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Question

Environement

• Windows 7
• WAMP server
  • PHP 5.3.13
  • Apache 2.2.12
  • MySQL 5.5.24
• Laravel 4.1

I installed laravel, trying to run the URL

http://localhost/laravel/public 

autoload.php

define('LARAVEL_START', microtime(true));
require __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';

if (file_exists($compiled = __DIR__.'/compiled.php')){
    require $compiled;
}

Illuminate\Support\ClassLoader::register();

if (is_dir($workbench = __DIR__.'/../workbench')){
    Illuminate\Workbench\Starter::start($workbench);
}

I am facing the following errors:

Warning: require(C:\wamp\www\laravel\bootstrap/../vendor/autoload.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\wamp\www\laravel\bootstrap\autoload.php on line 17

and

Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'C:\wamp\www\laravel\bootstrap/../vendor/autoload.php' (include_path='.;C:\php\pear') in C:\wamp\www\laravel\bootstrap\autoload.php on line 17

Answer 1

go to your project folder via cmd. run the following command

composer update

it will install missing vendor folder and files in your project.

but in some cases it gives error like " Your configuration does not allow connection to bla bla bla.."

for that go to your composer.json file,

change "secure-http": true to "secure-http": false

but in some cases (as was in my case) you may not find such line in your file. for that do the following action:

change "config": { "preferred-install": "dist" }

to

"config": {
    "preferred-install": "dist",
    "secure-http": false
}

and run again composer update command.

hope this will solve problem of many persons. :)

Answer 2

You are trying to include:

C:\wamp\www\laravel\bootstrap/../vendor/autoload.php

and the error gives

No such file or directory in 
         C:\wamp\www\laravel\bootstrap\autoload.php on line 17

so you need to check your directory layout. Is there a directory vendor in lavarel with a file autoload.php in it?

and you should either have / in your pathnames or \ but not mixed both.

Answer 3

Simply make your storage folder writable. This can be found in your app directory

In your terminal use this command

chmod +w <directory> or chmod a+w <directory>

Make sure you navigate to the directory containing the directory you want to make writable or you point to that path.

Answer 4

Go to the current Project folder

C:\wamp\www\laravelProjectFolder>

and type composer install in command prompt and press ENTER key.

composer install

Then the vendor directory will be downloaded in the current project of laravel. Now refresh the screen.