htaccess subdirectory + 301 on www - apache

Question

I'd like to do 2 things with htaccess but I can't figure out how to do it.
Let's say my domain is domain.com
First, I'd like to force www. in the url with a 301 redirect.
Another thing, my website is not hosted in the root directory but in /laravel/public/
So I'd like to set this subdirectory as root, and remove it from the URL if someone try www.domain.com/laravel/public/ => www.domain.com
How can I do that?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Assuming that you can't change the document root to point to your public folder, you can try adding these rules to document root (not your public folder):
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \ /+lavarel/public/([^\?\ ]*)
RewriteRule ^ /%1 [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/laravel/public/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /laravel/public/$1 [L]

Answer 2

You'll need to have your own .htaccess file in the root of your domain, along with another in the laravel/public directory (there already is one there, but you need to modify it.
Below are the two files in full as I have them on my testing server.
/.htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
<IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
Options -MultiViews
</IfModule>
RewriteEngine On
# Rewrite requests to the laravel/public index
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/laravel/public/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /laravel/public/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
/laravel/public/.htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
<IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
Options -MultiViews
</IfModule>
RewriteEngine On
# Force www. (also strips laravel/public)
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
# Strip laravel/public, prevent loops
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} !200
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/laravel/public(/.+)/? [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R=301,L]
# Redirect Trailing Slashes...
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]
# Handle Front Controller...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>