Can you elaborate more on your setup? Neither 'localhost/classifieds/public/admin/categories' nor 'localhost/classifieds/public/admin/categories/' are correct URLs in a default Laravel App (Unless you modified it somehow). If Laravel is setup correctly your URL should be 'localhost/admin/categories' (which is where in fact it is trying to take you). Therefore your corresponding routes would be localhost/admin/ for AdminController and localhost/admin/categories for CategoriesController

Make sure you are serving the /public directory as your document root otherwise things will break without some modification.

cringer said:

Can you elaborate more on your setup? Neither 'localhost/classifieds/public/admin/categories' nor 'localhost/classifieds/public/admin/categories/' are correct URLs in a default Laravel App (Unless you modified it somehow). If Laravel is setup correctly your URL should be 'localhost/admin/categories' (which is where in fact it is trying to take you). Therefore your corresponding routes would be localhost/admin/ for AdminController and localhost/admin/categories for CategoriesController

Make sure you are serving the /public directory as your document root otherwise things will break without some modification.

Well, my localhost is G:\xampp\htdocs. My project folder: G:\xampp\htdocs\classifieds How will I check if I 'm serving the /public directory as my document root? I have installed laravel using composer, so I thought no changes were needed. And, if it's of any importance, this is my G:\xampp\htdocs\classifieds\bootstrap\paths.php:

return array(
	'app' => __DIR__.'/../app',
	'public' => __DIR__.'/../public',
	'base' => __DIR__.'/..',
	'storage' => __DIR__.'/../app/storage',
);

And G:\xampp\htdocs\classifieds\server.php:

<?php

$uri = parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH);

$uri = urldecode($uri);

$paths = require __DIR__.'/bootstrap/paths.php';

$requested = $paths['public'].$uri;

// This file allows us to emulate Apache's "mod_rewrite" functionality from the
// built-in PHP web server. This provides a convenient way to test a Laravel
// application without having installed a "real" web server software here.
if ($uri !== '/' and file_exists($requested))
{
	return false;
}

require_once $paths['public'].'/index.php';

In G:\xampp\htdocs\classifieds\app\config\php.php I changed from 'url' => 'http://localhost' to 'url' => 'http://localhost/classifieds'.

In G:\xampp\htdocs\classifieds\public.htaccess I added: RewriteBase /laravel/public/

But nothing.

If you just installed laravel in your htdocs then your /public directory is not being served. Unfortunately I don't know a whole lot about xampp but I know you need to setup a virtual host that points to your project public folder. A quick google search should bring some information on how to set this up.

In this video they edit file G:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf. They change DocumentRoot "G:/xampp/htdocs". But if I change this, then other projects on the same server will use the new value, which would be wrong. Right? So, there must be some 'correct' way, I suppose.

I 'm trying to make a Virtual host, this is my document root:

G:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf:
DocumentRoot "G:/xampp/htdocs"
<Directory "G:/xampp/htdocs">

Following the instructions from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4WfrmKNhj4 :

In file G:\xampp\apache\conf\original\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf I added:

NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>    
    DocumentRoot "G:/xampp/htdocs/classifieds/public"
    ServerName laravel.dev
    ServerAlias laravel.dev
    ErrorLog "logs/laravel.log"
    CustomLog "logs/custom.laravel.log" common

<Directory "G:/xampp/htdocs/classifieds/public">
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride All
                Order allow, deny
                Allow from all
				Require all granted
        </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

In file G:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts I added:

127.0.0.1       laravel.dev

But it doesn't work. So I added in file httpd.conf, at the end:

#Virtual hosts
Include G:\xampp\apache\conf\original\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf

But, after adding this line, Apache doesn't even start!

I was using the wrong file:G:\xampp\apache\conf\original\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf While the correct is in another folder...:G:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf

But now I get the error 'Method [index] does not exist'.

This method does exist in the controller and was working before I made the Virtual host.

Edit: I had to change the routes:

Route::group(array('prefix' => 'admin'), function()
{
    Route::resource('subcategories', 'SubcategoriesController');        
    Route::controller('categories', 'CategoriesController');
    Route::resource('/', 'AdminController');
});

Route::resource('categories', 'CategoriesController'); replaced with: Route::controller('categories', 'CategoriesController');

panosss said:

In this video they edit file G:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf. They change DocumentRoot "G:/xampp/htdocs". But if I change this, then other projects on the same server will use the new value, which would be wrong. Right? So, there must be some 'correct' way, I suppose.

Yes, if you do it like the video says you would change your main document root which would affect all projects. You should create a separate vhost for your laravel project so it should have no impact on anything else.

panosss said:

I 'm trying to make a Virtual host, this is my document root:

G:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf:
DocumentRoot "G:/xampp/htdocs"
<Directory "G:/xampp/htdocs">

Following the instructions from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4WfrmKNhj4 :

In file G:\xampp\apache\conf\original\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf I added:

NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>    
   DocumentRoot "G:/xampp/htdocs/classifieds/public"
   ServerName laravel.dev
   ServerAlias laravel.dev
   ErrorLog "logs/laravel.log"
   CustomLog "logs/custom.laravel.log" common

<Directory "G:/xampp/htdocs/classifieds/public">
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
               AllowOverride All
               Order allow, deny
               Allow from all
  			Require all granted
       </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

In file G:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts I added:

127.0.0.1       laravel.dev

But it doesn't work. So I added in file httpd.conf, at the end:

#Virtual hosts
Include G:\xampp\apache\conf\original\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf

But, after adding this line, Apache doesn't even start!

Typically you don't modify the main http.conf, but just the vhosts.conf in your extra directory. On WAMP Server (which I use over XAMPP) I modify the apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf but also have to enable vhosts support in the php.ini. I wonder if thats the case in XAMPP.

panosss said:

But now I get the error 'Method [index] does not exist'.

This method does exist in the controller and was working before I made the Virtual host.

Edit: I had to change the routes:

Route::group(array('prefix' => 'admin'), function()
{
   Route::resource('subcategories', 'SubcategoriesController');        
   Route::controller('categories', 'CategoriesController');
   Route::resource('/', 'AdminController');
});

Route::resource('categories', 'CategoriesController'); replaced with: Route::controller('categories', 'CategoriesController');

Does that mean everything's working now?

cringer said:

panosss said:

But now I get the error 'Method [index] does not exist'.

This method does exist in the controller and was working before I made the Virtual host.

Edit: I had to change the routes:

Route::group(array('prefix' => 'admin'), function()
{
   Route::resource('subcategories', 'SubcategoriesController');        
   Route::controller('categories', 'CategoriesController');
   Route::resource('/', 'AdminController');
});

Route::resource('categories', 'CategoriesController'); replaced with: Route::controller('categories', 'CategoriesController');

Does that mean everything's working now?

This replacement (resource->controller) fixed these controller methods:

index 
create

These methods don't work:

show
edit
store
update I don't know because I can't test it (because edit doesn't work)
destroy

omg it's really exhausting!

Does this mean I will have to make a route for every controller method? Instead of one route I had for every controller? (with route::resource)

But I suppose, my real problem is that 'route::resource' stopped working after I added the VirtualHost. How can I find the cause of this problem?

panosss said:

But I suppose, my real problem is that 'route::resource' stopped working after I added the VirtualHost. How can I find the cause of this problem?

Check your routes and make sure that all your resource routes are mapped.

php artisan route:list

I made another laravel installation and copied files there. It seems to work ok. I suppose it would take me much longer to find the problem. Anyway thank you for your help!