laravel 5.8 code example

Example 1: install laravel 5.8

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

Example 2: installation laravel 7

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel:^7.0 blog

Example 3: 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