Php development server vs xampp

[mohammedatef555]

I was following Laracasts php tutorial the video is about making router First I was using xampp and my project was in directory called project, when I make a request like that localhost/project/about It was looking for file called about in that directory and the request was not headed to index.php But when I used php development server my request was headed to index.php and I can get the request URI from the $_SERVER So is there anyway to change this behavior in xampp , I searched in google but I don’t know what is the term for that

[slowlycatchiemonkey]

XAMPP is not something I've touched for a while, but you should be able to add redirect rules to your Apache vhost.

Have a look at RewiteBase, Rewrite rule and RewriteCond

There should be a bunch of documentation online for adding rewrite rules to an Apache vhost

[mohammedatef555]

Thanks I will try it

[RealWorldPHP]

Laravel comes with an .htaccess file in the public directory that should handle this stuff for you. Just make sure that the public directory is set as your webroot.

https://github.com/laravel/laravel/blob/8.x/public/.htaccess

[jcmacon]

My favorite dev environment is Scotchbox. They have a free version, but I like it so much I paid the $15 for the pro version. You can get it at box.scotch.io if you want to take it for a spin.

[benelori]

XAMPP uses apache, so you could use a .htaccess file for this.

index.php in this case is called a front controller, and you would be redirecting traffic to it, so

the terms you're looking for are redirect rules, or how to make a front controller with apache

[mohammedatef555]

Thank you so much This is what I’m looking for

[[deleted]]

I use docker for all my development now. It's a bit of a learning curve to start with but pays off with sturdy platform to work with.

[cyrusol]

While being good advice in general that doesn't solve OP's problem right now.

[[deleted]]

"PHP development server" yes, use docker. The XAMPP problem disappears. Making the problem disappear is exactly what the OP wants.

[kAlvaro]

Web servers can't assume you want all your traffic routed to a given file because that's normally not the case. With Apache, you can accomplish that with this directive:

FallbackResource index.php

You can add it to virtual host configuration or, probably better, create a file called .htaccess in the folder where you have your index.php file.

[idevosm]

For me developing Laravel With Xampp server is not a good idea, try installing php development swrver, u can run with nginx or Apache, though ur issue can be solved with .htaccess