Step one

Let's check this server

Laravel needs a handful of PHP extensions and a few writable folders. Everything below has to be green before the installer can continue.

PHP & extensions

  • PHP 8.3+ 8.3.33
  • openssl Loaded
  • pdo Loaded
  • pdo_mysql Loaded
  • mbstring Loaded
  • tokenizer Loaded
  • xml Loaded
  • ctype Loaded
  • json Loaded
  • bcmath Loaded
  • fileinfo Loaded
  • curl Loaded
  • gd Loaded
  • zip Loaded
  • intl Loaded

Writable paths

  • .env Writable
  • storage/app Writable
  • storage/framework Writable
  • storage/logs Writable
  • bootstrap/cache Writable
  • public/uploads Writable

What happens next

You'll name the restaurant, pick a currency, point it at a database and create the owner account. Nothing is written to disk until the final step.