Laravel 4 removing public from URL

Question

So, I\'m running xampp on Windows. I\'m currently trying to get familiar with the laravel framework. Now, when thats pointed out. How can i be able to access my laravel appl

Answer 1

BEST Approch: I will not recommend removing public, instead on local computer create a virtual host point to public directory and on remote hosting change public to public_html and point your domain to this directory. Reason, your whole laravel code will be secure because its one level down to your public directory :)

METHOD 1: I just rename server.php to index.php and it works

METHOD 2:

Here is my Directory Structure,

/laravel/
... app
... bootstrap
... public
... etc

Follow these easy steps

1. move all files from public directory to root /laravel/
2. now, no need of public directory, so optionally you can remove it now
3. now open index.php and make following replacements

require DIR.'/../bootstrap/autoload.php';

to

require DIR.'/bootstrap/autoload.php';

and

$app = require_once DIR.'/../bootstrap/start.php';

to

$app = require_once DIR.'/bootstrap/start.php';

4. now open bootstrap/paths.php and change public directory path:

'public' => DIR.'/../public',

to

'public' => DIR.'/..',

and that's it, now try http:// localhost/laravel/