Laravel connection reset after any file changes - php

Question

I have laravel 4.2 installed in a local environment (windows 10) for testing, but keep getting a connection reset error after updating any files.
My project will load and the server properly displays my pages. However if I update a file (index for example) and then try access a page that renders the newly updated file, I always get a connection reset error. Even a change as simple as a period.
Even more interesting is when I use php artisan to serve my files, I never get the connection reset problem. If I visit the page through artisan serve it works, and then all the sudden xampp wants to work, but only after I have loaded the page from artisan once before.
If I make changes to the file again I have to repeat this process.
Local Setup
My project is being hosted locally from xampp (v 3.2.2) with the following v-hosts config. The hosts files have also been properly configured.
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/myproject/public"
ServerName myproject.local
ServerAlias myproject.local
ErrorLog "logs/myproject.log"
CustomLog "logs/custom.myproject.log" combined
<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/myproject/public">
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
In short: I change a file, I get connection reset on xampp when trying to access that page. I view the page from artisan and then refresh the page on xampp, all the sudden it works.
Update
I have tried alternates such as laragon suggested by Lucas, however the same error persists. After updating any file when trying to access that page I get a connection reset error.
I have found more information looking at the apache log in laragon.
[Tue Mar 01 08:52:22.785519 2016] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 6748:tid 544] AH00428: Parent: child process 8276 exited with status 3221225725 -- Restarting.
[Tue Mar 01 08:52:22.928687 2016] [ssl:warn] [pid 6748:tid 544] AH01909: www.example.com:8443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
[Tue Mar 01 08:52:22.938712 2016] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 6748:tid 544] AH00455: Apache/2.4.17 (Win32) OpenSSL/1.0.2d PHP/5.6.16 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Mar 01 08:52:22.938712 2016] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 6748:tid 544] AH00456: Apache Lounge VC11 Server built: Oct 13 2015 10:54:13
[Tue Mar 01 08:52:22.938712 2016] [core:notice] [pid 6748:tid 544] AH00094: Command line: 'C:\\laragon\\bin\\apache\\apache-2.4.17/bin/httpd -d C:/laragon/bin/apache/apache-2.4.17'
[Tue Mar 01 08:52:22.939695 2016] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 6748:tid 544] AH00418: Parent: Created child process 3672
[Tue Mar 01 08:52:23.214917 2016] [ssl:warn] [pid 3672:tid 532] AH01909: www.example.com:8443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
[Tue Mar 01 08:52:23.296629 2016] [ssl:warn] [pid 3672:tid 532] AH01909: www.example.com:8443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
[Tue Mar 01 08:52:23.306647 2016] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 3672:tid 532] AH00354: Child: Starting 64 worker threads.
[Tue Mar 01 08:52:24.159843 2016] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 6748:tid 544] AH00428: Parent: child process 3672 exited with status 3221225725 -- Restarting.
[Tue Mar 01 08:52:24.305896 2016] [ssl:warn] [pid 6748:tid 544] AH01909: www.example.com:8443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
[Tue Mar 01 08:52:24.315916 2016] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 6748:tid 544] AH00455: Apache/2.4.17 (Win32) OpenSSL/1.0.2d PHP/5.6.16 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Mar 01 08:52:24.315916 2016] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 6748:tid 544] AH00456: Apache Lounge VC11 Server built: Oct 13 2015 10:54:13
[Tue Mar 01 08:52:24.315916 2016] [core:notice] [pid 6748:tid 544] AH00094: Command line: 'C:\\laragon\\bin\\apache\\apache-2.4.17/bin/httpd -d C:/laragon/bin/apache/apache-2.4.17'
[Tue Mar 01 08:52:24.317905 2016] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 6748:tid 544] AH00418: Parent: Created child process 3600
[Tue Mar 01 08:52:24.580068 2016] [ssl:warn] [pid 3600:tid 552] AH01909: www.example.com:8443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
[Tue Mar 01 08:52:24.666114 2016] [ssl:warn] [pid 3600:tid 552] AH01909: www.example.com:8443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
[Tue Mar 01 08:52:24.675120 2016] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 3600:tid 552] AH00354: Child: Starting 64 worker threads.

Answer 1

This issue was finally resolved with a configuration change with Apache.
Add the following to the httpd.conf file:
<IfModule mpm_winnt_module>
ThreadStackSize 8888888
</IfModule>
Then Restart.
The problem is that windows has a smaller stack size by default than on the Linux/Unix systems. It took me a while to figure this out. Apache was silently crashing and I was getting no errors in my logs making it hard to trace.
The project I am working on has large regular expression calls and apparently this was a known trigger to cause this issue with apache on windows. If you look at apache documentation we can update the ThreadStackSize to a value closer to Unix/Linux systems of 8MB.
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mpm_common.html#ThreadStackSize
I hope this helps anyone else developing on a windows system running apache as a local server. This was a major headache for some time.

Answer 2

php artisan serve use the PHP built on server (php -S localhost:80 -t public) to host the application.
Maybe the problem can be your apache configuration, so try this:
# define DOCROOT variable
define DOCROOT "C:/xampp/htdocs"
<Directory "${DOCROOT}">
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/myproject/public/"
ServerName myproject.dev
</VirtualHost>
if the problem persists, try use Laragon and open it always as administrator.

Answer 3

Opening php error log may help you find the real problem. there was an error in my codes( using isset() directly on a function )