Laravel Project on Existing Website - php

Question

I'm new to the Laravel framework. I am considering learning it and using it for a personal project, but as I am reading through the documentation I see that the web server document root would need to be set to the project folder.
Is it possible to integrate a laravel project with an existing webiste built with PHP and apache? For example, if I have a wordpresss install and wasn't using a framework but wanted tp create a subsite, I could just add more html and php files into a folder somewhere on the existing site or use a different vhost. Not sure if integrating would be so easy with Laravel,though.

Answer 1

Yes, it's possible. The solution I mentioned here should work for you.
To make it work you should modify both Laravel and Wordpress .htaccess files.
Laravel .htaccess example:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
<IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
#Options -MultiViews
</IfModule>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/blog/ # <=== NEW LINE!!!!
# Redirect Trailing Slashes...
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]
# Handle Front Controller...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>
Wordpress .htaccess example:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /blog/ # <==== CHANGED LINE!!
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /blog/index.php [L] # <==== CHANGED LINE!!!
</IfModule>