Laravel 5 – Remove Public from URL

Question

I know this is a very popular question but I haven\'t been able to find a working solution for Laravel 5. I\'ve been trying to migrate from Codeigniter for a long time, but

Answer 1

Here is the Best and shortest solution that works for me as of may, 2018 for Laravel 5.5

1. just cut your .htaccess file from the /public directory to the root directory and replace it content with the following code:

   
       
          Options -MultiViews
       
   
       RewriteEngine On
   
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]
   
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.css|\.js|\.png|\.jpg|\.gif|robots\.txt)$ [NC]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteRule ^ server.php [L]
   
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/public/
       RewriteRule ^(css|js|images)/(.*)$ public/$1/$2 [L,NC]
   
   

2. Just save the .htaccess file and that is all.

3. Rename your server.php file to index.php. that is all enjoy!