Apache host many laravel projects in subdirectories - php

Question

I have set up an Apache server with the following URL: https://dev.mysite.com. I am now creating subdirectories for each project that I have in development. For example it might be https://dev.mysite.com/project, or https://dev.mysite.com/anotherproject. Some of the projects in development utilize the Laravel, and the Laravel Lumen, framework(s).
I will not be using a vhost file for each project, as they will be existing in subdirectories. The goal is to be able to visit https://dev.mysite.com/project/public/ and have the Laravel, or Lumen, application served to the user visiting the project. I am ok with having the client visit /public/ to view their project. This is not happening.
-Indexes has been set on the server's virtualhost file to prevent listing files/directories in the browser.
When I navigate to {url}/project/public/heartbeat (for example) the route is not being served (or parsed) correctly. When I do a die of the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] I get /project/public/heartbeat. The route heartbeat is set up as follows: $app->get('/heartbeat', 'Controller#method');. Visiting this url gives the typical HTTP not found exception from the Illuminate code. However; when I add project/public/ to the beginning of the route path (resulting in $app->get('/project/public/heartbeat'...) it works. I have tried adding the RewriteBase / and RewriteBase /project/public/ and RewriteBase /project/ settings to the .htaccess file and neither work. I do know that the .htaccess is being used (I can add 'asdf' to the file and break it). The mod_rewrite module is enabled.
Here are the configuration files for the vhost, and the project/public/.htaccess file.
.htaccess:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
<IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
Options -MultiViews
</IfModule>
RewriteEngine On
# Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]
# Handle Front Controller...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>
vhost:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName dev.mysite.com
Redirect permanent / https://dev.mysite.com
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName dev.mysite.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/public
<Directory /var/www/public>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
LogLevel warn
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/dev-error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/dev-access.log combined
ErrorDocument 403 https://dev.mysite.com
</VirtualHost>
Please let me know if you need any further information. Again, end goal is to be able to visit https://dev.mysite.com/project/public/ and have the Laravel, Lumen, etc. application served to the user visiting the project.

Answer 1

Setup your vhost as follows:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/some/directory/mysite.dev"
ServerName mysite.dev
</VirtualHost>
Notice you need to setup an initial 'root' project at /some/directory/mysite.dev. This doesn't have to be a laravel app, all it needs to have is a .htaccess file, and maybe you might want an index.html file in there so when you visit mysite.dev, you can at least see something. This is optional though.
In the /some/directory/mysite.dev folder, create a .htaccess file and add the following:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
# We need this to stop the rewrite rule looping as the URI
# and directory both start with 'SubProject'
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/SubProject/
# direct all requests that start with SubProject
RewriteRule ^ SubProject/?(.*)/?$ /SubProject/public/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
When you visit mysite.dev/SubProject the index.php file from that project should be loaded.