Workspace quickstart

The Workspace is the browser interface for working on a product sandbox. It gives you access to the sandbox's files, runtime, tools, and live preview without requiring a local PHP installation.

In this quickstart, you will create a Laravel sandbox, change its welcome page, and see the result in Preview.

Create a Laravel sandbox

1. Sign in to PHPSandbox.
2. Select Create notebook.
3. In Templates, search for and select Laravel.
4. Give the sandbox a name, choose its visibility, and select Create notebook.
5. Wait for the Workspace to open and finish preparing the sandbox.

To begin with an existing project instead, see Create or import.

Make a change

Open resources/views/welcome.blade.php from the file explorer. Change some visible text on the page and save the file.

The editor writes your changes directly to the sandbox filesystem, where they are available to the running project.

See the result

Open Preview and refresh it if necessary. The welcome page should display the text you changed.

You have now created a product sandbox, changed its files, and viewed the running result without setting up the project on your computer.

The same Workspace also provides terminals, dependency management, environment settings, mail inspection, version control, and sharing when you need them.

What to read next

• Create or import to start from an existing project.
• Workspace tools to learn what else is available in the Workspace.
• Previews and sharing to share what is running in a sandbox.