Laravel 404 error with xampp

Question

I am starting to learn how to work with laravel but got a problem. When I go to: http://localhost/testing/public/ I get a working page but when I typ for example http://localhost/testing/public/home which is one of my views I get a 404 error. Does someone know how to fix this?

Edit: I am using the latest version of laravel and when I do for example:

Route::view('/home', 'home');

In my routes/web.php I get that error

Answer 1

This is more likely a problem with virtual Hosts, try the following:

• First edit your route to :Route::get('/home', function(){echo "hello"});
• Then try to access: http://localhost/testing/public/index.php/home

If it works then its certainly because you don't have a virtualHost, you can set it easily in your Xampp config and modifying ur hosts file

• First go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts and add a new line like: 127.0.0.1 yoursite.local
• Then go to where xampp is installed under xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf
• Then add a virtual host in the bottom of the file like:

<VirtualHost *:80>

DocumentRoot "PATH_to_laravel_folder/public"  

ServerName yoursite.local  

</VirtualHost>

• Then you can access your route by typing: yoursite.local/home or yoursite.local:80/home

Hope it helps you guys :)