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Question

I'm trying to deploy my Laravel app and block the access to the others files like .env
I put all my laravel app in the www folder, and I add this htaccess :
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^public
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
But when I go to my domain url I have all the files.. seem like my htaccess is not working (he's on the Laravel app root)

Answer 1

Here's a simple method using only a .htaccess file placed in Laravel's root directory - e.g. alongside app, bootstrap, config, ... No changes whatsoever are necessary to your code.
The file rewrites all the requests so that requesting /file.png would in fact return /public/file.png and anything else is routed to /public/index.php. This also ensures that nothing outside the public folder can be accessed, thereby protecting any sensitive files like .env or database/*.
The simple method
This method assumes that DOCUMENT_ROOT is set properly by your Apache server. Try this first and use the 2nd method only if it doesn't work on your server.
.htaccess
RewriteEngine on
# serve existing files in the /public folder as if they were in /
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}public%{REQUEST_URI} -f
RewriteRule (.+) /public/$1 [L]
# route everything else to /public/index.php
RewriteRule ^ /public/index.php [L]
The slightly more complicated method
If your server doesn't set DOCUMENT_ROOT properly, then you'll need to use an absolute path in RewriteCond. That is, an absolute path on the server's filesystem. You can get it by copying the following script to the directory where your Laravel installation will reside and visiting its URL - i.e. http://example.com/get_doc_root.php.
get_doc_root.php
<?php
echo getcwd();
This should result in something like /var/www/example.com/web. Use the following .htaccess file and replace [[your path]] with the actual path you got.
.htaccess
RewriteEngine on
# serve existing files in the /public folder as if they were in /
RewriteCond [[your path]]/public%{REQUEST_URI} -f
RewriteRule (.+) /public/$1 [L]
# route everything else to /public/index.php
RewriteRule ^ /public/index.php [L]
In our example case, the RewriteCond line would look like this:
RewriteCond /var/www/example.com/web/public%{REQUEST_URI} -f