Command "serve" is not defined (Lumen-Laravel)

Question

So, i try to install the lumen restful api. Based on tutorial, i have to "serve" on php artisan. The command be like:

php artisan serve sample_api sample_api/public

then it shows:

Command "serve" not defined.

Some say that serve command has been deleted in laravel 5 (which i use it). if so, what command should i use? or maybe find another tutorial?

Ps: Im a newbie :)

Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

You can use

php -S localhost:8080 -t public/

Answer 2

This command was removed from Lumen 5.2. You can use any other web server to run your app. I'd recommend to learn Homestead with built-in environment. If you're newbie, you can use something like WAMP.

Answer 3

Although there is no artisan make:command in Lumen, you can follow this procedure to reimplement artisan serve, or even use it as a template to create other console commands.

The serve command was removed since Laravel Lumen 5.2, but you can reimplement it manually as it follows:

Get the ServeCommand.php file from Lumnen 5.0, save it to the folder app/Console/Commands and perform these 2 tweaks:

1. Change the namespace from Laravel\Lumen\Console\Commands to App\Console\Commands.
2. Rename the function fire to __invoke.

Edit the file app/Console/Kernel.php to tell artisan the existence of this new command by listing it in the $commands member, like so:

    /**
     * The Artisan commands provided by your application.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $commands = [
        Commands\ServeCommand::class,
    ];

After doing that, you should be able to run artisan serve. Notice that it will be serving a file server.php from your project root folder. You need to create this file, or change the code to serve something else.

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