Im using laravel built-in local server

php artisan serve (if that's what you're meaning) uses php's built-in webserver, which is extremely basic and very limited. It doesn't use apache (or include apache). That might actually be the problem. I'd suggest using a real web server, like apache or (better) nginx. Since you're using xampp, I'd set up a virtual host with apache.

thank you so much @Cronix that was exactly the issue. I'm using xampp and now it's working fine. built in server sucks.. thanks again mate.

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