Laravel php artisan serve shutting down after running once

Question

I noticed there was another questions asked like this one but it didn't get any answers. I'm following the Lynda.com course "Up and Running W/ Laravel" and for every example I'm having to run

php artisan serve

because the artisan server keeps shutting down whenever I go to http://localhost:8000. I notice in the video he's just refreshing the page. I've looked online and the most I can come up with is the other unanswered SO Question which suggests that something called Basset is the problem. I have no idea what Basset is or why it would be the problem. It suggested switching to grunt but I'm not sure how to start that. I was hoping that it might be a matter of me changing some settings somewhere. I also saw some comments that said that it might have been an issue with the browser I was using but i tested it on Firefox, Safari and Chrome to the same result.

Any help would be appreciated?

Answer 1

I had the same problem. Finally found a solution. I assume that you're using MAMP. If so, turn off XCache. It seems to work fine with APC cache.

From MAMP, go to Preferences->PHP Change the Cache dropdown from XCache to APC.