Set Up PHP Development Environment

Installation

sudo apt install php-cli php-curl php-mbstring php-mysql php-pdo php-sqlite3 php-xml php-zip

Install Composer from Official Distribution

php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
php -r "if (hash_file('sha384', 'composer-setup.php') === 'c8b085408188070d5f52bcfe4ecfbee5f727afa458b2573b8eaaf77b3419b0bf2768dc67c86944da1544f06fa544fd47') { echo 'Installer verified'.PHP_EOL; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt'.PHP_EOL; unlink('composer-setup.php'); exit(1); }"
php composer-setup.php
php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"

sudo chown root:root composer.phar
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Install Laravel Globally

composer global require laravel/installer

echo 'export PATH="$(composer global config bin-dir --absolute --quiet):$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc