Laravel 4 simple route not working using mod_rewrite, and .htaccess

Question

I'm not only new to Laravel 4, but new to using frameworks. I thought I'd start with Laravel since it's gotten such good reviews. I've got a good install of Laravel. I go to /l4/public and see the welcome page.

I'm trying to add a route to routes.php so that when I navigate to /l4/public/articles I get a response.
I get "The requested URL /l4/public/articles was not found on this server." Do I need to run an artisan command to compile the routes? It's probably something easy. Why this message?

routes.php

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

Route::get('articles', function ()
{
    //return View::make('articles');
    return "Articles hello there";
});

Why the hell does Laravel not say in its shitty tutorial that we need to activate mod_rewrite ???? — Sliq, Nov 03 '13 at 20:58
This answer from delmadord save my life! http://stackoverflow.com/a/24785009/1419350 — ebelendez, Aug 19 '15 at 01:38

score 45 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 27 '14 at 18:43

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Problem is solved by two editing changes in apache's httpd.conf file.

AllowOverride None is default. AllowOverride controls whether .htaccess files are processed.

mod_rewrite is commented out by default.

Changes to make:

Change 1: Activate mod_rewrite by uncommenting it.

Change 2:

Change

AllowOverride None

to

AllowOverride All

Now restart Apache...

The default .htaccess file that Laravel provides in the public folder specified some mod_rewrite rules. These rules were not getting applied because AllowOverride was set to none. Be sure and restart apache after changing these settings. My configuration: Apache 2.4.6 on Windows XP.

It appears that there may be some security implications to the AllowOverride change. If anyone has additional information on this, I would like to hear it.

edited Jan 27 '14 at 18:43

sqlchild

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answered Jul 22 '13 at 00:03

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I have all that enabled, and I still can't get the second route to work. "/" works, "index.php/articles" works, but not "articles". – Yaz Oct 27 '13 at 20:18
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Just to follow up. The only way it worked was to make a virtual host (instructions here: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/30053/getting-mod-rewrite-to-work-on-mac-os-x) – Yaz Oct 27 '13 at 21:03
I tried so many different things before falling onto this post. Great answer here, solved all my issues. Thanks for the great answer. Solution still working as of 7/28/2014 – TheOneWhoPrograms Jul 27 '14 at 23:45

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 21 '13 at 14:23

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That Error basically say that the router cannot found your request. Make sure you already save your changes. if you using the artisan command to running the page,just re-run again command "artisan Serve".

answered Jul 21 '13 at 14:23

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 21 '13 at 14:38

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You need mod_rewrite on. Try: l4/public/index.php/articles

answered Jul 21 '13 at 14:38

Blue Genie

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Yes, I tried l4/public/index.php/articles and it worked. Now I'm trying to understand why. I have Apache 2.4 with mod_rewrite commented out. phpinfo() does not show mod_rewrite loaded. Laravel does have it's default .htaccess file. Is URL rewriting happening anyway? Why can't I use the path l4/public/articles? – Alex_B Jul 21 '13 at 19:42
I've already said it, you need to activate mod_rewrite, make some research. Also make sure you have this htaccess https://github.com/laravel/laravel/blob/master/public/.htaccess in you public folder – Blue Genie Jul 21 '13 at 19:48

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 03 '19 at 18:57

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in httpd.conf change

<Directory />
    AllowOverride none
    Require all granted
</Directory>

to

<Directory />
    AllowOverride all
    Require all granted
</Directory>

then uncomment

#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

to

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

edited Jun 03 '19 at 18:57

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answered Nov 23 '15 at 10:39

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Laravel 4 simple route not working using mod_rewrite, and .htaccess

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