php - Laravel in Xampp

Question

Recently I have installed laravel 5.2 but my home page is not showing at 'localhost' address. It is showing at 'localhost/public' address. I have installed the all files in htdocs folder.Why this 'Public' thing showing up?

Answer 1

Assuming you installed xampp in the default location, a httpd.conf file should be available here:

C:xamppapacheconfhttpd.conf

Look for 2 adjacent lines:

DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs"
<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs">

And change them to point to laravel's public folder:

DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/public"
<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/public">