Assets not referencing to public folder (Laravel)

Question

I have the public folder inside my laravel project and I have some js and css files inside it.

I'm using the asset function and even though it's referencing to the public folder, my files aren't loaded on the page.

I'm using this code to load (it's only one example, there are more files):

<link href="{{ asset('css/style.css') }}" rel="stylesheet">

And on the browser's console, I'm geting something like this:

Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) http://localhost:8000/css/style.css

Well, I tried to revert the last commit, but no success. Tried to change to URL::asset() function, nothing. Tried everything from the following link: http://laravel.io/forum/09-17-2014-problem-asset-not-point-to-public-folder?page=1 and success.

Please, a little help?

Thanks!

What environment are you using to access your project? Local, hosted server, etc? — jackel414
Try to read logs of apache/nginx or laravel logs under /storage/logs. You may find there more information. — Victor Rudkov
Are you using Elixir for assets compilation? If so, what does your gulpfile look like? — JJWesterkamp
Sorry taking too long. It's in my localhost. I'm using XAMPP. So, what I've done so far: I used to have a virtualhost in my httpd.conf file, I removed it and didn't work. I also tried localhost:8000/public/ but didn't work. I created a new project from laravel and copied everything from the other project to this one, and it worked. LOL. But what the hack is wrong with the other project? I'm using version 5.0.16. Not using Elixir. Thanks for you answers! — Gabriel Augusto

Bhojendra Rauniyar Bhojendra Rauniyar · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-29T05:17:06

I was having same problem. This is due to moving of .htaccess file from public to root of the project in order to serve localhost/project rather than localhost/project/laravel. And needed to use public as well in the asset:

<link href="{{ asset('public/css/app.css') }}" rel="stylesheet">

Or, modify the asset function from /Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php

if (! function_exists('asset')) {
    /**
     * Generate an asset path for the application.
     *
     * @param  string  $path
     * @param  bool    $secure
     * @return string
     */
    function asset($path, $secure = null)
    {
        return app('url')->asset("public/".$path, $secure);
    }
}

The preceding method is not good way. Anyway this would have been easier if there was config for setting asset path.

Assets not referencing to public folder (Laravel)

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