Released: 2016-07-08
I am so excited to announce the release of Laragon 2.0
This release has many features, some of them you will not find elsewhere:
1-click sharing your projects to the Internet with ngrok: Just click Menu > ngrok > {PROJECT}, it will be shared to the Internet, url is automatically copied to the Clipboard. You can share as many projects as you wish at the same time
1-click creating any websites/projects: Want a Wordpress site?, just click Menu > Quick create > Wordpress, Laragon will create correspond database, download, extract, generate pretty url,... You get what you want effortlessly in a few minutes!!!
You can add/edit/delete any sites in Menu > Quick create > Configuration (Ref: Format)
Laragon can handle 7z, tar.gz, zip or composer. Believe or not, Laragon can create a Laravel project in LESS THAN A MINUTE. Just try it: Menu > Quick create > Laravel 7z
Apply php-fpm to Apache: From version 2.0, Laragon won't use mod_php any more. This is not true with Laragon 2.0.2, Laragon 2.0.2 works with both mod_php (PHP Thread Safe) and php-fpm (PHP Non Thread Safe).
mod_php for compatibility. However, Apache + php_fpm will boost performance and reduce much of memory consumption.
Auto-configuration, fully support 32-bit & 64-bit services: Laragon bundles with 32-bit services for portability. However, you can replace them with your favorite 64-bit services easily.
Auto generate SSL certificates: Port 443 will be disabled by default. If you want to use SSL, just enable it at Menu > Apache > SSL. When using SSL, Laragon will auto generate correspond SSL certificates (to --> {LARAGON_ROOT}\etc\ssl) and auto update your Virtual Hosts.
Improve 'Auto create virtual hosts' feature: Each project has each own VirtualHost file located in {LARAGON_ROOT}\etc\apache2\sites-enabled\auto.{project}.dev.conf (to be compatible with Ubuntu)
Content of a conf file is auto generated. If you have a specific project that has different format, just remove the auto. prefix, Laragon will keep the file intact.
VirtualHost format is configurable, you can change it by modify the template in {LARAGON_ROOT}\usr\tpl\VirtualHost.tpl
Note: usr folder is where you keep your own configurations, Laragon will respect your changes on any files in the folder.
Add some entries in Windows Explorer's Context Menu to access Text Editor & use Terminal quickly and easily:
"Edit with Sublime Text" (available when right click on a file), "Open Folder in Sublime Text" + "Terminal" (available when right click on a folder or click somewhere else)
Support multiple languages: special thanks to @marcelloh, @ClausMunch, @HPKpl, @heyyoyo, @dhanzs, @elcheffe, @hidonet, @sgodoy, @lcdss
Support MySQL JSON Data Type: Laragon goes with MySQL 5.7.13 to support JSON Data Type, but you can switch to MariaDB easily if you wish.
Laragon 2.0 also bundles with the newest apps/services: Apache 2.4.23, MySQL 5.7.13, PHP 7.0.8, Node.js 6.3, npm 3.10.3, phpMyAdmin 4.6.3,...
Support Multiple Document Roots: You can store your working projects on either your laptop, USBs, DropBox, Google Drive, OneDrive,..
There are other improvements, I will update later....
Some images:
Share to outside with ngrok:
ngrok running interface when sharing project1.dev & shared url is automatically copied to clipboard:
Quick create website/project:
Quick create a Laravel project from an online compress link (Laravel 7z):
For example: a project name laraproj:
Switch between MySQL forks & Reset MySQL root password:
"Edit with Sublime Text" in Windows Explorer's Context Menu:
"Open Folder in Sublime Text" & "Terminal" in Windows Explorer's Context Menu (when right click in a folder or background)
Multiple Document Roots:
