Disable Laravel Routing for a specific folder/route

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I'm wondering how to disable the routing on laravel for a specific directory?

I am hoping to run my main website off of laravel (I'm rewriting it into the framework), but I'd like to retain my current forum software! The problem is, when laravel sees the "localhost/forums" it looks for a forums controller or route. I'd like it to simply go to the literal /forums directory..?

Post your `routes.php` file – Andreyco Aug 06 '13 at 08:40 — Andreyco, Aug 06 '13 at 08:40
@Andreyco Could you help out? – Mitchell M Aug 06 '13 at 22:52 — Mitchell M, Aug 06 '13 at 22:52

George D. · Answer 1 · 2014-11-21T12:42:28.663

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I had to add this line in public/.htaccess

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/foldername

before this line (that redirects trailing slashes)

RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]

edited Nov 21 '14 at 12:42

answered Feb 02 '14 at 19:10

George D.

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Works like charm!! Thank you – Senthil Vel Feb 06 '16 at 16:38
This one works. Make sure you are updating .htaccess of the right directory – Guy Feb 15 '17 at 09:21

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 25 '14 at 16:16

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With Laravel 4 none of these solutions were working for me. I eventually solved it by placing

RewriteRule ^(directory-name) - [L]

before

RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]

in public/.htaccess

answered Jun 25 '14 at 16:16

KyleT

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 07 '13 at 05:24

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You need to make an exclusion in your .htaccess file. Just above the rule that sends everything to index.php, add this:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/forums

Anything that begins with /forums will not be sent to Laravel.

(Of course, this is assuming you are using Apache.)

answered Aug 07 '13 at 05:24

Mike Rockétt

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For me all the files in /public load normally without any changes to .htaccess. The problem is that something like /public/forum does not automatically load the index in that path anymore, it has to be accessed by /public/forum/index.php and the above rules does not help either. Any idea how to fix this? – cen Feb 06 '14 at 10:12

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 07 '13 at 07:42

According to your routes.php file it is supposed to work.

You are not catching forum URL at all
If 'forum' directory/file exists, URL is not rewritten to Laravel's index.php

routes.php (I used this one in the test case)

Route::get('{slug}', function($slug){
    return $slug;
});

File structure

|- app
|- public
|--- index.php // Laravel's one
|--- forum // directory for forum files
|------ index.php // Forum's one
....

Using this structure, URL is not rewritten to Laravel's routing index.php file. If I rename/remove forum folder URL is rewritten then.

Does it work for you?

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 01 '19 at 22:56

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I needed to exclude /billing url on Laravel 5.7 So this way worked for me:

Route::redirect('/billing', '/billing');

when billing located at: My billing folder location

answered Jan 01 '19 at 22:56

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 10 '18 at 09:49

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I'm using nginx, it's work for me:

location /your_folder {     
    try_files $uri $uri/ /your_folder/index.php?$args;
}

answered Oct 10 '18 at 09:49

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Disable Laravel Routing for a specific folder/route

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