Question

Laravel 10 project, doesn't work navigation

Posted on March 6, 2024
Laravel
Asked by 9da0f360ce5f41fe802a64ff006346

Deployed Laravel 10 project and it shows index page but when I click e.g. news, about us … it return 404. I check links in inspect and here I have http://ip-address/news, http://ip-address/about-us. How can I fix it? As chatGpt told me for the fix it should change permissions, I try it but doesn’t works

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Bobby Iliev

Site Moderator

• March 7, 2024

Hey!

Besides permissions as GPT suggested, this could be related to a few other things:

Ensure that Apache’s mod_rewrite module is enabled. You can enable it by running the following command:
```
sudo a2enmod rewrite
```
After enabling, restart Apache to apply the changes:
```
sudo systemctl restart apache2
```

Laravel uses a .htaccess file in the public directory to rewrite URLs. Ensure the .htaccess file exists and is correctly configured. Here’s the default content for Laravel’s .htaccess file:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
        Options -MultiViews -Indexes
    </IfModule>

    RewriteEngine On

    # Handle Authorization Header
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

    # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
    RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]

    # Handle Front Controller...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>

Ensure this file is present in your public directory.

Check your Apache site configuration to allow overrides from the .htaccess file. Edit your site’s configuration file (usually located in /etc/apache2/sites-available/) and ensure the <Directory> directive for your site’s document root (usually the public directory of your Laravel project) looks like this:
```
<Directory /var/www/html/your-laravel-project/public>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>
```
Replace /var/www/html/your-laravel-project/public with the actual path to your project’s public directory.
After making changes to the Apache configuration or the .htaccess file, restart Apache to apply the changes: