# Installation

Install the SurrealDB Laravel integration with Composer and publish the SDK and ORM configuration files.

Install the integration with [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/download/). It requires PHP `8.4` or later and Laravel `11`, `12`, or `13`, and pulls in the alpha [SDK](/docs/reference/php/v2.md) and [Surqlize ORM](/docs/reference/php/libraries/surqlize.md).

## Install the package

```bash
composer require surrealdb/laravel
```

The integration depends on alpha releases, so your project must allow them. If Composer cannot resolve the dependencies under the default `stable` minimum stability, lower it.

```bash
composer config minimum-stability alpha
composer config prefer-stable true
```

## Publish the configuration

The SDK and ORM keep their configuration separate. Publish both files.

```bash
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=surrealdb-config
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=surqlize-config
```

This creates `config/surrealdb.php` for the SDK client and `config/surqlize.php` for the ORM.

## Service provider discovery

Laravel auto-discovers the two service providers, so there is nothing to register manually. See [Container and facades](/docs/reference/php/frameworks/laravel/container-and-facades.md) for what they bind.

## Next steps

- [Configuration](/docs/reference/php/frameworks/laravel/configuration.md) - Set your connection details and authentication.

- [Queries and transactions](/docs/reference/php/frameworks/laravel/queries-and-transactions.md) - Run your first model queries.