Laravel error in /bootstrap/start.php: \Illuminate\Foundation\Application not found
laravel, php
Solution
`/bootstrap/start.php` is created after `composer install` by running Laravel's `php artisan optimize`. I've had a lot of issues on this during upgrades of Laravel, but removing `/bootstrap/start.php`, `composer.lock`, and the `vendor` directory and re-running `composer install` should fix this issue.
Problem
So, I installed Laravel on a dev server (php5.5.3, standard installation, mcrypt installed), and I get the following error message: ``` Fatal error: Class 'Illuminate\Foundation\Application' not found in /[path_to_laravel_app]/bootstrap/start.php on line 14 ``` Quite odd, and I haven't seen a solution to this file, although I've seen plenty of similar errors. Any advice welcome. Thanks!