Laravel Hosted in Subdirectory - php

Question

A client has requested a website built and now that it has been built, they've requested it be hosted alongside their existing website but in a subdirectory (example.com/example/path).
What I'm dealing with now is figuring out the required apache rules to host this correctly. I've uploaded the entire project structure to that directory. Within the public directory (/example/path/public) I have the following .htaccess file (henceforth I'll refer to this as the Laravel .htaccess):
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
<IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
Options -MultiViews -Indexes
</IfModule>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /example/path
# Handle Authorization Header
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
# Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]
# Serve Cached Page If Available...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/?$
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/page-cache/pc__index__pc.html -f
RewriteRule .? page-cache/pc__index__pc.html [L]
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/page-cache%{REQUEST_URI}.html -f
RewriteRule . page-cache%{REQUEST_URI}.html [L]
# Handle Front Controller...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>
<FilesMatch ".(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|ico|svg|woff|woff2|ttf|eot|otf)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2628000, public"
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch ".(css|js)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=86400, public"
</FilesMatch>
I have added the RewriteBase line based on me trying to find a solution to this.
Within the base .htaccess file (/example/path/.htaccess), I have the following:
<IfModule mod_alias.c>
Alias /example/path /home/www/<user>/html/example/path
<Directory "/home/www/<user>/html/example/path">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
</IfModule>
The problem is however that this returns an internal server error. I've tried other potential solutions that don't use Alias that instead return 40X errors.
I need to be able to have the Laravel site fully working when a user visits example.com/example/path. I've tried numerous solutions over the past 90 minutes and none have worked.
What is the correct solution to my situation?

Answer 1

In public folder we have hosted 8 platforms and each platform's root directory we have this .htaccess configuration. hope this helps you.
<ifmodule mod_rewrite.c>
<ifmodule mod_negotiation.c>
Options -MultiViews
</ifmodule>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule ^ ^$1 [N]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.\w+$) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ server.php
</ifmodule>

Answer 2

I did this recently too. My client had their Wordpress set to resolve at as the Document root (/var/www/html), but they also wanted their Laravel app "installed" in a subfolder of Wordpress and named "hq"
This however would be a security problem, because we only want Laravel's Public folder exposed, and not the application files. To solve this problem, I used the power of symbolic links!
The Laravel app was placed below the Document root at:
/var/www/laravel
I then exposed Laravel's public folder in the DocumentRoot with the command "ln -s symlinkLocation symbolic-link-name"
ln -s /var/www/laravel/public /var/www/html/hq
In the above line, you can see that "hq" is not an actual folder, but instead a symlink to /var/www/laravel/public
(which is where Laravel's index.php entry point is, the css, js etc)
Here is what the symbolic link looks like:
I also made a symbolic link to the storage folder:
ln -s /var/www/laravel/public/ /var/www/laravel/storage/app/public
Which accomplishes what "php artisan storage:link" accomplishes.
For reference, here is what my laravel .htaccess looks like:
The .htaccess in /var/www/laravel/public/.htaccess was
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
<IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
Options -MultiViews -Indexes
</IfModule>
RewriteEngine On
# Handle Authorization Header
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
# Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]
# Send Requests To Front Controller...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>
Hope this helps

Answer 3

create a htaccess file in root directory of project
and add the following lines :
#disable directory browsing
Options -Indexes
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^public
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
#PROTECT ENV FILE
<Files .env>
order allow,deny
Deny from all
</Files>
#PROTECT htaccess FILE
<Files .htaccess>
order allow,deny
Deny from all
</Files>