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Informations about the package phpstart

PHPStart - PHP Project Scaffolding CLI

A powerful command-line tool to scaffold production-ready PHP projects in seconds.

Features

Installation

Step 1 — Install Composer

If you don't have Composer installed, get it first.

Linux / macOS

Windows Download and run the installer from https://getcomposer.org/download After install, verify:

Step 2 — Install PHPStart

Option A — Global Installation (Recommended)

Installs phpstart as a global command available anywhere on your system.

Then make sure Composer's global bin directory is in your system PATH.

Linux / macOS — add this to your ~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, or ~/.profile:

Reload your shell:

Windows — add this path to your system environment variables:

Go to: Control Panel > System > Advanced System Settings > Environment Variables Edit the Path variable and add the line above. Then restart your terminal.

Verify the install:

Option B — Local Installation (Per Project)

Install inside a specific project only.

Option C — Clone and Install Manually

To use it globally from a local clone, symlink the binary:

Linux / macOS

Windows — add the bin/ folder path to your system Path environment variable.

Step 3 — Verify Installation

You should see the ASCII banner and available commands.

Usage

Create a New Project

Available Commands

Options

Project Types

Core PHP

Basic PHP project with:

MVC Framework

Full MVC framework with:

REST API

RESTful API with:

Laravel

Laravel framework installation with:

Requirements

Examples

Environment Setup Guide

This section covers two things:

  1. System environment — what your machine needs to run phpstart
  2. Project .env — how to configure the app that phpstart generates

Part 1 — System Environment (for phpstart itself)

phpstart is a CLI tool. It does not use a .env file itself. Instead it relies on your system PATH and installed tools.

Required: PHP >= 8.1

Verify your PHP version:

If PHP is not installed:

OS Install
Windows Download from https://windows.php.net or install XAMPP
macOS brew install php
Ubuntu/Debian sudo apt install php8.1-cli
CentOS/RHEL sudo dnf install php

Make sure php is available in your terminal PATH:

Required: Composer

Verify Composer is installed:

If not installed:

Linux / macOS

Windows Download the installer from https://getcomposer.org/download and run it.

Required: Composer Global Bin in PATH

After installing phpstart globally, the phpstart command must be reachable from your terminal.

Linux / macOS — add to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc:

Reload:

Windows — add this to your system Path environment variable:

Go to: Control Panel > System > Advanced System Settings > Environment Variables Find Path under System Variables, click Edit, and add the line above. Restart your terminal after saving.

Verify:

Optional: Git

Git is used to auto-initialize a repository after scaffolding. If Git is not installed, phpstart will skip this step with a warning.

Install Git: https://git-scm.com/downloads

To skip git init when running phpstart:

Optional: Composer (for --type=laravel)

The laravel type runs composer create-project internally. Composer must be installed and available in PATH for this to work.

Part 2 — Project .env Setup (for generated projects)

Every project scaffolded by phpstart includes a .env file at the root. This file holds all environment-specific configuration — database credentials, app name, debug mode, etc.

Step 1 — Locate Your .env

After running phpstart new myapp, your project root will contain:

If .env is missing, recreate it from the example:

Step 2 — Configure All Variables

Open .env and fill in your values:

Step 3 — Environment Profiles

Local Development (PHP built-in server)

XAMPP / WAMP (subfolder)

Production Server

Step 4 — Reading Variables in Code

Use the built-in env() helper anywhere in your project:

Step 5 — Common Issues and Fixes

env() returns null for every key Your .env file is missing or in the wrong location. It must be at the project root, not inside public/.

Special characters in password break the connection Wrap the value in double quotes:

App name with spaces not loading correctly Always quote values that contain spaces:

Wrong timezone causing date issues Check your current system timezone:

Then set the matching value in .env.

Database connection refused

phpstart command not found after global install Your Composer global bin is not in PATH. See Part 1 above.

.env Security Checklist

Rule Why
Never commit .env to git Contains passwords and secrets
Always commit .env.example Lets teammates know what keys exist
Set APP_DEBUG=false in production Prevents leaking stack traces publicly
Use a non-root database user in production Limits damage if credentials are exposed
Set file permissions on Linux: chmod 600 .env Prevents other system users from reading it
Never place .env inside public/ It would be directly downloadable via browser

Running Your Project

After creating a project and configuring .env:

Visit http://localhost:8000

Project Structure

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details

Author

Aman Projects

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Support

For issues and questions, please open an issue on GitHub.

Made with ❤️ by Aman Projects

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