How to use the Laravel’s php artisan serve Command
Demonstrate how to start the Laravel development server with the php artisan serve command.
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Introduction
In this article, i demonstrate what the php artisan serve command does and how it is used in a Laravel 11 application during local development.
The command line interface called Artisan exists at the root of the application as the artisan script and contains helpful commands to build and interact with different parts of the application.
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What is php artisan Serve
The php artisan serve command in Laravel is the basic command used to start a Laravel development server during local development. This command is used for serving both API and fullstack Laravel application during local development.
How to use the php artisan serve command
The command below can be executed at the root of the Laravel application in any terminal of your choice to serve the application.
php artisan serve
This will start a development server @ http://127.0.0.1:8000 by default
How to customize the Host and Port of the server
There are several arguments that can be added to the php artisan serve command to customize it.
Custom Port
Use the —port flag to start the Laravel server on a port other than 8000
php artisan serve --port=8001
//or
php artisan serve --port=8002
Custom Host
Use the —host flag to specify a custom host for the Laravel application
php artisan serve --host=127.0.0.2
The —host and —port flag can be used on the command
php artisan serve --host=127.0.0.2 --port=8001
How to Terminate the server
You can close the terminal session or press ctrl + c to terminate the server
Conclusion
In this article, we’ve explore a simple artisan command that is used to quickly start the development server of a Laravel application locally.
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