New Laravel Routes not working

Try placing

Route::get('/courses/statistics', 'CourseController@statistics');

below this particular line of route code

Route::get('/courses/create', 'CourseController@create');

The general rule of laravel routing is to place specific routes before wildcard routes that are related. Link here

php laravel routes xampp

I had same issue, Did all those magic with configs and nothing..Solution: run: php artisan route:clear

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