[php] Installing specific laravel version with composer create-project

The fastest and simplest way of installing Laravel is via composer command. From the laravel docs (http://laravel.com/docs/quick), it shows that we can install it with this:

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

But, when you run the above command, it will grab the latest version of Laravel. How can I control it if I want to install latest version of 4.0.x? Or, 4.1.x when 4.2 is out?

Installing specific laravel version with composer create-project

composer global require laravel/installer

Then, if you want install specific version then just edit version values "6." , "5.8."

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel Projectname "6.*"

Run Local Development Server

php artisan serve

To install specific version of laravel try this & simply command on terminal

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel:5.5.0 {dir-name}

Have a look:

Laravel 4.2 Documentation

Syntax (Via Composer):

composer create-project laravel/laravel {directory} 4.2 --prefer-dist

Example:

composer create-project laravel/laravel my_laravel_dir 4.2

Where 4.2 is your version of laravel.

Note: It will take the latest version of Laravel automatically If you will not provide any version.

If you want to use a stable version of your preferred Laravel version of choice, use:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel project-name "5.5.*"

That will pick out the most recent or best update of version 5.5.* (5.5.28)

composer create-project laravel/laravel=4.1.27 your-project-name --prefer-dist

And then you probably need to install all of vendor packages, so

composer install

Try via Composer Create-Project

You may also install Laravel by issuing the Composer create-project command in your terminal:

composer create-project laravel/laravel {directory} "5.0.*" --prefer-dist