Valet: Laravel - .php file in public not running

[vmitchell85]

Steps to reproduce:

1. laravel new a project
2. Create a test.php file in the public folder
3. Attempt to access it in the browser using Valet

I've even set the permissions to be 777 to ensure it wasn't a permissions issue to no avail.

I realize this is a little unorthodox but I could not get Laravel's router to use a route name with .php in it and I had to preserve an old URL.

[adamwathan]

Will try to find some time to reproduce this but this does work for me:

Route::get('foo.php', function () {
    return 'foo';
});

[yusupprog]

Same problem, something in valet nginx configuration. Can't open any .php file but .html files work.
I want to access only this file without passing it through laravel.

[adamwathan]

If you want to serve raw PHP files from your public directory, I think you are best off creating a custom driver for your project. The standard Laravel nginx config does "support" this but I don't think of this as standard usage of Laravel and don't think we should commit to supporting it in Valet out of the box.

[sebastiansulinski]

I just came across this post struggling with trying to integrate CKFinder with Laravel - also working with Valet. CKFinder users connector.php file, which won't be recognised - hence it fails to load.
Any indication on how to overcome this issue would be much appreciated.

[phantanvietpk]

Metoo. I have using Moxiemanager and moxie users api.php file but fail to load api.php in the public
Any indication on how to overcome this issue would be much appreciated.

[prolonginc]

anyone found a solution for this by any chance?

[prolonginc]

for those of you who need create a file inside your project root called LocalValetDriver.php with the following content

 <?php

class LocalValetDriver extends LaravelValetDriver
{

    private $site_folder = '/public';
    /**
     * Determine if the driver serves the request.
     *
     * @param  string  $sitePath
     * @param  string  $siteName
     * @param  string  $uri
     * @return void
     */
    public function serves($sitePath, $siteName, $uri)
    {
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Determine if the incoming request is for a static file.
     *
     * @param  string  $sitePath
     * @param  string  $siteName
     * @param  string  $uri
     * @return string|false
     */
    public function isStaticFile($sitePath, $siteName, $uri)
    {
        if (file_exists($staticFilePath = $sitePath.$this->site_folder.$uri)) {
            return $staticFilePath;
        }

        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Get the fully resolved path to the application's front controller.
     *
     * @param  string  $sitePath
     * @param  string  $siteName
     * @param  string  $uri
     * @return string
     */
    public function frontControllerPath($sitePath, $siteName, $uri)
    {
        $path = $sitePath.$this->site_folder;

        return strpos($uri, '.php')
            ? $path.$uri
            : $sitePath.'/public/index.php';
    }
}