Getting NotFoundHttpException when accessing a image file in uploads directory in Laravel 5.1

Question

My setup

• WAMP
• Windows 8

I have an uploads directory in

• iapp <- Root Directory
  • uploads
  • app
  • public

Virtual Hosts file (httpd-vhosts.conf)

NameVirtualHost *:80

    <VirtualHost *:80>
        DocumentRoot C:/wamp/www/
        ServerName localhost
    </VirtualHost>

    <VirtualHost *:80>

        ServerAdmin [email protected]
        DocumentRoot "C:/wamp/www/iapp/public" 
        ServerName iapp.dev
        ErrorLog "logs/iapp.dev-error.log"
        CustomLog "logs/dev-iapp.dev-access.log" common

        <Directory "/">
            Order Deny,Allow
            Deny from all
            Allow from 127.0.0.1
        </Directory>

    </VirtualHost>

my htaccess file inside public diretory

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
        Options -MultiViews
    </IfModule>

    RewriteEngine On

    # Redirect Trailing Slashes...
    # RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]

    #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^
    #RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /$1 [L]

    # Handle Front Controller...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>

My App is working fine but I can't access any images/files inside my uploads directory.When accessing an image or file it is throwing me this error

NotFoundHttpException in C:\wamp\www\iapp\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Routing\RouteCollection.php line 142:

How do I solve this? And I also want to know which is the best place to put file uploads?

thank you!

Answer 1

You cannot access directories and files that are above the document root, that is public. You need to move your uploads directory to the public directory.