Slim Framework remove public folder in URL

Question

There is a similar question here, but I still need to include the public folder in my URL.

Current URL: https://my-domain.com/api/public/pins

What I want: https://my-domain.com/api/pins

This is my project structure

As you can see, I have 2 .htaccess files, where and what should I write a .htaccess script to redirect the public folder?

.htaccess in public folder

# Redirect to front controller
RewriteEngine On

# RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [QSA,L]

.htaccess in root folder

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ public/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) public/$1 [L]

Answer 1

Here is an example to make an "internal redirect" to the public directory:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ public/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) public/$1 [L]

The .htaccess in the public/ directory could contain this content:

# Redirect to front controller
RewriteEngine On
# RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [QSA,L]

In Slim 4: Make sure to set the correct Slim basePath.

$app->setBasePath('/api');

See documentation: https://www.slimframework.com/docs/v4/start/web-servers.html#apache-configuration

In Slim 3: Patch the Slim Environment as follows.

$container['environment'] = function () {
    $scriptName = $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'];
    $_SERVER['REAL_SCRIPT_NAME'] = $scriptName;
    $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] = dirname(dirname($scriptName)) . '/' . basename($scriptName);

    return new Slim\Http\Environment($_SERVER);
};

Example