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create laravel project old version

composer create-project laravel/laravel your-project-name 4.0.*

Create a laravel project with any version

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel projectName "6.0.*"
composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel projectName "7.0.*"
composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel projectName "8.0.*"

Create a laravel project with any version

//Just change the 'x' for the version that you want

composer create-project laravel/laravel="x.*" Project

laravel project create with version

composer create-project laravel/laravel your-project-name version

create laravel project with preferred version : 8

composer create-project laravel/laravel {directory} "8.*" --prefer-dist