PHP

laravel 404

//Some exceptions describe HTTP error codes from the server. For example, this may be a "page not found" error (404),
//In order to generate such a response from anywhere in your application, you may use the abort helper:

return abort(404);
// OR
return abort(404, "page not found");

404 page in laravel

//step 1 ) create the errors/404.blade.php in view.

// step 2 ) go to Handler.php and replace the render function to belwo function.
  public function render($request, Throwable $exception)
    {
        if ($exception instanceof AccessDeniedHttpException) {
            return response(view('errors.404'), 404);
        }
        return parent::render($request, $exception);
    }

laravel 8 404 status

abort(404)

error laravel 404 in server

$ sudo a2enmod rewrite
$ sudo service apache2 restart