Configuration and package installation required for developing Laravel projects, applicable whether on remote hosts or local machines.

Update Packages

sudo apt-get update

Install Composer

php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
php -r "if (hash_file('sha384', 'composer-setup.php') === '756890a4488ce9024fc62c56153228907f1545c228516cbf63f885e036d37e9a59d27d63f46af1d4d07ee0f76181c7d3') { echo 'Installer verified'; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt'; unlink('composer-setup.php'); } echo PHP_EOL;"
php composer-setup.php
php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"

Result

Composer (version 2.0.12) successfully installed to: //composer.phar
Use it: php composer.phar

Making it Global

After this, you can directly use the composer command. It’s very convenient and recommended.

mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Install PHP Extensions

For PHP version 7.4 hosts, to run composer install outside the container, the following extensions need to be installed:

• php7.4-mbstring
• php7.4-cli
• php7.4-gd
• ext-dom (php-xml)
• zip unzip php7.4-zip

apt install php7.4-cli 

apt-get install mbstring ext-dom zip unzip php7.4-zip php7.4-mbstring php-xml php7.4-gd

Installing Database-related Extensions

Install extensions according to the database used by the project, for example:

• php7.4-pgsql
• php7.4-mysql

Necessary Extensions for php artisan

php artisan needs to be executed under the PHP Command Line Interface (CLI), so install the CLI package according to your PHP version.

apt install php7.4-cli

The above steps cover the basic setup required for Laravel environment.
For users using containers, execute these steps when building the PHP image.