storage/views directory is writable.If all is well, you should see a pretty Laravel splash page. Get ready, there is lots more to learn!
Installing the following goodies will help you take full advantage of Laravel, but they are not required:
If you are having problems installing, try the following:
Like most web-development frameworks, Laravel is designed to protect your application code, bundles, and local storage by placing only files that are necessarily public in the web server's DocumentRoot. This prevents some types of server misconfiguration from making your code (including database passwords and other configuration data) accessible through the web server. It's best to be safe.
In this example let's imagine that we installed Laravel to the directory /Users/JonSnow/Sites/MySite.
A very basic example of an Apache VirtualHost configuration for MySite might look like this.
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /Users/JonSnow/Sites/MySite/public
ServerName mysite.dev
</VirtualHost>
Notice that while we installed to /Users/JonSnow/Sites/MySite our DocumentRoot points to /Users/JonSnow/Sites/MySite/public.
While pointing the DocumentRoot to the public folder is a commonly used best-practice, it's possible that you may need to use Laravel on a host that does not allow you to update your DocumentRoot. A collection of algorithms to circumvent this need can be found on the Laravel forums.
All of the configuration provided are located in your applications config/ directory. We recommend that you read through these files just to get a basic understanding of the options available to you. Pay special attention to the application/config/application.php file as it contains the basic configuration options for your application.
It's extremely important that you change the application key option before working on your site. This key is used throughout the framework for encryption, hashing, etc. It lives in the config/application.php file and should be set to a random, 32 character string. A standards-compliant application key can be automatically generated using the Artisan command-line utility. More information can be found in the Artisan command index.
Note: If you are using mod_rewrite, you should set the index option to an empty string.
Most likely, the configuration options you need for local development are not the same as the options you need on your production server. Laravel's default environment handling mechanism is URL based, which will make setting up environments a breeze. Pop open the paths.php file in the root of your Laravel installation. You should see an array like this:
$environments = array(
'local' => array('http://localhost*', '*.dev'),
);
This tells Laravel that any URLs beginning with "localhost" or ending with ".dev" should be considered part of the "local" environment.
Next, create an application/config/local directory. Any files and options you place in this directory will override the options in the base application/config directory. For example, you may wish to create an application.php file within your new local configuration directory:
return array(
'url' => 'http://localhost/laravel/public',
);
In this example, the local URL option will override the URL option in application/config/application.php. Notice that you only need to specify the options you wish to override.
Isn't it easy? Of course, you are free to create as many environments as you wish!
Most likely, you do not want your application URLs to contain "index.php". You can remove it using HTTP rewrite rules. If you are using Apache to serve your application, make sure to enable mod_rewrite and create a .htaccess file like this one in your public directory:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
Is the .htaccess file above not working for you? Try this one:
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
After setting up HTTP rewriting, you should set the index configuration option in application/config/application.php to an empty string.
Note: Each web server has a different method of doing HTTP rewrites, and may require a slightly different .htaccess file.