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Hello, What to configure to .htaccess and add file to laravel 9 application to deploy the laravel 9 project to make live a new website in the server from the cpanel. In Laravel 9, I don't see the server.php in the root project. I have done the laravel 8 projects adding following line in .htaccess.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule ^ ^ [N]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.\w+$) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ server.php
If possible you should change the document root in the virtualhost file rather than using the htaccess file to redirect to public.
It should point to the index.php file and not the server.php file.
I use this htaccess on my shared host
#Rewrite everything to subfolder
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/public
Rewriterule ^(.*)$ public/ [L]
@Tray2 Thank you for your reply. It works only when I put example.com/public, other otherwise it does not work. If I hit just example.com -> it gives 404 - Not Found. Error.
@bhojkamal That htaccess file should be placed in directory that contains the public directory.
If I use that code in .htaccess under public directory. It shows all file on root url and If I go /public, it add another public in url like this /public/public and it does not work. Thanks for reply.
It should use on root. We need different for htaccess in public.
@bhojkamal In public you should use the one provided with laravel.
@Tray2 one new .htaccess should be on project root. And we have write logic on it. What is the correct logic, that what I need. The above one didn't work.
the best approach is to delete public_html folder and recreate it as a symlink to the projects public folder
@Snapey If you are allowed to do that yes.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule ^ ^ [N]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.\w+$) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ server.php
This is enough in website root .htaccess. just create server.php or index.php and add require_once __DIR__ . '/public/index.php' I have done and work perfectly. In laravel there is already server.php, but in laravel 9, need to add this file.
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