Lumen Start - Shell-Bash

Introduction

Lumen is a PHP micro-framework that is built using Laravel's components. It is fast and lightweight, making it a popular choice for building RESTful APIs and microservices. The lumen start command is used to start a local development server for a Lumen project. In this article, we will cover everything you need to know about the lumen start command and how to use it.

Installation

To use the lumen start command, you must first install Lumen on your local machine. You can install Lumen using Composer. If you don't have Composer installed, you can download it from the official website.

Once you have Composer installed, you can create a new Lumen project using the following command:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/lumen myproject

This will create a new Lumen project called "myproject" in your current directory.

Usage

To start a local development server for your Lumen project, navigate to your project directory and run the following command:

php artisan serve

This will start a development server on port 8000 by default. You can access your Lumen project at http://localhost:8000.

Alternatively, you can use the lumen start command to start a local development server:

lumen start

This command will automatically start a development server on port 8000 and open your default web browser to the homepage of your Lumen project.

Configuration

By default, the lumen start command will start a development server on port 8000. You can specify a different port by passing the -p or --port option followed by the port number:

lumen start --port=8080

This will start a development server on port 8080.

Conclusion

In this article, we covered how to use the lumen start command to start a local development server for a Lumen project. We also covered how to configure the server to run on a different port. With this knowledge, you should be able to develop and test your Lumen applications more efficiently with the help of the lumen start command.