Installation

PHP

Download php (VS16 x64 Thread Safe)

Extract to C:\php

Copy C:\php\php.ini-development and rename to php.ini

Add php to PATH (Windows Start -> Type "environment" -> Edit the system environment variables -> Advanced -> Environment Variables -> Click "Path" under System variables -> Edit -> New -> Type "C:\php")

Uncomment these lines in php.ini

extension=fileinfo
extension=exif
extension=pdo_mysql
extension=gd

Setup curl https://stackoverflow.com/a/49071524

Yarn

Download node.js

Install yarn Plug'n'Play

npm install --global yarn
yarn set version berry

Composer

Download and run Composer-Setup.exe

Install the composer dependencies:

composer install

Laravel

Make a copy of the .env.example file named .env:

cp .env.example .env

Generate an app key

php artisan key:generate

Start vite development server

yarn install
yarn run dev

Try serving the site in a new terminal and check you can open it at http://localhost:8000/

php artisan serve

MySQL

Download and run the MySQL installer

Add MySQL to PATH (e.g. C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin)

Set all DB_ prefixed variables in .env

Initialise the database

php artisan migrate:refresh --seed

Discord Integration

Set all Discord_ prefixed variables in .env

These are used for OAuth2, and can be found on the Discord Developer Portal

DISCORD_CLIENT_ID=
DISCORD_CLIENT_SECRET=

Ensure that a redirect has been added to your bot for http://localhost:8000/auth/callback