🚀 Laravel Auto-Installer

A beautiful, automated installer that makes Laravel project setup as simple as clone-and-click. No more manual configuration!

✨ What This Solves

Ever cloned a Laravel project and spent 30+ minutes on setup? This installer automates everything:

• 🔍 System Requirements Check - PHP, extensions, Composer, Node.js
• 🗃️ Database Setup - Connection testing, database creation
• ⚙️ Environment Configuration - Automatic .env file setup
• 📦 Dependency Installation - Composer & NPM packages
• 🔑 Security Setup - App key generation
• 🗃️ Database Migrations - Schema setup
• 📊 Real-time Progress - Live installation tracking
• 🎨 Beautiful UI - Modern TailwindCSS interface

🚀 Quick Start

For Project Owners:

1. 📁 Include install-app.php in your Laravel project's public directory
2. 🔧 Update your index.php with the installation check
3. 👥 Users can now clone and install with one click

For Users:

# Clone any Laravel project with this installer
git clone https://github.com/alaminwebdev/laravel-auto-installer.git
cd project-name

# Access the installer via browser
# Visit: http://localhost/your-project/public/install-app.php

Follow the step-by-step wizard

📁 Installation Guide

Add to Existing Laravel Project

• Step 1: Place install-app.php in your public/ directory
• Step 2: Update your public/index.php:

php
<?php

use Illuminate\Foundation\Application;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

define('LARAVEL_START', microtime(true));

// Check if app is installed via .env variable
$envPath = __DIR__ . '/../.env';
$appInstalled = false;

if (file_exists($envPath)) {
    $envContent = file($envPath, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES | FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES);
    foreach ($envContent as $line) {
        if (strpos(trim($line), 'APP_INSTALLED=') === 0) {
            $value = trim(explode('=', $line, 2)[1] ?? '');
            $appInstalled = strtolower($value) === 'true';
            break;
        }
    }
}

if (!$appInstalled) {
    header('Location: install-app.php');
    exit;
}

// Continue with normal Laravel bootstrap...
require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
$app = require_once __DIR__ . '/../bootstrap/app.php';
$app->handleRequest(Request::capture());

Using with New Projects

• Simply include both files in your project repository. Users will be automatically redirected to the installer on first access.

Features

• Automated System Checks
• PHP version validation

Required extensions (OpenSSL, PDO, Mbstring, etc.)

• Composer availability
• Node.js & npm detection
• Directory permissions
• Smart Database Setup
• Connection testing
• Automatic database creation
• Environment file configuration
• Migration execution

Dependency Management

• Composer package installation
• NPM package installation (if package.json exists)
• Frontend asset building

Requirements

• PHP 8.1 or higher
• Composer (auto-detected)
• Node.js & npm (optional, for frontend assets)
• MySQL/PostgreSQL/SQLite database
• Laravel 9+ compatible

📸 Screenshots

Step 1: Requirements Check

Step 2: Database Setup

Step 3: Installation Progress

Step 4: Installation Complete