start laravel app code example

Example 1: laravel 8 new project

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog

Example 2: laravel new project

laravel new blog

Example 3: how to start composer in laravel project on localhost

php artisan serve
  // The original answer is:
  /* 
  The full command works like this:

php artisan serve --host=<host IP address> --port=<port to use>

php artisan serve --host=127.0.0.1 --port=8080
  */