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I have the public folder inside my laravel project and I have some js and css files inside it.

I'm using the asset function and even though it's referencing to the public folder, my files aren't loaded on the page.

I'm using this code to load (it's only one example, there are more files):

<link href="{{ asset('css/style.css') }}" rel="stylesheet">

And on the browser's console, I'm geting something like this:

Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) http://localhost:8000/css/style.css

Well, I tried to revert the last commit, but no success. Tried to change to URL::asset() function, nothing. Tried everything from the following link: http://laravel.io/forum/09-17-2014-problem-asset-not-point-to-public-folder?page=1 and success.

Please, a little help?

Thanks!

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  • What environment are you using to access your project? Local, hosted server, etc? Commented Nov 18, 2016 at 18:43
  • Try to read logs of apache/nginx or laravel logs under /storage/logs. You may find there more information. Commented Nov 18, 2016 at 20:13
  • what is your laravel version? Commented Nov 18, 2016 at 20:27
  • Are you using Elixir for assets compilation? If so, what does your gulpfile look like? Commented Nov 19, 2016 at 0:31
  • Sorry taking too long. It's in my localhost. I'm using XAMPP. So, what I've done so far: I used to have a virtualhost in my httpd.conf file, I removed it and didn't work. I also tried localhost:8000/public/ but didn't work. I created a new project from laravel and copied everything from the other project to this one, and it worked. LOL. But what the hack is wrong with the other project? I'm using version 5.0.16. Not using Elixir. Thanks for you answers! Commented Nov 22, 2016 at 2:13

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I was having same problem. This is due to moving of .htaccess file from public to root of the project in order to serve localhost/project rather than localhost/project/laravel. And needed to use public as well in the asset:

<link href="{{ asset('public/css/app.css') }}" rel="stylesheet">

Or, modify the asset function from /Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php

if (! function_exists('asset')) { /** * Generate an asset path for the application. * * @param string $path * @param bool $secure * @return string */ function asset($path, $secure = null) { return app('url')->asset("public/".$path, $secure); } }

The preceding method is not good way. Anyway this would have been easier if there was config for setting asset path.

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mix() instead of asset() if you use laravel mix
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Add in your env:

ASSET_URL=public

or

ASSET_URL=public/

or

ASSET_URL=/public

which one u need u can do it...

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For me ASSET_URL=localhost/project_name/public worked. ASSET_URL=public OR other not generate full path,it start from public like public/assets/css/main.css. app url/base url not included. Why?
u don't need to add these in local Laravel project work fine without adding these it required in some shared hosting Use assets like this it work <link href="{{ asset('css/style.css') }}" rel="stylesheet">
without /public it's not working on local machine using XAMPP. I will try it on hosting server which one is working .
Simply try asset('css/style.css') this one if not works then try to add the upper solution given by me in .env file it works not add all try one by one
@Sahilbalgotra100 In which file to put <link href="{{ asset('css/style.css') }}" rel="stylesheet">
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After you've savely and succesfully setup your .htaccess (like this), your method will work as you would expect it to work:

<link href="{{ asset('css/style.css') }}" rel="stylesheet">

Be aware that all client-side URL requests (requests to images, JavaScript/CSS files, JSON) will be affected by the Rewrite Rules after you've setup your .htaccess.

Also be aware that it might take a while after you see the changes. Cache might interfere with these changes. So, make sure you clear your Laravel cache:

In your Shell run the following commands individually:

php artisan cache:clear php artisan route:cache php artisan config:cache php artisan view:clear

And make sure to disable caching temporarily in your browser settings:

In Google Chrome: Open Dev Tools > Open the Network tab > Check "Disable cache".

Other browsers: search online how to do that.

