Laravel valet It works - laravel

I'm trying to install Laravel valet but I keep getting (when I visit domain.dev):
It works!
I already tried a lot. For example:
remove valet
stop apache (apachectl stop)
composer global require laravel/valet
valet install
valet restart
But that does not work for me. I've also installed Laravel Homestead in a vagrant box. Perhaps that has something to do with it? I can visit my Homestead sites.
How can I fix this problem?

"It works!" will always be a message from Apache.
Apache has to be turned off for Laravel Valet to work.
I see you have tried these before:
$ stop apache (apachectl stop)
$ sudo apachectl -k stop
I had the same problem. Try with the command below and then after be sure to restart valet again! This fixed it for me:
$ sudo apachectl stop
$ valet restart

So many different combinations of what to do here
Here is what worked for me.
Turn off other local Apache altogether
sudo apachectl -k stop
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist
Remove the Valet directory altogether
rm -r ~/.valet
Removed Valet via composer globally
composer global remove laravel/valet
Re-install via composer
composer global require laravel/valet
Install Valet
valet install
Go to Folder to Add directories
cd ~/Sites/
Then add projects to park
valet park
Change Valet domains to something else to stop urls forcing to https://
valet domain app
Change directory into the project folder
cd ./laravel-project/
Then open current project
valet open
The browser should open to http://laravel-project.app

No need to stop Apache, and it doesn't have anything to do with Homestead.
The answers provided solve your problem but they are not good.
You can simply run
valet port 8888
(or whatever port you want) and get your site on domain.dev:8888
The point is not that Apache and Nginx don't like each other, they are agnostic of each other, just keep them listening on different ports.

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How to enable php-Mcrypt extension in Laravel Homestead

I am trying to get an old Laravel 4.1.x app up and running again so that it can be modernized. This requires an environment with PHP 5.6 and the Mcrypt extension. I have installed Homestead 9.0.3 (the latest stable version). Within the VM, I have set the PHP version to 5.6
sudo update-alternatives --config php
I have then installed the php-mcrypt extension
sudo apt-get install php5.6-mcrypt
I am now able to create a new Laravel 4.1.x project, which is a process that requires Mcrypt to complete, so we're certainly getting somewhere:
composer create-project laravel/laravel="4.1.*" myAppName
However, when I browse to the webpage for myAppName, I see the message:
Mcrypt PHP extension required.
I have also tried steps that are usually recommended for this problem, ie:
sudo ln -s /etc/php/5.6/conf.d/mcrypt.ini /etc/php/5.6/mods-available/mcrypt.ini
sudo phpenmod mcrypt
sudo service php5.6-fpm restart
But I still get the same message in the browser.
What step have I missed?
With homestead v9 you should be up and running with php5.6 out of the box as stated in
here, but unfortunately it is not your case, and I understand that...
Old packages were not installed by default (php5.6-mcrypt), as you mentioned and they should be added by hand via:
sudo apt-get install php5.6-mcrypt
After that all packages are ready, up and working, especially php5.6-mcrypt.
The root of your problem is in multiple site definitions under your homestead.yaml.
Most probably some of them are overlapping and your nginx is referring to the wrong resource/site_definition, and wrong paths.
Therefore you might think some strange php versions or routes are run/executed.
You can verify that, by deleting some/all of them, leaving the only one important for you - in (/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/...).
Of course please do that inside the container and issue sudo service nginx restart, afterwards...
All of your problems should be gone after that.
If something goes wrong. You could easily recover your current installation to current state using vagrant destroy and vagrant up afterwards, cause all is saved in Homestead.yaml.
In my installation Homestead v9 is running with php5.6 on laravel 4.1 without any problems...
Hope it helps #jsm...
Because all the PHP versions installed on homestead you need to set the PHP version for a site in the Homestead.yaml.
First check what version the server is running with phpinfo();
Check the file /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/homestead.test and look for this line:
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php5.6-fpm.sock;
If you didn't set the php version on the sites list, this file will be pointing to the php7.3.sock.
In this case the version 5.6 has mcrypt installed, but 7.3 don't.
You can just replace the line
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.3-fpm.sock;
for
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php5.6-fpm.sock;
and then reload nginx with sudo nginx -s reload.
Or set the php version on Homestead.yaml:
sites:
- map: homestead.test
to: /home/vagrant/code/public
php: "5.6"
And then run vagrant provision, it will change the nginx configuration for PHP 5.6.

404 - Not Found when I try to browse to my local WebServer using the IP

So I'm developing responsive websites and obviously need to test these via phones and tablets and it used to work fine, up until yesterday, after I tried installing js frameworks like npm.
For some reason, when I browse to my local testing using the ip it get:
404 - Not Found
I've been used to using:
http://192.168.0.2/filename.php
I've tried:
http://192.168.0.2:8080/filename.php
...still get 404 - Not Found
I've restarted Apache and checked the the port is correct, and it is.
Listen 80
This happened before when I installed Laravel and Valet, but not long after that I had to wipe my Mac due to work and it started working again with a fresh install.
Am I missing something in Apache? does npm and Laravel mess with the Apache settings?
Locally, everything works fine. I can browse to localhost/filename.php directly using Mac with PHP and MySQL talking to each other, albeit after using Homebrew to install MySQL, PHP connections now only accepts 127.0.0.1 rather than localhost.
I've set all the permissions to "everyone" there should be no access issues.
I've noticed another oddity with Firefox Dev Ed too. When I've been using Valet or Gulp, it stops connecting and give a Cannt connect to server error, but Safari and Chrome seem to work ok.
If anyone can shed some light on this, I'd be happy to give it a go!
All fixed! It was Larvel's Valet installation that was causing the issue, as suspected.
So, looked at the brew Cellar directory in /usr/local/Cellar, but it wasn't actually in there. Then opened up Terminal and typed:
valet install
Then ran valet by typing:
valet
Then uninstalled valet by typing:
uninstalled valet
Then restarted Apache2 by typing:
sudo apachectl restart
adding password
Booted up the browser and browsed to localhost/info.php which holds the line <?php phpinfo() ?> and HAPPY DAYS :)

