I have the same error.

If you have composer installed, open command line, go to desired folder you want laravel in and simply run

composer create-project laravel/laravel .

If you replace the "." with something else like "test" it will install laravel inside of test directory. If you remove the dot, it will install it inside a default folder which is "laravel" I believe.

You need at least PHP >= 5.3.7 with L4. And why don't you change the web root on the server instead? Is it shared hosting? You could also put all laravel install inside public_html, update bootstrap/path.php and index.php and redirect to laravel public with a htaccess. Once u installed in upgrade php version,then give full access of storage folder and try its works.

@shashik493 I believe he is using wamp on his local machine