How do I customize an URL for Laravel? - php

Question

Im on windows 10, trying to customize an url to use Laravel. I dont want to acess the url using public folder on it. Im using wamp and apache is running on port 8080. So I edit the file wamp\bin\apache\apache2.4.23\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf like this:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot c:/wamp/www/
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot c:/wamp/www/laravel_test/blog/public
ServerName laravel_test.dev
</VirtualHost>
After that, I edit the file system32/drivers/etc/hosts with:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 laravel_test.dev
And when I access the url laravel_test.dev it doesnt work. I tried to use this too on httpd-vhosts.conf:
<VirtualHost *:8080>
And it doesnt work either. I always restart the service on wamp, and nothing changes.
I couldnt install and configure the homestead properly, so im trying to use wamp now. Can somebody help me?

Answer 1

In your httpd.conf file you need to uncomment the virtual Hosts section
Then,
Your vhost needs to listen on port 8080
<VirtualHost *:8080>
ServerName laraveltest.dev
ServerAlias www.laraveltest.dev
DocumentRoot c:/wamp/www/laravel_test/blog/public
<Directory "c:/wamp/www/laravel_test/blog/public">
AllowOverride All
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
For your hosts file
127.0.0.1 laraveltest.dev www.laraveltest.dev