Laravel route mapping problem: can not map an url to a controller method

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I have a laravel project served by apache and located in the apache root folder and accessed at http://hostname/foo and I have troubles to map an url to a controller method. The following is the controller with the method (simplified for the purpose of illustration).

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;

class ShowController extends Controller
{
    public function show($id)
    {
        return 'show: ' . $id;
    }
}

The following is the route mapping in routes/web.php

Route::get('show/{id}', 'ShowController@show');

The trouble is that the url like the following doesn't work.

http://hostname/foo/show/1

The above url got me to phpinfo(). But the following url gave the expected result.

http://hostname/foo/public/show/1

The following mappings don't work either.

Route::get('/show/{id}', 'ShowController@show'); // with a leading slash
Route::get('show/{id}', 'ShowController@show')->name('show');
Route::get('/show/{id}', 'ShowController@show')->name('show'); // with a leading slash

I appreciate any info or suggestion. Thanks. My php is 7.1.

It seems to me like you're serving the root folder of your Laravel project instead of the public folder? I may be wrong — Professor
– Professor, Commented Jul 27, 2020 at 20:24
Thanks. I have updated my post with the info that my project is served by apache and it's under the apache root folder. So my question is: is the mapping relative to the project root (i.e. /foo) or to the public folder (i.e. /foo/public)? Is there any difference with or without the leading slash? — Shiping
– Shiping, Commented Jul 27, 2020 at 21:35
It is relative to the public folder, no matter you use the leading slash or not. There's no difference on that from what I know. — Professor
– Professor, Commented Jul 27, 2020 at 21:42

Obzi · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-27 21:50:00Z

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This entry point of Laravel will always be /public.

You can find how configure Apache here :
How to configure apache web server to deploy laravel 5

answered Jul 27, 2020 at 21:50

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Professor · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-27 21:50:29Z

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The project should be served from the public folder.

answered Jul 27, 2020 at 21:50

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QuiiBz · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-27 20:24:11Z

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I believe you use something like xamp, wamp... I recommend not using theses but launch the server with php artisan serve. This way, you could access your website on localhost:8000 by default.

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Shiping Over a year ago

Actually I serve the project with apache. The project (foo) is under the apache root folder. I'll add the info in my post. thanks.

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