Laravel 11 Custom 404, 500 Error Page Tutorial with Example

Create and use custom 404, 500 error page in Laravel 11; Through this tutorial, i am going to show you how to make and use custom error 404, 500 pages in Laravel 11 apps.

How to Create and Use Custom 404 Page in Laravel 11 Apps

Follow the below given steps to create and use custom 404, 500 error pages in Laravel 11 apps:

  1. Create 404 View File
  2. Create 500 View File
  3. Modify Exceptions Handler

1: Create 404 View File

Go to resources/views folder and create a folder named errors.

Then inside this errors folder, create a file called 404.blade.php. So the location of our 404 page is resources/views/errors/404.blade.php.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Page Not Found</title>
</head>
<body>
This is the custom 404 error page.
</body>
</html>

2: Create 500 View File

Go to resources/views folder and create a folder named errors.

Then inside this errors folder, create a file called 500.blade.php. So the location of our 500 page is resources/views/errors/500.blade.php.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Page Not Found</title>
</head>
<body>
This is the custom 500 error page.
</body>
</html>

3: Modify Exceptions Handler

Now, navigate to app/Exceptions and open Handler.php file and find the render() method. Then modify the render() method only as follow:

public function render($request, Exception $exception)
{
    if ($this->isHttpException($exception)) {
        if ($exception->getStatusCode() == 404) {
            return response()->view('errors.' . '404', [], 404);
        }
    }
    return parent::render($request, $exception);
}

as well as render 500 error page in this file as follow:

public function render($request, Exception $exception)
{
    if ($this->isHttpException($exception)) {
        if ($exception->getStatusCode() == 404) {
            return response()->view('errors.' . '404', [], 404);
        }
        if ($exception->getStatusCode() == 500) {
            return response()->view('errors.' . '500', [], 500);
        }
    }
    return parent::render($request, $exception);
}

Conclusion

Laravel 11 create custom error page example, you have learned how to create custom page for 404, 500 error in laravel apps.

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