Laravel Valet - This Site Can't Be Reached

I have successfully followed the Setup a Mac Dev Machine until this tutorial: https://laracasts.com/series/setup-a-mac-dev-machine-from-scratch/episodes/10?autoplay=true
The problem is that when I go to SITENAME.dev, nothing shows up. Instead, I get the following message:
This site can’t be reached
test2.dev refused to connect. Did you mean http://test2.de/? Search Google for test2 dev ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED
I've tried this both for a laravel install (using the laravel installer) and a wordpress install. Neither one works.
Any idea why it is not working. I have followed the course step-by-step as well as the comments. For instance, I modified the .zshrc file as follows based on the course and comments:
export PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH
And, in case it is relevant, I am on Mac Sierra (freshly updated).
In short, where Jeffrey is able to get a home page of laravel, I get an error.
Any idea how to fix this?
Thanks.
Go to your site folder and execute the following commands:
cd your_project
composer global update
valet uninstall
rm -rf ~/.valet
rm -rf ~/.config/valet
valet install
valet link
valet open
It fixed this issue for me, and particularly after PHP upgrades.
Mac os mojave - version 10.14,
cd in your-project-folder-name and run
valet secure your-project-folder-name
Solution:
composer global update
brew upgrade nginx
cd your_project
valet start
For more details read this blog
https://medium.com/#panjeh/valet-this-site-cant-be-reached-err-connection-refused-ad424ea1e343
Have you actually started the valet service? Head over to the directory that you ran
$valet park
in, I'm assuming it's where you've also placed your project and type:
$valet start
into the terminal. That works for me.
Be sure you're over http://app.test and not https://app.test
Laravel Valet uses Not secure http as default.
By the way if you want to secure your app then use
valet secure YOURAPPNAME
Deleting the file (sudo rm /etc/resolver/dev) will clear this issue up.
IF valet is trying to open a HTTPS (SSL connection) type command line in your terminal
valet secure

Valet - phpMyAdmin throws 404 not found

Before installing Laravel and Valet on my dev environment (Ubuntu), I had installed PHP 7, MySQL and phpMyAdmin and everything was working fine.
In order to install Valet I had to disable apache2 as Valet was complaining during the instalation and add nginx and follow these steps https://github.com/cpriego/valet-linux/wiki/Requirements:%20Ubuntu
However after the instalation when I try to access the phpMyAdmin through the browser I'm getting the default white page 404 - not found. How can I fix this?
You have parked your workspace directory using
valet park
Clone the phpmyadmin repository using
git clone https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin --depth=1
cd phpmyadmin
composer install
In the same directory just download phpmyadmin package & extract it. You will be able to access it from
http://phpmyadmin.test
If you have phpmyadmin already installed from your last setup, you don't have to download it & install it again.
I was facing the same thing migrating to valet from lamp, this is what I did:
1- Navigate to original phpmyadmin folder
cd /usr/share/phpmyadmin
2- Then add a link to valet
valet link
Hooray! you can now access it at: phpmyadmin.test
If you changed a port 8080. You can try this
localhost:8080/phpmyadmin/
I tried this and it failed to work for me, I found a workaround, check the link for my solution: https://stackoverflow.com/a/47211246/8768078

Laravel Migration Error :: PDOException, Could not find driver

I am trying to make a laravel and stucked when migration. when i enter php artisan migrate in terminal, showing PDOException error. attaching my screenshot of terminal and phpinfo.
What i sthis issue, How can i solve this,
I am using Xampp.
Anybody please help me.
Thanks
Try re-installing Xampp? You could use Laravel homestead for a virtual machine, it makes sure you have the proper PHP version and the required dependencies needed to install and avoids having to run Xampp or MAMP or WAMP or any of the amps.
It looks like Xampp cannot find: /usr/lib/php5/20121212/php_pdo_mysql.dll, so make sure that file exists.
You may need to re-install PHP PDO on your machine, refer to: http://php.net/manual/en/pdo.installation.php
Also per PHP docs:
PDO and all the major drivers ship with PHP as shared extensions, and
simply need to be activated by editing the php.ini file:
extension=php_pdo.dll
Please check you have installed more than one php version in your system, one is running for web server and another for php CLI, using PHP_INFO for web and php --ini in commandline, if different version found then upgrade or downgrade means make it one version configuration, and make sure PDO is enable in your system.
From php5.6 to php7.0:
Apache:
sudo a2dismod php5.6 ; sudo a2enmod php7.0 ; sudo service apache2 restart
CLI:
sudo update-alternatives --set php /usr/bin/php7.0
From php7.0 to php5.6:
Apache:
sudo a2dismod php7.0 ; sudo a2enmod php5.6 ; sudo service apache2 restart
CLI:
sudo update-alternatives --set php /usr/bin/php5.6

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