how to mod rewrite in actual domain? - php

Question

sorry if this is a duplicate but pretty confusing reading all others post..
This is for laravel4 framework
I know that when offline we can use mod rewrite with virtual host to make directory such as
c:/laravel4/public and c:/laravel4/public/posts
into
www.l4.com and www.l4.com/posts which runs on browsers
but when I'm hosting it upon real domain how can I change something like
sample.com/laravel4/public/posts
into
sample.com/posts
Thanks in advance for any help~!
Edit:
Sorry I didn't mention my OS it's windows in my local computer but in my domain account it says OS is Linux with php5.3
My original .htaccess which is under the public folder has such code in it
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>

Answer 1

how can I change something like sample.com/laravel4/public/posts into sample.com/posts
Place this code in your DOCUMENT_ROOT/.htaccess file:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule !^laravel4/public/ /laravel4/public%{REQUEST_URI} [L,NC]
If you want URL as: www.mydomain.com/laravel4/posts then place this code in your DOCUMENT_ROOT/.htaccess file:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^laravel4/((?!public/).*)$ /laravel4/$1 [L,NC]

Answer 2

When using Laravel, you should point Apache to your public folder as the location from where it serves the site, not the root of Laravel.

Answer 3

You need to enable mod rewrite as the previous fellow said and I am going to assume you are using linux (ubuntu) since you didn't specify your OS. You can enable mod_rewrite by typing this in the terminal.
sudo a2enmod rewrite
then restart apache
sudo service apache2 restart
Once that is done go to
/etc/apache2/sites-available
assuming you are using apache and a linux (ubuntu) server. The look for your domains site, or in case you are using the default host, open it up with your favourite text editor and change this line to point to your public directory
DocumentRoot /path-to-your-folder/public
eg DocumentRoot /var/www/domain/public
Save the file and restart apache with the command;
sudo service apache2 restart
You should be good to go without typing public in your url.
Thus www.l4.com/public/posts will now become www.l4.com/posts