How to add routes in laravel 12
19:43 20 Nov 2025

Fresh new installation of Laravel 12

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel api
cd api
composer update
sudo chmod -R 775 storage
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data storage
sudo chmod -R 775 bootstrap/cache/
vim config/database // set pgsql config options
vim .env // set DATABASE from sqlite to pgsql
php artisan route:clear

This allows me to access the default "/" route. All good. Then I add a second route "/foo" but this creates a 404. Any other route is not picked up either. Example below.

Mod rewrite is enable, and .htaccess is the default:


    
        Options -MultiViews -Indexes
    

    RewriteEngine On

    # Handle Authorization Header
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

    # Handle X-XSRF-Token Header
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:x-xsrf-token} .
    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_X_XSRF_TOKEN:%{HTTP:X-XSRF-Token}]

    # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
    RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]

    # Send Requests To Front Controller...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

Am I missing the bleeding obvious, or missing a step?

laravel laravel-12