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PHP Laravel 4 Basics Getting Started with Laravel Laravel Folder Structure

Posted by peterkralik
peterkralik
4,854 Points

Should there be .htaccess file?

I've installed new laravel project on a local server and encountered problem that the simple demo routes with "Hello" view was not working, returning 404 error. After I copy/pasted .htaccess file from another project, routes started to work, but could not access public folder with css styles. How are files like routes.php or public folder connected/called? Is it the .htacces file responsible for that?

Muhammad Mohsen
Muhammad Mohsen
Courses Plus Student 10,843 Points

Hi Peter,

What do you mean by "could not access public folder with css styles."?

How you trying to access it?

peterkralik
peterkralik
4,854 Points

I've tried access my css file from my layout file "main.blade.php" placed in layouts folder by link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/style.css" and also with blade syntax " {{ asset('css/style.css') }} " just like in tutorials. CSS file is in public/css/ directory.

Muhammad Mohsen
Muhammad Mohsen
Courses Plus Student 10,843 Points

You can view the page source and see what you got.

Also try to post any information here so we can debug it with you :)