Cannot connect to laravel

Question

In a typical laravel project i use localhost:8000 to connect to my backend. How can i connect to the backend when using phpdesktop? Given that the port keeps changing with every launch.

I tried localhost:8000

Answer 1

make sure you are not running anything on that port. but if the issue persists, you can always run this command, feel free to change the port to your most preferred choice

php artisan serve --port=8080