Unable to access routes without index.php in Laravel 4 - php

Question

Ok, so I have spent a considerable amount of time googling for suggestions for this, and despite setting up several test project in Laravel 4 before on WAMPserver, I am not sure what I am missing in this case. Hopefully I have provided all details necessary on my setup and what I have tried so far.
WAMPserver version 2.4, located in C:/wamp/
Apache version 2.4.4
PHP version 5.4.12
mod_rewrite enabled (I can see it in phpinfo())
Project located in C:/wamp/www/wsrp/
in C:/wamp/www/wsrp/public I have the following .htaccess file:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
<IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
Options -MultiViews
</IfModule>
RewriteEngine On
# Redirect Trailing Slashes...
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]
# Handle Front Controller...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>
In my C:/wamp/bin/apache/Apache2.4.4/conf/httpd.conf file I have uncommented this line:
# Virtual hosts
Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
In my C:/wamp/bin/apache/Apache2.4.4/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf file I have the following:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:\wamp\www"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/wamp/www/wsrp/public"
ServerName localhost
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
<Directory "C:/wamp/www/wsrp/public">
AllowOverride All
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.1
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
In my C:/wamp/www/wsrp/app/routes.php file I have this test route:
Route::get('test', function() {
echo 'Hello world!';
});
To test I am trying to visit this URL:
http://localhost/wsrp/test
And this doesn't work, it shows me an Internal Server Error page. If however I visit this URL:
http://localhost/wsrp/index.php/test
I see my 'Hello world!' message displayed.
Obviously I want to be able to work on this project without having the index.php in the URL, that is the problem.
Of all the SO questions/answers I have looked at, they have all suggested adding a virtual host, which I've done, having the right .htaccess file in C:/wamp/www/wsrp/public/ which I've done, having mod_rewrite enabled, which I've done and yeah.. not sure what else to try, or what I am missing. Help and suggestions greatly appreciated!
Edit:
Forgot to mention that I also have an alias file in C:/wamp/alias/wsrp.conf
Alias /wsrp "c:/wamp/www/wsrp/public"
<Directory "c:/wamp/www/wsrp/public">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride all
Allow from all
</Directory>

Answer 1

Firstly why do you have a localhost v-host? The root directory for WAMP servers is typically c:/wamp/www that is already mapped by HOSTS to 127.0.0.1 or localhost. That v-host is irrelevant.
Secondly, as your c:/wamp/www directory is being used to contain your sites, httpd.conf already contains the <Directory> details it needs, from memory it looks something like:
<Directory c:/wamp/www>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require local
</Directory>
You don't need to define any special directory information for sub directories unless you want to add specific module configuration or change any of the defaults. To get your vhost working you need add no more than:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName mylocalsite.dev
DocumentRoot c:/wamp/www/mysite/public
</VirtualHost>
I would suggest however that you put in locations for error logging / access logging.

Answer 2

I've had the same problem that you. I solved this problem in this way.
Open C:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.4.4\conf/httpd.conf
Then, You may search the next line, #LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
Remove the pound ('#') sign at the start and save the file.
Next, restart your WampServer and test.
I hope help you!