Laravel 4 simple route not working using mod_rewrite, and .htaccess
laravel, laravel-4
Solution
Problem is solved by two editing changes in apache's httpd.conf file.
AllowOverride None is default. AllowOverride controls whether .htaccess files are processed.
mod_rewrite is commented out by default.
Changes to make:
Change 1: Activate mod_rewrite by uncommenting it.
Change 2:
Change
AllowOverride None
to
AllowOverride All
Now restart Apache...
The default .htaccess file that Laravel provides in the public folder specified some mod_rewrite rules. These rules were not getting applied because AllowOverride was set to none. Be sure and restart apache after changing these settings. My configuration: Apache 2.4.6 on Windows XP.
It appears that there may be some security implications to the AllowOverride change. If anyone has additional information on this, I would like to hear it.
Problem
I'm not only new to Laravel 4, but new to using frameworks. I thought I'd start with Laravel since it's gotten such good reviews. I've got a good install of Laravel. I go to /l4/public and see the welcome page. I'm trying to add a route to routes.php so that when I navigate to /l4/public/articles I get a response. I get "The requested URL /l4/public/articles was not found on this server." Do I need to run an artisan command to compile the routes? It's probably something easy. Why this message? routes.php ``` Route::get('/', function() { return View::make('hello'); }); Route::get('articles', function () { //return View::make('articles'); return "Articles hello there"; }); ```