Laravel 4.2 project not working after uploading - public folder not visible in browser

0
votes

I've created a laravel project which is working fine on localhost and my hosting server but when I upload it on my client's server it just doesn't work (he's using bluehost).

When I open the URL which is pointing to /public folder, it should display the homepage. Instead it is showing the listing of all files and folders (except public folder).

When I try to open myurl.com/public or myurl.com/public/index.php in browser, it gives following error:

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /license/public/ on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

I can see public folder via FTP and I've changed permissions for /app/storage to 777

Here is my public/.htaccess:

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

    RewriteEngine On

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

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

I've checked my /public/error_log, its showing following error:

[21-Aug-2015 09:06:01] PHP Fatal error:  require() [<a href='function.require'>function.require</a>]: Failed opening required '__DIR__/../bootstrap/autoload.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib64/php:/usr/share/pear') in /home6/parentv3/public_html/eldercareapp/license/public/index.php on line 21

Any help?

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It may feel stupid but did you do composer install – Aditya Giri
Yes did that ofcourse – Jazzbot
What is PHP version on the server? – Aditya Giri
@AdityaGiri I'm surprised why I didn't think of it. Just checked the PHP version on server and its 5.2.17. That is the reason of all this mess. Thanks. – Jazzbot
Is it possible to upgrade PHP on this server? Its BlueHost, can this be done via cPanel or I'll have to contact the hosting company's support? – Jazzbot

3 Answers

2
votes

Well the problem is with your PHP version. If you see your PHP Version, you might get what is wrong with your application. You must use version greater than PHP 5.5

1
votes

Ok, I had contacted client's hosting company and asked them to upgrade PHP version. They took a couple of days and upgraded PHP to 5.5.

But the problem was still there even after updating PHP. I wasn't able to access /public folder so the problem was somewhere else. After some searching and trying I've found a solution.

The problem was actually in my /public/.htaccess file. I've added just one line in my .htaccess and it solved the problem: Options +FollowSymLinks

My updated .htaccess in /public now looks like:

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

    Options +FollowSymLinks
    RewriteEngine On

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

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

Cheers

0
votes

Changing permissions to 777 is a terrible idea because it will be vulnerable, instead try with sudo chmod -R 775 project/ where project is the name of your project's folder, then do the next sudo chown -R $USER:$USER project/ to make the project's folder be owned by your user, finally, if you haven't done it, cd into the project's folder and run composer install