Create alias for php artisan

While learning Laravel, I need to type command php artisan a lot. And many times, I always mistyped it to php atrisan or php artian. So it's better to create an alias to save time and avoid mistake. I will make an alias a for php artisan on my Macbook (default shell is zsh)

Edit shell's configuration file:

nano ~/.zshrc

Add this line

alias a="php artisan"

Apply the change

source ~/.zshrc

Now I can use the alias across terminal sessions and it also works after system reboots.

For example, to use tinker, I can use this

a tinker

This is awesome!