I am trying to install a laravel 5 app in this directory on my server:
public_html/myapp/
And I want it to be accessed at this URL:
http://www.example.com/myapp/
I have created this .htaccess rule and placed it in the myapp
folder in order to redirect requests :
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
In my browser when I try to access the app I get redirected URLs like:
http://www.example.com/myapp/public/index.php
http://www.example.com/myapp/public/index.php/dashboard
instead of nice pretty URLs like:
http://www.example.com/myapp/
http://www.example.com/myapp/dashboard
What do I need to change in my .htaccess file to get proper URLs working?
Update: The laravel app can be moved elsewhere if needed, as long as the desired URL structure above (with the app accessible at example.com/myapp/) can be achieved.
Update: When I try to access example.com/myapp/dashboard
I receive the following error message in the browser: NotFoundHttpException in compiled.php line 7793:
with a stack trace that starts with:
in compiled.php line 7793
at RouteCollection->match(object(Request)) in compiled.php line 7066
at Router->findRoute(object(Request)) in compiled.php line 7038
at Router->dispatchToRoute(object(Request)) in compiled.php line 7030
at Router->dispatch(object(Request)) in compiled.php line 1989
at Kernel->Illuminate\Foundation\Http\{closure}(object(Request))
Update: The following .htaccess file is located in the public folder:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
<IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
Options -MultiViews
</IfModule>
RewriteEngine On
# Redirect Trailing Slashes...
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]
# Handle Front Controller...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>
What you can do is use a symlink.
Create a symlink of your app's public folder inside the public_html folder
cd /path/to/your/public_html
sudo ln -s /path/to/your/laravel_app/public myapp
You can read more about symlinks here.