composer create-project basic-app/appstarter --stability=dev --prefer-dist --keep-vcs

Copy env to .env and tailor for your app, specifically the baseURL and any database settings.

You should configure your web server to "point" to your project's public folder, and not to the project root.

Please read the CodeIgniter 4 user guide for a better explanation of how it works!

PHP version 7.3 or higher is required, with the following extensions installed:

• intl
• libcurl if you plan to use the HTTP\CURLRequest library

Additionally, make sure that the following extensions are enabled in your PHP:

• json (enabled by default - don't turn it off)
• mbstring
• mysqlnd
• xml (enabled by default - don't turn it off)