Could not open input file php windows

When trying to create a new laravel project, The following error appears on the CLI:

Could not open input file: artisan

Script php artisan clear-compiled handling the post-install-cmd event returned with an error

I am using the latest version of XAMPP v3.2.1 with PHP 5.5.15 and with mcrypt enabled (made sure of that by issuing the command php -m). And I am running windows 8.1

Most probably you are not in the right directory!

I just needed to make artisan executable.

chmod +x artisan

…and it works without the php prefix then.

answered Jun 25, 2015 at 13:25

Make Sure your current directory is your project-name

for example your project name is demo and location is f:/demo

f:demo> php artisan serve

answered May 16, 2021 at 8:22

First, be sure to be in the laravel project folder or else the terminal won’t be able to locate the artisan file in the project directory and any subsequent request you pulled to start a server would be rejected.

Demo

Let’s say our laravel project name is blog and located in C:\laravel
We then have: C:\laravel\blog

Where to open terminal

Navigate to the C:\laravel\blog directory and open the command window (terminal). Input the code below:

Laravel terminal code to start server

php artisan serve --host 127.0.0.1

answered Feb 9, 2018 at 3:31

First create the project from the following link to create larave 7 project: Create Project

Now you need to enter your project folder using the following command:

cd myproject

Now try to run artisan command, such as, php artisan.

Or it may happen if you didn’t install compose. So if you didn’t install composer then run composer install and try again artisan command.

answered Jun 11, 2020 at 11:45

If it is your first install of laravel then create another directory/folder inside the laravel directory and then move to that empty folder and create another project using the command below:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog

This will create a new project named «blog», then go back to parent laravel directory and now you can run this command:

php artisan serve

You will receive the return such as:

laravel deployment server started: http://localhost:8000

See attached image

answered Dec 29, 2017 at 10:02

I checked out an existing Laravel project, which did not have this script. Even a find / -name 'artisan' produced no results. The solution turned out to be simple, if a bit weird:

curl -L 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/laravel/laravel/v4.2.11/artisan' > artisan

You probably want to choose a tagged version that matches your installed version of Laravel.

answered Oct 12, 2015 at 20:41

answered Jul 11, 2017 at 15:37

answered Apr 26, 2018 at 7:02

This error happens because you didn’t install composer on your project.

run composer install command in your project path.

answered Mar 10, 2020 at 10:27

You need to first create Laravel project and if you already have one you need to go to this project dir using cd command in terminal for example cd myproject.

Example : C:\xampp new\htdocs\project laravel\LaravelProject>php artisan serve

Now you will be able to run any artisan commands, for example running php artisan will display you list of available commands.

answered Sep 21, 2020 at 4:48

Mainly this may happen because your Laravel project opens on the wrong path. Just open the folder again in your code editor. That’s what happened to me when I got the same error.

None of the solution worked for me. You can use these commands for solving the issue:

Remove bootstrap/cache/config.php file then:

composer dumpautoload
composer update

Remove vendor folder then:

composer install

If still not solved, your last option maybe to create new Laravel project:
With new folder:

composer create-project --force laravel/laravel my-joyful-project

Without new folder:

composer create-project --force laravel/laravel .

It should solve the issue. If still no, make sure you do not have older laravel version. And lastly, make sure that it is Laravel project you are working on, not Silverstripe. They are both using composer and have similar configuration files. Easy to mess up or maybe not

answered Dec 12, 2022 at 12:03

I had the same issue. I have fixed it by doing the following steps:

1. removed vendor folder rm -Rf vendor
2. tried to install the composer packages again: composer install --no-dev
3. ran the required php artisan command again

Worked!

answered Dec 20, 2022 at 12:10

After installing composer, you need to create the project:

composer create-project laravel/laravel /path/to/tour/project

You can see the documentation, for your php version the lastest Laravel you can install is 5.0.

