composer version for laravel 5.7 code example

Example 1: laravel 5.8 installation

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog "5.8.*"

Example 2: how to install new project in laravel

You can create project by 2 ways:

First is installing it without defining version:
composer create-project laravel/laravel yourProjectName

Secondly you can install by defining version:
composer create-project laravel/laravel="VersionOfYourChoice" yourProjectName

Example 3: how to install laravel

composer global require "laravel/installer=~1.1"