Developing on Windows with WSL2 (Subsystem for Linux) and PHP
Developing on Windows with WSL2 (Subsystem for Linux) and a PHP LAMP stack on wsl2. Adam Culp of Beachcasts PHP programming videos shares how to set up a local development environment with PHP on WSL 2, also known as Windows Subsystem for Linux, and installs a Laravel framework project for local development. By installing a full lamp stack on WSL 2. In this Laravel howto we will set up Apache, and PHP on Ubuntu using WSL, for an awesome WSL 2 local dev environment. I also show how to launch VS Code and Windows Explorer from within Ubuntu running inside WSL 2.
For information about doing this with Laravel Sail, see https://youtu.be/Zxi157MpoRE
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Key Topics:
– Creating a development environment using Ubuntu running on WSL 2
– Installing LAMP in WSL 2
– Creating a symbolic link to a working directory on a Windows host
– Setting up the userdir extension for Apache 2
– Install and configure a Laravel based application on Ubuntu within WSL 2
– Launching Windows-based tools from within WSL 2 via CLI
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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/
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Timeline:
00:00 Intro
01:25 Prerequisites for setting up a development environment in WSL 2
02:17 Installing Apache 2 on Ubuntu in WSL 2
02:55 Install PHP in WSL 2
04:21 Creating a working directory on Windows (host) to use within Ubuntu (WSL)
05:33 Add a symbolic link to the directory on the Windows host
08:13 Activate userdir extension for Apache 2
09:04 Configure the userdir extension
11:47 How to install Composer dependency manager for PHP globally
14:11 Installing the Dom extension (XML extension) for PHP, and unzip utility for Ubuntu
15:47 Creating a Laravel based application on Ubuntu within WSL
17:31 Notes about rendering speeds using WSL 2
18:57 Alternative methods for serving websites from WSL 2
19:55 Launching VS Code from within a WSL 2 environment over CLI
21:06 Launching Windows Explorer from within WSL 2 to view files on Windows host
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Please view https://youtu.be/X3bPWl9Z2D0 to see how to get a basic WSL 2 setup created.
So you didn't do any additional settings but when you installed Apache you instantly got the test website at your localhost in Windows?
What if I also have Apache installed in Windows and it is running as a service on localhost domain, what will happen then?
I am very new in php world and had lots of questions about it. But with this video i found answers to my questions. Thank you so much @Beachcasts.
I liked Your explanation method, video quality, your voice very understandable
For those experiencing "FORBIDDEN" issues, simply type "cd" to return to your user's initial home directory and then go back one folder using "cd ../". After that, execute the command "chmod +x youruser".
very clean lesson, I've been setting it up several times already, many thanks!
If you have problems with some commands, just add sudo before it.
It's a good tutorial, but can you also enable or install xdebuger? I tried several time but I can't seems to make it work in VsCode
Hello! Thanks! I like Linux! I like PHP!
Mounting source code is extremely slow.
pretty good, except I'm trying to figure out how to "save" at minute 11. you sort of assumed people knew how to do that. google isn't being of much help either.
Great video! I'm hoping that you can also do for MySQL/Phpmyadmin set-up
Thank you for the great information, very clear, very concise and very informative. I hope you have an amazing new year.
11:39 please I am getting "FORBIDDEN access" can you help me with that?
Dude, let met tell you you're just great
Do you use Docker?
apache2 directory modification doesn't work.
Hello! Great video! Can you make a tut on how to connect to the wsl instance using SSH ? I am trying to use Pycharm and i dont get dependencies. i read that i should connect the project trough ssh ….
this was not only informative and accurate but also enjoyable to watch! You sir could be a teacher!
It works great! Thank you so much.
Perfect! Thanks a lot! Next step – docker-compose and abilitty to make custom configs on projects with reusable images/containers.
When I navigate to my project it shows the index file as plain code, and doesn't run it
why do we create the projects on windows instead of inside the wsl directory?
when I go to localhost I cant access, it says ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED , what can I be doing wrong?
That's exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much!