Now days here is the lastest version and require > php7.0. Here is the documentation.

answered Oct 29, 2018 at 20:03

What did the trick for me was to do cd src from my project directoy, and then use the php artisan command, since my artisan file was in the src folder. Here is my project structure:

project
|__ config
|__ src
    |__ app
    |__ ..
    |__ artisan  // hello there!
    |__ ...
|__ ...

answered Feb 1, 2019 at 10:36

answered Jul 14, 2020 at 13:11

answered Feb 4, 2021 at 6:46

For those people that are having the same error on cPanel terminal specifically.

Now you need to enter into your project root or public_html folder in the terminal using the following command:

cd public_html

Now you will be able to run any artisan commands.

php artisan config:clear

answered Feb 17, 2022 at 10:53

Based on my experience, you must check if the artisan file is in your project folder. I had the same error, and when I check the artisan, it was not present. You can easily copy any artisan file from any existing or already working project and paste it into your new project.

Or you may download it here: artisan file

answered Oct 5, 2022 at 8:22

In my case, I was trying to run artisan with wrong user.
ex: the project was belonging to fooo user but I was baaar user when I run the command.
Simply changing the user or run with other user fix the problem.

Change to other user

sudo su - fooo
# then run the command
php artisan ...

Run with other user

sudo su - fooo php artisan ...

answered May 11 at 6:14

I have the same issue. I am also in the laravel project directory. what works for me is just change the permission of the artisan file.

For linux

chmod 777 artisan

For windows

• use the file property

answered Mar 22, 2021 at 11:19

When trying to create a new laravel project, The following error appears on the CLI:

Could not open input file: artisan

Script php artisan clear-compiled handling the post-install-cmd event returned with an error

I am using the latest version of XAMPP v3.2.1 with PHP 5.5.15 and with mcrypt enabled (made sure of that by issuing the command php -m). And I am running windows 8.1

Most probably you are not in the right directory!

I just needed to make artisan executable.

chmod +x artisan

…and it works without the php prefix then.

answered Jun 25, 2015 at 13:25

Make Sure your current directory is your project-name

for example your project name is demo and location is f:/demo

f:demo> php artisan serve

answered May 16, 2021 at 8:22

First, be sure to be in the laravel project folder or else the terminal won’t be able to locate the artisan file in the project directory and any subsequent request you pulled to start a server would be rejected.

Demo

Let’s say our laravel project name is blog and located in C:\laravel
We then have: C:\laravel\blog

Where to open terminal

Navigate to the C:\laravel\blog directory and open the command window (terminal). Input the code below:

Laravel terminal code to start server

php artisan serve --host 127.0.0.1

answered Feb 9, 2018 at 3:31

First create the project from the following link to create larave 7 project: Create Project

Now you need to enter your project folder using the following command:

cd myproject

Now try to run artisan command, such as, php artisan.

Or it may happen if you didn’t install compose. So if you didn’t install composer then run composer install and try again artisan command.

answered Jun 11, 2020 at 11:45

If it is your first install of laravel then create another directory/folder inside the laravel directory and then move to that empty folder and create another project using the command below:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog

This will create a new project named «blog», then go back to parent laravel directory and now you can run this command:

php artisan serve

You will receive the return such as:

laravel deployment server started: http://localhost:8000

See attached image

answered Dec 29, 2017 at 10:02

I checked out an existing Laravel project, which did not have this script. Even a find / -name 'artisan' produced no results. The solution turned out to be simple, if a bit weird:

curl -L 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/laravel/laravel/v4.2.11/artisan' > artisan

You probably want to choose a tagged version that matches your installed version of Laravel.

answered Oct 12, 2015 at 20:41

answered Jul 11, 2017 at 15:37

answered Apr 26, 2018 at 7:02

This error happens because you didn’t install composer on your project.

run composer install command in your project path.

answered Mar 10, 2020 at 10:27

You need to first create Laravel project and if you already have one you need to go to this project dir using cd command in terminal for example cd myproject.

