setting up laravel redirects to xampp

Question

Hi I'm setting up Lavarel using a book called Laravel Starter by Shawn McCool (Packt Publishing), I've cloned the respiratory via github and have got as far as configuring my hosts file and setting up my virtual hosts. As below:

127.0.0.1 laravel.dev

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName laravel.dev
DocumentRoot C:/xampp/htdocs/laravel/public
</VirtualHost>

However if I visit the link http://laravel.dev I am redirected to the XAMPP page and I should be expecting the laravel splash page.

Any ideas of what I have done wrong? The document root is pointing to the correct direction as it is installed onto my localhost.

Greatly appreciate any help.

Try putting quotes in the DocumentRoot like: DocumentRoot "C:\xampp\htdocs\laravel\public" and replace / with \ and also put ServerAlias www.laravel.dev — Glad To Help, Oct 01 '13 at 14:11
@GladToHelp I tried this but I still get redirected to http://laravel.dev/xampp/ — user0129e021939232, Oct 01 '13 at 14:15
Is this: 127.0.0.1 laravel.dev in your hosts file or in httpd-vhosts.conf ? — Glad To Help, Oct 01 '13 at 14:18
@GladToHelp I have put this in the hosts files in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts as per the book that I am reading — user0129e021939232, Oct 01 '13 at 14:19
Try the correct answer from here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10272531/configuring-virtual-host-and-localhost-redirecting-to-the-xampp-folder and see if it works after restarting — Glad To Help, Oct 01 '13 at 14:24

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 01 '13 at 14:15

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In the new xampp you should use something like this:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/laravel/public"
    ServerName laravel.dev
    ServerAlias laravel.dev
    ErrorLog "logs/laravel.log"
    CustomLog "logs/custom.laravel.log" combined
    <Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/laravel/public">
        AllowOverride All
        Order Allow,Deny
        Allow from all
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

edited with the right serverName. This is my own virtual host file. I also use it for Laravel.

answered Oct 01 '13 at 14:15

raice

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did you restart xampp afterwards? – raice Oct 01 '13 at 14:20
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yes I stopped both the sql and apache quit and started the app again – user0129e021939232 Oct 01 '13 at 14:21

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 27 '15 at 08:54

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Go to C:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.4.9\conf\httpd.conf and enable virtualhost by removing the #sign in front of Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

answered Feb 27 '15 at 08:54

elo kudzo

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 28 '15 at 08:17

Albeit an old question, I found a solution to this the hard way. Do something like this:

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:\xampp\htdocs"
ServerName localhost
<Directory "C:\xampp\htdocs">
    Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

This would enable the XAMPP Stack to point to the localhost correctly (I guess?) And of course don't forget your drivers\etc\hosts

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.0.1       laraveltest.dev

Your configuration seems fine. Just don't forget to add these two.

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName laraveltest.dev
ServerAdmin laraveltestp@localhost.com
DocumentRoot "D:/Workspace/Projects/Playground/laravel-test/public"
#SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV "development"
<Directory "D:/Workspace/Projects/Playground/laravel-test/public">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride all
    Order Deny,Allow
    Allow from all
    Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 09 '18 at 15:05

In new Laravel you need to change your Apache Vhost file to stop this redirection from server. For complete guide about how to change vhost file and run your first laravel web app go to following link : <https://answerdone.blogspot.com/2018/01/how-to-solve-laravel-xampp-dashboard.html>

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 01 '18 at 16:45

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probably, it is because xampp and laravel run on the same port. If so, try changing port before you start running laravel project by this command

php artisan serve --port=8080

*8080 can be changed to any other number port you want

answered Mar 01 '18 at 16:45

chocolate sar

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 07 '19 at 11:54

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Do you have NameVirtualHost enabled? try uncomment #NameVirtualHost *:80 and see if it helps.

answered Dec 07 '19 at 11:54

Amirali

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered May 05 '20 at 09:21

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I used localhost/appName/public/. This is the only way it worked for me.

answered May 05 '20 at 09:21

Petar Nenadić

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