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After run these command i am getting these errors (2/2) QueryException SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 Table 'arcade_oms.oc_order' doesn't exist (SQL: SELECT (SELECT COUNT(order_id) FROM .oc_order WHERE date_added <= '2021-02-15' AND date_added >= '2021-02-15' AND order_status_id = '1') AS pending
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In my case in .env I tried

ASSET_URL=public

with both side slash and alone, nothing helped along with all related SO answers, then opened my old project and saw in. This worked for me finally (next to clearing views&caches, of course)

ASSET_URL="${APP_URL}"

im talking about localhost side

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<link href="{{ asset('/css/style.css') }}" rel="stylesheet">

Try this

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Add this is in your .htaccess file

RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/public/ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /public/$1 [L,QSA]

It Will solve your problem. SURE

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not working : 127.0.0.1:8000/invoice/2021-07-28/28-07-21 IFE000.pdf. here public is missing. when i add public then this works
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Since you have moved your .htaccess file to the root folder you have to change the assets url wherever you are using. The URL should be like below,

<link href="{{ asset('public/css/style.css') }}" rel="stylesheet">

Or, You can just set the ASSET_URL as 'public' in the .env file,

ASSET_URL=http://localhost/projectname/public
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In my case (using Laravel 10), I made these changes in the environment file (.env) of my laravel project

APP_URL=https://sitename.com ASSET_URL=https://sitename.com/public

Everything was working fine in localhost... But when transferring my laravel project to production, assets were not loading properly... Then this helped me to fix that issue...

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The answer is already given, what is new in your answer
I got this issue in Laravel 10... Just thought of sharing it... What's wrong in it??
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sorry for my english, I have same problem in my case working with mike42/escpos-php was because in xampp

I move to zlib.output_compression=on

the correct way is

zlib.output_compression=off

and assets work again

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We may pass the public directly in the asset function. Here is an example

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en" class="h-full"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, user-scalable=no, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge"> <meta name="csrf-token" content="{{ csrf_token() }}"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="{{ asset(mix('img/log-viewer-32.png', 'vendor/log-viewer')) }}"> <title>Log Viewer{{ config('app.name') ? ' - ' . config('app.name') : '' }}</title> <!-- Style sheets--> <link href="{{ asset(mix('app.css', 'vendor/log-viewer')) }}" rel="stylesheet" onerror="alert('app.css failed to load. Please refresh the page, re-publish Log Viewer assets, or fix routing for vendor assets.')"> </head> <body class="h-full px-3 lg:px-5 bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-900"> <div id="log-viewer" class="flex h-full max-h-screen max-w-full"> <router-view></router-view> </div> <!-- Global LogViewer Object --> <script> window.LogViewer = @json($logViewerScriptVariables); // Add additional headers for LogViewer requests like so: // window.LogViewer.headers['Authorization'] = 'Bearer xxxxxxx'; </script> <script src="{{ asset(mix('app.js', 'vendor/log-viewer')) }}" onerror="alert('app.js failed to load. Please refresh the page, re-publish Log Viewer assets, or fix routing for vendor assets.')"></script> </body> </html>

after linking up the app.css and app.js it's not correctly loading, so i have added the public in asset function, and it works perfectly

<link href="{{ asset('public' . mix('app.css', 'vendor/log-viewer')) }}" rel="stylesheet" onerror="alert('app.css failed to load. Please refresh the page, re-publish Log Viewer assets, or fix routing for vendor assets.')"> <script src="{{ asset('public' . mix('app.js', 'vendor/log-viewer')) }}" onerror="alert('app.js failed to load. Please refresh the page, re-publish Log Viewer assets, or fix routing for vendor assets.')"></script>
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Answer is already been accepted, still like to say , check the file name if it's style.css or styles.css, or something else

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And make sure to disable caching temporarily in your browser settings:

In Google Chrome:

Open Dev Tools > Open the Network tab > Check "Disable cache".

Other browsers: search online how to do that.

This worked for me. Seems the previous load of CSS and JS is in cache and until it is released the new ones do not load

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First, thank you for your answer and while sometimes your answer is relevant, here it is not. As no one did, I'll add an explanation without downvoting. The question mentions Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) which means the browser could not find the file at the path. If that statement was not present in the question than it might mean that old(cached) version of file is being loaded. Also, cached version would create questions like why my changes are not being reflected instead of very specific asset not referencing to public ... title.

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