Laravel routes do not work at all

Question

My laravel routes are not working at all. I tried something like this:

Route::get('welcome', function () {
    return View::make('welcome');
});

Accessing it with localhost/project/project/public/welcome works fine. I have tried it in many ways but seems like routes aren't working since localhost/project/welcome show me 404 error. I know there is simillar topic but there is no answer for me. Could somebody help me out please?

My htaccess file looks like this (I have never touched it):

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
        Options -MultiViews
    </IfModule>

    RewriteEngine On

    # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]

    # Handle Front Controller...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 22 '15 at 21:20

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You need to edit your HTTP server to have the document root as project/project/public/

For example in Apache you can do something like that:

<VirtualHost *:80>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost                                                                                                            
        DocumentRoot /var/www/project/project/public/

And in Nginx it will like that:

server {
        listen 80 default_server;
        listen [::]:80 default_server;

        root /var/www/project/project/public/;

answered Nov 22 '15 at 21:20

Mina Abadir

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Thanks for your answer! Is it just httpd.conf file? – divHelper11 Nov 22 '15 at 21:35
Depends on your server configuration. You will probably find it under /etc/apache2/sites-available or /etc/nginx/sites-available – Mina Abadir Nov 22 '15 at 21:39
I am using xampp, will search for it – divHelper11 Nov 22 '15 at 21:40
for XAMPP I think it's httpd.conf – Mina Abadir Nov 22 '15 at 21:42
Oh something happend finally, but I dont have permission to open this page now XD – divHelper11 Nov 22 '15 at 21:45
ERROR 403 access forbidden: you do not have access to this object it is secured or server cannot load it – divHelper11 Nov 22 '15 at 21:53
What is the URL you are using now? Probably, it's about accessing local. Check out this post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21161908/new-xampp-security-concept-access-forbidden-error-403-windows-7-phpmyadmin – Mina Abadir Nov 22 '15 at 21:55
Now I am using this `http://localhost/project/welcome`. Already tried that from this post but doesnt help :( – divHelper11 Nov 22 '15 at 21:59
Why /boh/welcome. Your route is listening to /welcome directly. Would you try it please? – Mina Abadir Nov 22 '15 at 22:01
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/95873/discussion-between-mina-youssef-and-divhelper11). – Mina Abadir Nov 22 '15 at 22:01
localhost/welcome -this way right? Still access forbidden what the hell :D now everything is forbidden haha – divHelper11 Nov 22 '15 at 22:03
That's XAMPP, would you share your httpd.conf, I am not XAMPP expert, but may be we can spot something. – Mina Abadir Nov 22 '15 at 22:10

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 22 '15 at 21:13

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You have said that you can access your laravel app throught
localhost/project/project/public/welcome. This is because this path is your starting root path, from where you start your application.

Example that will allow you to access new route

Route::get('other_route', function () {
    return View::make('welcome');;
});

This code can be accessed, if you will type localhost/project/project/public/other_route into your browser

localhost/project/welcome won't work because your application is deeper than this path.

You should setup virutal host for your application so that your path could be myapp.local/welcome myapp.local/other_route

Or access your application, assuming that your start point is http://localhost/project/project/public/

answered Nov 22 '15 at 21:13

user991

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I thought that in laravel everything in url after slash `/` is in the public folder. Thats what i need actually. To make the public folder my starting point in url – divHelper11 Nov 22 '15 at 21:15
If i understood your question right, it is your web server misconfiguration, not laravel issue – user991 Nov 22 '15 at 21:17
Oh I was sure that i need to config it from the inside of laravel project. There are server settings etc – divHelper11 Nov 22 '15 at 21:19
you can start laravel's php web server, typing command `php artisan serve` in your OS console from your application root, and you will be able to run your project from http://localhost:8000/ – user991 Nov 22 '15 at 21:19

Laravel routes do not work at all

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