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Hello,
I am trying to run my the Laravel project on localhost without using the PHP artisan serve command. But I did not get that where I have to change the path.
I have got 404 errors while route change.
I hope you were using some PHP Local Server Programs like WAMP or XAMPP.
What you have to do is, make sure the Document Root of the server / website (localhost) to be the
publicdirectory of the Laravel Application
If the Index / route works and others don't, The Web Server is not accepting / processing the .htaccess file within the public directory. And you have to Configure the Web Server to accept Overrides within the File Path too...
If you are running Linux I recommend this guide to set up a proper lemp stack.
https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/ubuntu-laravel-php-nginx/
Of course you should use at least php 7.4.
Or use docker
https://www.howtoforge.com/dockerizing-laravel-with-nginx-mysql-and-docker-compose/
You can of corse use Homestead, Valet and Sail as well.
https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/sail
@alokdev There are various ways to run a project locally: https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/installation#your-first-laravel-project
If you want the easiest way, I would suggest Homestead.
Thanks, everyone for your help. I have solved the issue of installing xampp server in my ubuntu system.
That is in my opinoin a really bad practice.
I am just checking out that my project is working fine in xammp environment without any changes.
Using a Linux distribution like Ubuntu and then deciding you’re going to use XAMPP to serve your PHP projects is like buying a Hummer to do the school run in.
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