Remove public from URL Laravel 5.3

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I'm using Laravel 5.3 is there a easy way to remove public from URL? is it necessary to add a htacces. when I change the htacces it is getting a n error like below,

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 18 '16 at 04:53

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copy both htaccess and index.php file from public folder to root directory and then change root index.php code as below

require __DIR__.'/bootstrap/autoload.php';
$app = require_once __DIR__.'/bootstrap/app.php';

answered Oct 18 '16 at 04:53

Vision Coderz

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It's too risky. It makes your composer.json, .env and others sensitive information accessible via browser. Best practice is to set vhost to /public. – Mahfuzul Alam Oct 18 '16 at 04:58
@MahfuzulAlam.Thanks for notifying in comment – Vision Coderz Oct 18 '16 at 05:02
I'm sorry, but I have to say this. It's a really bad advice since if you do that, you'll catch a lot of errors during development and whole you app code will be open to the web. – Alexey Mezenin Oct 18 '16 at 05:06
@AlexeyMezenin. i hope he is using localhost otherwise he would have pointed domain to public folder itslef – Vision Coderz Oct 18 '16 at 05:08

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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After installing Laravel, you should configure your web server's document / web root to be the public directory. The index.php in this directory serves as the front controller for all HTTP requests entering your application.

https://laravel.com/docs/5.3/installation#configuration

Do not edit .htaccess or Laravel related files, just point web server to a public directory instead of Laravel project directory:

DocumentRoot "/path_to_laravel_project/public"
<Directory "/path_to_laravel_project/public">

Then restart Apache.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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answered Oct 18 '16 at 05:03

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This is the correct approach but Latest XAMPP (32-bit) on Windows 7 is not playing nicely. So, my team is implementing the Accepted answer given above. – Mohal Dec 22 '17 at 10:34

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 18 '16 at 04:51

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Add a .htaccess file in root which contains -

RewriteEngine On
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]

answered Oct 18 '16 at 04:51

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 18 '16 at 05:03

Yes it is very simple no need to add extra htaccess,

Create a new folder in your laravel project folder.
Name it whatever you like. Example :- source

Move all the files from root into 'source' folder except 'public' folder.

4 . Move all the files from public folder to root.

5 . Change the autoload.php path

6 . Thats all. remove public folder if necessary.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 08 '18 at 12:10

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In the root directory create a .htaccess file and put the following in it

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine On 
   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

answered Nov 08 '18 at 12:10

Santosh Kumar

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 26 '19 at 06:13

Even above solution(s) work(s) for you,but I would recommend not to do this. Here is the reason why.
-You should be pointing your Apache host root to the $LARAVEL_PATH/public directory instead of $LARAVEL_PATH.
-you have to configure apache for user not access .env, git files , config folder's file
public directory is there for reason to make project a bit more secure. Solve the actual problem and don't try to break this simple but nice security addition.

score -1 · Answer 7 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

Copy all files and folder from public folder to root folder and edit your .htaccess file as

 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

And dont forget to change the paths in index.php file. For details refere following links

Installing Laravel in a subfolder

https://ellislab.com/forums/archive/viewthread/151342/#734511

Remove public from URL Laravel 5.3

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