Laravel routes not working except for root

Question

I have been spending hours on this issue and hope to find my way out. I have set up laravel correctly, created a project myapp

My route.php file just contains

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

Route::get('/users', function()
{
    return 'Users!';
});

When I run

http://localhost/myapp/public/

I get the laravel start page correctly

When I run

http://localhost/myapp/public/users

I get

The requested URL /myapp/index.php was not found on this server.

I don't know why its looking for index.php.

When I run

http://localhost/myapp/public/index.php/users

I get a page with text "Users". I should obtain this page when running

http://localhost/myapp/public/users

instead.

Below is my .htaccess

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

    RewriteEngine On
    Rewritebase /myapp/
    # Redirect Trailing Slashes...
    RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]

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

Any ideas? Am running a Apache on Linux.

Check this [stack answer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23837933/how-can-i-remove-public-index-php-in-the-url-generated-laravel) — AddWeb Solution Pvt Ltd, Aug 22 '17 at 10:59

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 24 '14 at 10:11

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Your RewriteBase is set to /myapp/ but your index.php file is in /mayapp/public/ is it not?

As such, I think you'll find the RewriteBase needs to be /myapp/public/.

answered Feb 24 '14 at 10:11

alexrussell

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Thanks! In my case, my Laravel app was one level further down in my folder structure, but by judiciously modifying the `index.php` entry file, as well as adding a `RewriteBase` to the `.htaccess` worked wonders. – Phil Ryan Jun 19 '19 at 00:18

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 24 '14 at 09:22

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Make sure you have mod_rewrite enabled on apache web server.
Make sure that your vhost config allows and parses htaccess files

answered Feb 24 '14 at 09:22

Valdas

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 23 '18 at 18:57

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Just do this and try to restart the apache.

sudo a2enmod rewrite

To restart apache: sudo services apache2 restart

answered Jul 23 '18 at 18:57

Elshan

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 15 '20 at 03:57

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I ran into same problem with production server, nothing seemed to work, no chmod/s no other solution but adding a simple line to .htaccess worked.

RewriteBase /

Thanks to the thread and user odaria

answered Jun 15 '20 at 03:57

Muhammad Hassaan Bin Tanveer

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 24 '14 at 09:19

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In your application/config/application.php file change:

'index' => 'index.php',

to:

'index' => '',

That should tell laravel not to use index.php and to rewrite correctly.

It works with standard .htaccess file which comes with laravel (haven't checked if you modified it)

answered Feb 24 '14 at 09:19

Tom

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This line was not present in app.php. I added it but still same problem. – Kevin Joymungol Feb 24 '14 at 09:56
You're using laravel 3 or 4? – Tom Feb 24 '14 at 10:21

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 24 '14 at 09:21

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Use this re-write rule:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    Options -MultiViews
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /my_app
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>

Also, in `application/config/app.php' change:

'index' => 'index.php'

to

'index' => ''

answered Feb 24 '14 at 09:21

ajtrichards

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Just a small modification in your answer. RewriteBase should be /myapp, no underscore. There was no index,php entry in my app.php, I just added the line. Now even root path not working getting URL /myapp/index.php was not found on this server. Reverted my .htaccess and root path works. Any other suggestions? – Kevin Joymungol Feb 24 '14 at 09:56

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 24 '14 at 11:20

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The quickest way is to add a symbolic link in command line:

ln -s your/acutal/path/myapp/public app-dev

Now browse http://localhost/app-dev should work fine as well as all the routes. You can change app-dev to whatever you want as the name.

answered Feb 24 '14 at 11:20

JustinHo

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