environment path variable. PowerShell is only required for this step. - If you don't have Composer installed, make sure to [install](https://getcomposer.org/Composer-Setup.exe) it. - Install Valet with Composer via `composer global require cretueusebiu/valet-windows`. - Run the `valet install` command. This will configure and install Valet and register Valet's daemon to launch when your system starts. - If you're installing on Windows 10/11, you may need to [manually configure](https://mayakron.altervista.org/support/acrylic/Windows10Configuration.htm) Windows to use the Acrylic DNS proxy. Valet will automatically start its daemon each time your machine boots. There is no need to run `valet start` or `valet install` ever again once the initial Valet installation is complete. For more please refer to the official documentation on the [Laravel website](https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/valet#serving-sites). Known Issues ------------ [](#known-issues) - WSL2 distros fail because of Acrylic DNS Proxy ([microsoft/wsl#4929](https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4929)). Use `valet stop`, start WSL2 then `valet start`. - The PHP-CGI process uses port 9001. If it's already used change it in `~/.config/valet/config.json` and run `valet install` again. - When sharing sites the url will not be copied to the clipboard. - You must run the `valet` commands from the drive where Valet is installed, except for park and link. See [\#12](https://github.com/cretueusebiu/valet-windows/issues/12#issuecomment-283111834). - If your machine is not connected to the internet you'll have to manually add the domains in your `hosts` file or you can install the [Microsoft Loopback Adapter](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/networking/install-microsoft-loopback-adapter) as this simulates an active local network interface that Valet can bind too. Xdebug ------ [](#xdebug) To enable a debugging session you can use [Xdebug helper](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/xdebug-helper/eadndfjplgieldjbigjakmdgkmoaaaoc) or set a cookie with the name `XDEBUG_SESSION`. Testing ------- [](#testing) Run the unit tests with: ``` composer test-unit ``` Before running the integration tests for the first time, you must build the Docker container with: ``` composer build-docker ``` Next, you can run the integration tests with: ``` composer test-integration ``` Changelog --------- [](#changelog) Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently. License ------- [](#license) Laravel Valet is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT). ### Health Score 61 — FairBetter than 99% of packages Maintenance65 Regular maintenance activity Popularity52 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community31 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity81 Battle-tested with a long release history Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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