{"id":7251,"date":"2021-08-17T10:54:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T05:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/?p=7251"},"modified":"2025-10-22T13:02:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T07:32:05","slug":"could-not-open-input-file-artisan-in-laravel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/could-not-open-input-file-artisan-in-laravel\/","title":{"rendered":"Could not open input file : artisan in Laravel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laravel is a type of free, open-source PHP web framework that uses composer as a tool for integrating dependencies and libraries in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has a command-line interface called Artisan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The command used to start a Laravel service is given below,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>php artisan<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently some of our clients got errors like the &#8220;Could not open input file: artisan&#8221; error when starting the Laravel service using the above command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"292\" height=\"62\" sizes=\"(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/laravel-error.png\" alt=\"Could not open input file: artisan\" class=\"wp-image-7252\" style=\"width:597px;height:127px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-normal-font-size\" id=\"h-cause-and-solution-for-could-not-open-input-file-artisan-error-in-laravel\">Cause and solution for &#8220;Could not open input file: artisan&#8221; error in Laravel <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Causes :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are mainly two causes that can be behind this error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. <strong>Incorrect console location <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a chance of getting this error when you are running the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.php.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">php<\/a> artisan&#8221; command outside the Laravel project folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Solution :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You should run the &#8220;php artisan&#8221; command inside the Laravel project location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>cd my_laravel_project\/\nphp artisan<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can replace the &#8220;<meta charset=\"utf-8\">my_laravel_project\/&#8221; with your Laravel project location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. <strong>Missing correct permission for artisan <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is sometimes a chance of the artisan not being executable, in that case, the artisan command cannot able to access and it will throw an error like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So you need to confirm that artisan is executable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Solution :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>chmod +x artisan<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are still stuck in solving this Laravel issue, our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/linux-server-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0173a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">technical support team<\/mark><\/a> will resolve it for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laravel is a type of free, open-source PHP web framework that uses composer as a tool for integrating dependencies and libraries in it. 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