Example : C:\xampp new\htdocs\project laravel\LaravelProject>php artisan serve

Now you will be able to run any artisan commands, for example running php artisan will display you list of available commands.

answered Sep 21, 2020 at 4:48

Mainly this may happen because your Laravel project opens on the wrong path. Just open the folder again in your code editor. That’s what happened to me when I got the same error.

None of the solution worked for me. You can use these commands for solving the issue:

Remove bootstrap/cache/config.php file then:

composer dumpautoload
composer update

Remove vendor folder then:

composer install

If still not solved, your last option maybe to create new Laravel project:
With new folder:

composer create-project --force laravel/laravel my-joyful-project

Without new folder:

composer create-project --force laravel/laravel .

It should solve the issue. If still no, make sure you do not have older laravel version. And lastly, make sure that it is Laravel project you are working on, not Silverstripe. They are both using composer and have similar configuration files. Easy to mess up or maybe not

answered Dec 12, 2022 at 12:03

I had the same issue. I have fixed it by doing the following steps:

1. removed vendor folder rm -Rf vendor
2. tried to install the composer packages again: composer install --no-dev
3. ran the required php artisan command again

Worked!

answered Dec 20, 2022 at 12:10

After installing composer, you need to create the project:

composer create-project laravel/laravel /path/to/tour/project

You can see the documentation, for your php version the lastest Laravel you can install is 5.0.

Now days here is the lastest version and require > php7.0. Here is the documentation.

answered Oct 29, 2018 at 20:03

What did the trick for me was to do cd src from my project directoy, and then use the php artisan command, since my artisan file was in the src folder. Here is my project structure:

project
|__ config
|__ src
    |__ app
    |__ ..
    |__ artisan  // hello there!
    |__ ...
|__ ...

answered Feb 1, 2019 at 10:36

answered Jul 14, 2020 at 13:11

answered Feb 4, 2021 at 6:46

For those people that are having the same error on cPanel terminal specifically.

Now you need to enter into your project root or public_html folder in the terminal using the following command:

cd public_html

Now you will be able to run any artisan commands.

php artisan config:clear

answered Feb 17, 2022 at 10:53

Based on my experience, you must check if the artisan file is in your project folder. I had the same error, and when I check the artisan, it was not present. You can easily copy any artisan file from any existing or already working project and paste it into your new project.

Or you may download it here: artisan file

answered Oct 5, 2022 at 8:22

In my case, I was trying to run artisan with wrong user.
ex: the project was belonging to fooo user but I was baaar user when I run the command.
Simply changing the user or run with other user fix the problem.

Change to other user

sudo su - fooo
# then run the command
php artisan ...

Run with other user

sudo su - fooo php artisan ...

answered May 11 at 6:14

I have the same issue. I am also in the laravel project directory. what works for me is just change the permission of the artisan file.

For linux

chmod 777 artisan

For windows

• use the file property

answered Mar 22, 2021 at 11:19

asked Jan 13, 2019 at 7:41

I get this strange error when I try to run a php file from anywhere in the system:

Could not open input file: drush.php.

…except for its own directory. When I try invoke it from its own directory, no problem — everything works!

Is there a permissions issue here? I looked under security tab in the properties for the file, but every user was given all the permissions that are available.

So I don’t get why Windows is not able to open this file from any other directory except where it is located.

asked Jul 1, 2009 at 1:19

It could be a «working directory» issue. Have you tried making a shortcut to it on the desktop, then right-click, properties, and change «start in» to the folder where the php file is?

the file drush.bat from the php folder contains:

@php.exe "%~dp0drush.php" --php="php.exe" %*

I replaced it with

@php.exe "%~dp0/PEAR/drush/drush.php" --php="php.exe" %*

the actual path to the drush.php was not directly in the php folder, it was in php/PEAR/drush

answered Aug 29, 2012 at 10:44