Larval routing configuration: Only the root path '/' can be accessed, other routes return 404 errors

In a Laravel application, routing specifies how the application responds to requests for specific URLs. Typically, we can define multiple routes to handle different URLs. However, sometimes we may want to restrict access to only the root path and return a 404 error to other paths. This article will detail how to configure such routing in Laravel and provide corresponding source code examples.

First, we need to edit the routes file in our Laravel project, which is usually located at routes/web.php. Open the file and modify the existing route definition.

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;

Route::get('/', function