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I am trying to install and setup Laravel 4 through the Git Shell using this tutorial:

It all seems to be working until I have to run php artisan key:generate at which point it gives me the error:

php : The term 'php' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program

I have hunted around and am not sure how to go about setting this up so it recognizes PHP.

Does anyone have any ideas or know of a thorough tutorial to get Laravel 4 setup?

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Try adding your PHP.exe's folder to your System PATH variables, so PHP can be accessed via terminal.

For example; C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.4.3

To add new PATH variable, follow this:

  1. Right click on My Computer, select Properties
  2. Select Advanced System Settings
  3. In the System Properties window click the Environment Variables button.
  4. Select System Variables -> PATH and click Edit.
  5. Enter the folder where your PHP.exe is located.

If you did this correctly, restart your terminal and type php --version to check if it works.

Note: Don't forget to seperate paths by using ; seperator.

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How specifically can I add the PHP.exe folder to my PATH variables? I am still new to console programming.
The error is gone now, but I have another error in it's place, do you know of any good laravel 4 tutorials?
@Chris What error? You can install Laravel via composer if you want, and refer to the documentation in Laravel's website. four.laravel.com/#install-laravel
On the step where it asks me to input php artisan key:generate it gives me a "warning failed to open stream: no such file in directory" in the autoload.php in my project. and that becomes a fatal error below it.
Did you change to the root folder before executing it? cd C:/wamp/www/laravelFolder
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If Aristona answer doesn't work again check path, you should add variable like this:

C:\wamp\bin\php\[var]

Where [var] is folder where you have php.exe, not specific file.

DON'T do it like this:

C:\wamp\bin\php\php.exe

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Try adding your PHP.exe's folder to your System PATH variables, so PHP can be accessed via terminal.

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just install xamp and add path of php folder to system environment variables, will solve all problems

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