Why Laravel is showing me the directory structure?

Question

I had reinstalled apache and after I configured it again, my Laravel applications don't work anymore and it shows me the directory structure instead.

Here is my httpd configuration:

Does this answer your question? [Apache lists directory files instead of index.php](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13898386/apache-lists-directory-files-instead-of-index-php) — Nico Haase, Dec 22 '20 at 08:43

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 24 '20 at 19:55

If you've "reinstalled Apache" then the default DirectoryIndex is just index.html. You need this set to index.php in order to serve your Laravel front-controller.

When Apache does not find the DirectoryIndex document (eg. index.html) when requesting a directory and directory indexes/listings (mod_autoindex) are enabled (the default) then Apache generates a directory listing as you are seeing here.

You need to set index.php as the DirectoryIndex, for example:

<Directory /var/www/html/wafacashapp>
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
    DirectoryIndex index.php
</Directory>

Alternatively, you can set the DirectoryIndex in your .htaccess file - if you have one. (If you aren't using .htaccess files then you should disable .htaccess overrides by setting AllowOverride None.)

You should also consider disabling directory indexes/listings, so as to not expose the contents of your directories should a DirectoryIndex document not be found. For example, in the same <Directory> container (or .htaccess file):

Options -Indexes

The user will then be served a 403 Forbidden instead of a directory listing.

score -2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 22 '20 at 09:36

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you can add .htaccess file to root's of project and add these lines

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On

    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

answered Dec 22 '20 at 09:36

mehri abbasi

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I would also disable indexes altogether as a precaution if this is a production environment as you don't want people inadvertently being able to browse directory structure, .htaccess `Options -Indexes`. – Aidan Dec 22 '20 at 09:38
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Please add some explanation to your answer such that others can learn from it. Why exactly should that help? What makes you think that the application is structured such that this rule works? – Nico Haase Dec 22 '20 at 09:41
laravel index.php is in public directory and maybe there is other's rule to handle it but I fixed this issue by htaccess and these codes – mehri abbasi Dec 22 '20 at 10:05
the htacces is located in public folder of the laravel project and i already when i open the application it shows the public directory – Karim El Hajjami Dec 22 '20 at 10:10
yes, htaccess is located in public , but url should be like `http://example.com/public` and if user call without public , directories will shown. so we can add htaccess file to root – mehri abbasi Dec 22 '20 at 10:20
when i add /public it show me this: – Karim El Hajjami Dec 22 '20 at 10:25

Why Laravel is showing me the directory structure?

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