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Are you on a Mac? If so you can use valet, which has this feature https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/valet#main-content
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How can I use http://projectname.test instead of http://127.0.0.1:8000/
So I use the command PHP artisan serve to run a server and I can view my Laravel site at http://127.0.0.1:8000/ but I want to run my website at the APP_URL= 'http://projectName.test' how can I do this? I see a lot of videos online where it just spins up that way automatically. Thank you in advance.
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@Sinnbeck Hey thanks for responding. I am using Windows 11
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@Sinnbeck Valet looks perfect but can I use it on Windows? Or is there an different package I could use for Windows?
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@Choych haven't tried this (don't run windows), but it claims to do the same https://github.com/cretueusebiu/valet-windows
You can also simply edit your host file to point projectname.test to 127.0.0.1. You can the start php artisan serve --host projectname.test
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@Choych There is a community valet for windows. But, it can be tricky to setup. https://github.com/cretueusebiu/valet-windows
If you use Laragon, there is similar feature built-in. https://laragon.org/docs/pretty-urls.html
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@Sinnbeck This is crazy how difficult this is. I just want to be able to test my website on the public internet so I can test e-mail password reset and socialite. Am I even on the right path?
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@Choych oh sadly that has nothing to do with that. It's only to make it look pretty and easy to remember. To expose it on the internet i personally use a service called ngrok
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@Choych to test sociallite stuff you probably need a exposed website to the internet and SSL.
Personally i just setup forge to do this, has a bit of a price but its also a awesome service to deploy your website later on.
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@Cruorzy Interesting, I will look into forge right now.
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@Choych be aware that forge is for deploying your production website. Personally I use ploi for the same :)
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@Sinnbeck is there a laravel package for getting a test website exposed to the internet with a db?
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@Sinnbeck I want to be able to interact with APIs when developing the website. How do I achieve this?
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@Choych Look into Expose by Beyond Code. (Easier alternative to Ngrok) https://expose.dev/docs/introduction
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In regards to the original question, you can use Laragon on windows to prettying your url and easy to remember
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@successdav thank you sir
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