Custom Valet Driver (place in project root)

LocalValetDriver.php

<?php

class LocalValetDriver extends ValetDriver
{

    private $site_folder = '/public';

    /**
     * Determine if the driver serves the request.
     *
     * @param  string  $sitePath
     * @param  string  $siteName
     * @param  string  $uri
     * @return void
     */
    public function serves($sitePath, $siteName, $uri)
    {
        if (file_exists($sitePath.$this->site_folder.'/index.php')) {
            return true;
        }

        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Determine if the incoming request is for a static file.
     *
     * @param  string  $sitePath
     * @param  string  $siteName
     * @param  string  $uri
     * @return string|false
     */
    public function isStaticFile($sitePath, $siteName, $uri)
    {
        if (file_exists($staticFilePath = $sitePath.$this->site_folder.$uri)) {
            return $staticFilePath;
        }

        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Get the fully resolved path to the application's front controller.
     *
     * @param  string  $sitePath
     * @param  string  $siteName
     * @param  string  $uri
     * @return string
     */
    public function frontControllerPath($sitePath, $siteName, $uri)
    {
        $path = $sitePath.$this->site_folder;

        if ($uri == '/')return $path.'/index.php';

        return strpos($uri, '.php')
            ? $path.$uri
            : $path.$uri.'.php';
    }
}