I'm trying to develop a Laravel app locally and I'm running php artisan serve. It works until I visit localhost:8000 and then the server stops. I've tried changing the port using sudo php artisan server --port=80 but that doesn't fix it.
I haven't written a line of code yet. If it helps I'm running PHP 5.4 on OS X Mavericks.
i think your experiencing segmentation fault(core dumped), try running this commands
composer dump-autoload
php artisan clear-compiled
composer clear-cache
Please check if you have Avast Antivirus. This antivirus detects server.php as a threat (silently) and blocks it.
As a result, browser works good for the first request and then keeps waiting. Noting comes up on subsequent requests. Solution is to add an exception in antivirus. This problem is specific to Laravel.
If you are using Avast Antivirus, this will delete the server.php file assuming as a threat. You have to create an exception for this. Goto Avast Anitvirus -> Menu -> Settings -> General -> Exceptions. Add exception server.php file path here (add server.php file if it doesn't exist) and run the "php artisan serve" command.
<?php phpinfo(): ?>.cdinto that directory, and runphp -S localhost:8000. You should be able to navigate tolocalhost:8000and see details on your PHP installation. Do you get PHP version 5.6 there? If so, what version do you see when runningphp -vin your command line? How did you install the new PHP version? Homebrew? Compiled? Something else?