.htaccess with subfolder other than root

Question

I was working with this structure and with this htaccess:

structure

config/
logs/
www/
    app/
    bootstrap/
    public/
        packages/
        .htaccess
        index.php
        ...
    vendor/
    .htaccess
    ...

htaccess

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^public
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

But I took a shared hosting where I can’t change the root, and I ended up leaving the structure this way:

config/
logs/
www/
    folder/
        app/
        bootstrap/
        public/
            packages/
            .htaccess
            index.php
            ...
        vendor/
        ...
        .htaccess

In htaccess I left the same and also made several changes, but none worked. How would I do in this case ? The page is whole white, without showing any error or anything.

UPDATE: my .htaccess inside the briefcase public, this way:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
        Options -MultiViews
    </IfModule>

    RewriteEngine On

    # Redirect Trailing Slashes...
    RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]

    # Handle Front Controller...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>

Answer 1

Case 1: Installing Laravel in a subfolder (Symbolic Link)

Following its structure, all you need to do is create a symbolic link on www/folder/index.php pointing to www/folder/public/index.php.

To do this you can: enter the folder www/folder and rotate the commands:

ln -s public/index.php index.php

ln -s public/. htaccess . htaccess

And another symbolic link, in www/folder/.htaccess pointing to www/folder/public/.htacess.

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Case 2: Installing Laravel in a subfolder (.htaccess)

Add the folder www/Folder the following file .htaccess

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /folder
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/index.php [QSA,L]
</IfModule>

After this change, Laravel will no longer recognize the routes in the same way, pos it breaks the url into segments and there is an additional segment called 'Folder' (name of your folder)

then the routes should follow the model:

Route::get('/folder', function()
{
    return "site.com/folder";
});

Route::get('/folder/login', function()
{
    return "site.com/folder/login";
});

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Case 3: Renaming the public folder to www

You do not need and should not host your application below the public folder for security reasons. If your public folder is called www, what you must do is:

1. Place the contents of the folder public inside www.

2. Change the entry public in bootstrap/paths.php.

Change:

'public' => __DIR__.'/../public',

For:

'public' => __DIR__.'/../www',

Answer 2

Based on the information you’ve given, it’s certainly the version of PHP:

Documentation of Laravel 4

The Laravel framework has a few system:

PHP >= 5.3.7
Mcrypt PHP Extension

Reference - Laravel 4 Doc

If not, try the solution below, related to . htaccess and hosting directories.

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Laravel 4 in shared accommodation

Necessary folders

I created the following folders inside www (or htdocs / public_html - in some accommodations):

`www/NOME_DO_PROJETO`
`www/NOME_DO_PROJETO/public`

Link the project domain

When entering the client’s domain in the hosting, refer to the folder you created, but inside the sub-folder public, in this case: www/NOME_DO_PROJETO/public.

Ready!

When uploading files to the server, whether via FTP, Git or SVN, put them in the folder www/NOME_DO_PROJETO, and give appropriate permissions on public and storage.

With this, everything should work clearly.

I hope it helps.

Note: no need to change . htaccess, path.php, start.php, etc