title: Missing composer.json file while installing composer for Laravel
body: <p>I am new to Laravel. I am trying to install Composer for Laravel but getting this error:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Composer could not find a composer.json file in C:\xampp\htdocs</p>
  <p>To initialize a project, please create a composer.json file as described in the <a href="https://getcomposer.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://getcomposer.org/</a> &quot;Getting Started&quot; section</p>
  </blockquote>