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  "path": "/t/500-internal-server-error/118576#post_11",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-12T14:18:53.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    ".htaccess for Laravel",
    "Hosting Support"
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  "textContent": "That 500 error page usually indicates a problem with your .htaccess file.\n\nLooking more closely at your .htaccess setup, I think I can see why that is.\n\nMy recommendation for setting up Laravel is to put a small .htaccess file in the htdocs directory and leave the official htdocs in-tact.\n\n.htaccess for Laravel Hosting Support\n\n> I was just playing around with a Laravel installation on free hosting. Normally, you should change the document root of your website to the public folder with Laravel. You can’t do this on free hosting, but you can simulate this with .htaccess rules. These are the the .htaccess rules I used: RewriteEngine On RewriteRule (.*) /public/$1 [L] Simply create a file with the name .htaccess and these contents and upload it directly to your htdocs folder. This should rewrite all web requests to the p…\n\nYou appear to have moved the original .htaccess and have attempted to modify it for the different subdirectory. It’s possible to make a Laravel site work that way too, but it’s a lot more complicated and more likely to break with upgrades. Your current rules are not cutting it, at least.",
  "title": "500 Internal Server Error"
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