create first user in Laravel 5

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This is my first time using Laravel 5. Never experienced with any of other framework like CakePHP, CodeIgniter, Yii, etc. I just know how to use make api REST with slim framework.

I already create a table users as I can't access <<URL>>/home. I create fields and load it some data. Whenever I want to try reset the password, it show error because I dont have table password_resets. What are the steps to be taken after install the Laravel actually.

Thanks

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '15 at 05:58

You don't need to create any table manually (and you shouldn't). In Laravel you have migrations that help you quickly create tables in your database and seeds (where you can put initial data to those tables).

In fresh Laravel installation you have 2 ready migrations (for creating users and password_resets tables). All you need to do is running your console, go to directory where you have your Laravel project and run:

php artisan migrate

to run those migrations. After running this command Laravel will create those 2 tables for you. Before, you need to have configured your database connection (look at config/database.php file)

i hope this might help somebody else because i couldnt find this in the official docs — Muhaimin, Feb 12 '15 at 06:05

create first user in Laravel 5

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