php - Laravel 4 removing public from URL

Question

So, I'm running xampp on Windows. I'm currently trying to get familiar with the laravel framework. Now, when thats pointed out. How can i be able to access my laravel application/website direct within the root?

Example,

• What I'm doing now is: localhost/laravel/public/about (to see the about page)
• What i want to do is: localhost/laravel/about

Any good solutions for this? do i need to add a .htacess file on the root folder of laravel? (not the public one).

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Easiest way is create .htaccess file in your Laravel root with following content:

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

It should be redirected easily.

Reference: https://coderwall.com/p/erbaig/laravel-s-htaccess-to-remove-public-from-url