Show a 404 page if route not found in Laravel 5.1

Question

I am trying to figure out to show 404 page not found if a route is not found. I followed many tutorials, but it doesn't work. I have 404.blade.php in \laravel\resources\views\errors

Also in handler.php

public function render($request, Exception $e) {     if ($e instanceof TokenMismatchException) {         // redirect to form an example of how i handle mine         return redirect($request->fullUrl())->with(             'csrf_error',             "Opps! Seems you couldn't submit form for a longtime. Please try again"         );     }      /*if ($e instanceof CustomException) {         return response()->view('errors.404', [], 500);     }*/      if ($e instanceof \Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException)         return response(view('error.404'), 404);      return parent::render($request, $e); } 

If I enter wrong URL in browser, it returns a blank page. I have

'debug' => env('APP_DEBUG', true), 

in app.php.

Can anyone help me how to show a 404 page if route is not found? Thank you.

Answer 1

I recieved 500 errors instead of 404 errors. I solved the problem like this:

In the app/Exceptions/Handler.php file, there is a render function.

Replace the function with this function:

public function render($request, Exception $e) {     if ($this->isHttpException($e)) {         switch ($e->getStatusCode()) {              // not authorized             case '403':                 return \Response::view('errors.403',array(),403);                 break;              // not found             case '404':                 return \Response::view('errors.404',array(),404);                 break;              // internal error             case '500':                 return \Response::view('errors.500',array(),500);                 break;              default:                 return $this->renderHttpException($e);                 break;         }     } else {         return parent::render($request, $e);     } } 

You can then use views that you save in views/errors/404.blade.php, and so on.