Laravel always return 404

Question

I use Laravel as backend (API REST) and AngularJS as frontend (consuming API). I would like to have redirects:

/api --> /backend/public (Laravel)
/    --> /frontend/app   (AngularJs)

Frontend runs without problem, but Laravel always return 404 for existing routes (NotFoundHttpException in RouteCollection.php).

Where I make a mistake?

My folder structure:

/var/www
-- .htaccess (1)
-- frontend
---- app
------ index.html
------ .htaccess (2)
-- backend
---- public
------ index.php
------ .htaccess (3)

.htaccess (1)

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

   RewriteEngine On

   # Redirect Trailing Slashes...
   RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]

   # Backend
   RewriteRule ^api(.*) backend/public/$1 [L]

   # Frontend
   RewriteRule ^(.*) frontend/app/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

.htaccess (2)

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

    RewriteEngine On

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

.htaccess (3)

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

    RewriteEngine On

    RewriteBase /api/

    # Redirect Trailing Slashes...
    RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]

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

Apache configuration

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ...
    DocumentRoot /var/www/
    <Directory />
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
    ...
</VirtualHost>

Part of backend/app/Http/routes.php

<?php

Route::get('/', function()
{
    return 'Hello World';
});

Route::get('/test', function()
{
    return 'Hello Test';
});

Every request to backend (http://domain.com/api*) return NotFoundHttpException in RouteCollection.php line 145 from Laravel (so backend/public/index.php is running), for example:

http://domain.com/api
http://domain.com/api/test

Thank you for your time.

Maybe turn rewrite debug logging on so you can see what's going on? But, assuming the .htaccess rewrites are all working properly, the issue is possibly that your URLs will appear to Laravel prefixed with api/ and your routes file doesn't contain these prefixes? — alexrussell
Do you have any route groups with the prefix attribute? After redirected by htaccess, the URI of the request will be changed and sometime you registered wrong route. Can you post your test URL and the part of the routes.php file that register that route? I'll deleted my old answer and continue testing your case if you provide more data. — Hieu Le

Hieu Le Hieu Le · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-19T13:03:26

You need wrap your routes inside a route group with a prefix of api. For example:

Route::group(['prefix' => 'api'], function(){
    Route::get('/', function()
    {
        return 'Hello World';
    });

    Route::get('/test', function()
    {
        return 'Hello Test';
    });
});

The reason is your Laravel application is not served at root domain but inside a child folder. Therefore, the URI of each request will start by api.

Laravel always return 404

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