Laravel 4.2 - NotFoundHttpException - php

Question

I've just started building a Laravel application and came across a problem with routing.
Laravel version - 4.2
PHP version - 5.5
I'm using XAMPP
I have the rewrite module active on Apache
Here is my Routes file:
<?php
Route::get('/', array(
'as' => 'index',
'uses' => 'IndexController#index'
));
Route::get('/account', array(
'as' => 'account',
'uses' => 'AccountController#get_create'
));
My controllers look like this:
<?php
class IndexController extends BaseController
{
public function index()
{
return View::make('index');
}
}
<?php
class AccountController extends BaseController
{
public function get_create()
{
return 'asd';
}
public function post_create()
{
}
}
Here is my error:
Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException thrown with message ""
Stacktrace:
#11 Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException in C:\xampp\htdocs\Protosite\bootstrap\compiled.php:5680
#10 Illuminate\Routing\RouteCollection:match in C:\xampp\htdocs\Protosite\bootstrap\compiled.php:5004
#9 Illuminate\Routing\Router:findRoute in C:\xampp\htdocs\Protosite\bootstrap\compiled.php:4992
#8 Illuminate\Routing\Router:dispatchToRoute in C:\xampp\htdocs\Protosite\bootstrap\compiled.php:4984
#7 Illuminate\Routing\Router:dispatch in C:\xampp\htdocs\Protosite\bootstrap\compiled.php:715
#6 Illuminate\Foundation\Application:dispatch in C:\xampp\htdocs\Protosite\bootstrap\compiled.php:696
#5 Illuminate\Foundation\Application:handle in C:\xampp\htdocs\Protosite\bootstrap\compiled.php:7744
#4 Illuminate\Session\Middleware:handle in C:\xampp\htdocs\Protosite\bootstrap\compiled.php:8351
#3 Illuminate\Cookie\Queue:handle in C:\xampp\htdocs\Protosite\bootstrap\compiled.php:8298
#2 Illuminate\Cookie\Guard:handle in C:\xampp\htdocs\Protosite\bootstrap\compiled.php:10961
#1 Stack\StackedHttpKernel:handle in C:\xampp\htdocs\Protosite\bootstrap\compiled.php:657
#0 Illuminate\Foundation\Application:run in C:\xampp\htdocs\Protosite\public\index.php:49
EDIT: One thing I forgot to mention, the index works fine, it's the account page with the error.
I've looked at similar problems but for some reason they have not solved it.
Cheers!

Answer 1

It sounds like your rewriting isn't working. If you add index.php to the URL right before the /account does it work?
For example, yourdomain.com/account would become yourdomain.com/index.php/account
If your rewriting isn't working, but you have the .htaccess file in your public directory, then you probably need to allow overrides in your apache configuration. Here is an example virtual host configuration for XAMPP and Laravel.
I've marked the lines you need to change. Change the first and third to point to the public directory in your website's directory. Then change the second line to the domain name you're using with your website.
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/yourdomain/public" # Change this line
ServerName yourdomain.com # Change this line
<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/yourdomain/public"> # Change this line
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI Includes
AllowOverride All # This line enables .htaccess files
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
You'll need to restart Apache for these settings to take effect.