Links to forum keeps being truncated - laravel

Question

Please I need help with how my links to the chatter forum are truncated when I click on discussions or any other link on the forum homepage.
A quick solution would be very much appreciated.Kindly Check the URL
Here's an example:
instead of;
localhost/apps/school/forums/discussions
it shows as:
localhost/forums/discussions
Below is the Route/web.php
<?php
/**
* Helpers.
*/
// Route helper.
$route = function ($accessor, $default = '') {
return $this->app->config->get('chatter.routes.'.$accessor, $default);
};
// Middleware helper.
$middleware = function ($accessor, $default = []) {
return $this->app->config->get('chatter.middleware.'.$accessor, $default);
};
// Authentication middleware helper.
$authMiddleware = function ($accessor) use ($middleware) {
return array_unique(
array_merge((array) $middleware($accessor), ['auth'])
);
};
/*
* Chatter routes.
*/
Route::group([
'as' => 'chatter.',
'prefix' => $route('home'),
'middleware' => $middleware('global', 'web'),
'namespace' => 'DevDojo\Chatter\Controllers',
], function () use ($route, $middleware, $authMiddleware) {
// Home view.
Route::get('/', [
'as' => 'home',
'uses' => 'ChatterController#index',
'middleware' => $middleware('home'),
]);
// Single category view.
Route::get($route('category').'/{slug}', [
'as' => 'category.show',
'uses' => 'ChatterController#index',
'middleware' => $middleware('category.show'),
]);
/*
* Auth routes.
*/
// Login view.
Route::get('login', [
'as' => 'login',
'uses' => 'ChatterController#login',
]);
// Register view.
Route::get('register', [
'as' => 'register',
'uses' => 'ChatterController#register',
]);
/*
* Discussion routes.
*/
Route::group([
'as' => 'discussion.',
'prefix' => $route('discussion'),
], function () use ($middleware, $authMiddleware) {
// All discussions view.
Route::get('/', [
'as' => 'index',
'uses' => 'ChatterDiscussionController#index',
'middleware' => $middleware('discussion.index'),
]);
// Create discussion view.
Route::get('create', [
'as' => 'create',
'uses' => 'ChatterDiscussionController#create',
'middleware' => $authMiddleware('discussion.create'),
]);
// Store discussion action.
Route::post('/', [
'as' => 'store',
'uses' => 'ChatterDiscussionController#store',
'middleware' => $authMiddleware('discussion.store'),
]);
// Single discussion view.
Route::get('{category}/{slug}', [
'as' => 'showInCategory',
'uses' => 'ChatterDiscussionController#show',
'middleware' => $middleware('discussion.show'),
]);
// Add user notification to discussion
Route::post('{category}/{slug}/email', [
'as' => 'email',
'uses' => 'ChatterDiscussionController#toggleEmailNotification',
]);
/*
* Specific discussion routes.
*/
Route::group([
'prefix' => '{discussion}',
], function () use ($middleware, $authMiddleware) {
// Single discussion view.
Route::get('/', [
'as' => 'show',
'uses' => 'ChatterDiscussionController#show',
'middleware' => $middleware('discussion.show'),
]);
// Edit discussion view.
Route::get('edit', [
'as' => 'edit',
'uses' => 'ChatterDiscussionController#edit',
'middleware' => $authMiddleware('discussion.edit'),
]);
// Update discussion action.
Route::match(['PUT', 'PATCH'], '/', [
'as' => 'update',
'uses' => 'ChatterDiscussionController#update',
'middleware' => $authMiddleware('discussion.update'),
]);
// Destroy discussion action.
Route::delete('/', [
'as' => 'destroy',
'uses' => 'ChatterDiscussionController#destroy',
'middleware' => $authMiddleware('discussion.destroy'),
]);
});
});
/*
* Post routes.
*/
Route::group([
'as' => 'posts.',
'prefix' => $route('post', 'posts'),
], function () use ($middleware, $authMiddleware) {
// All posts view.
Route::get('/', [
'as' => 'index',
'uses' => 'ChatterPostController#index',
'middleware' => $middleware('post.index'),
]);
// Create post view.
Route::get('create', [
'as' => 'create',
'uses' => 'ChatterPostController#create',
'middleware' => $authMiddleware('post.create'),
]);
// Store post action.
Route::post('/', [
'as' => 'store',
'uses' => 'ChatterPostController#store',
'middleware' => $authMiddleware('post.store'),
]);
/*
* Specific post routes.
*/
Route::group([
'prefix' => '{post}',
], function () use ($middleware, $authMiddleware) {
// Single post view.
Route::get('/', [
'as' => 'show',
'uses' => 'ChatterPostController#show',
'middleware' => $middleware('post.show'),
]);
// Edit post view.
Route::get('edit', [
'as' => 'edit',
'uses' => 'ChatterPostController#edit',
'middleware' => $authMiddleware('post.edit'),
]);
// Update post action.
Route::match(['PUT', 'PATCH'], '/', [
'as' => 'update',
'uses' => 'ChatterPostController#update',
'middleware' => $authMiddleware('post.update'),
]);
// Destroy post action.
Route::delete('/', [
'as' => 'destroy',
'uses' => 'ChatterPostController#destroy',
'middleware' => $authMiddleware('post.destroy'),
]);
});
});
});
/*
* Atom routes
*/
Route::get($route('home').'.atom', [
'as' => 'chatter.atom',
'uses' => 'DevDojo\Chatter\Controllers\ChatterAtomController#index',
'middleware' => $middleware('home'),
]);

Answer 1

You need to set the root directory to point to the public folder in laravel for the url rewriting to work and this won't happen when you're using xampp/wamp and accessing the url like folder structure. Only the index page of laravel app would work and other pages would throw errors. Also the links generated would not be accurate since laravel uses the base app url.
You should run php artisan serve and access your app with http://localhost:8000. This solves your routing and url generating issues. The other option would be to modify the virtual hosts in your local installation which isn't as easy.