error handling 404 to home page

app/Exceptions/Handler.php

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Exceptions;
 
 use Exception;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Exceptions\Handler as ExceptionHandler;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException;
 
 class Handler extends ExceptionHandler
 {
@@ -46,6 +47,16 @@ class Handler extends ExceptionHandler
      */
     public function render($request, Exception $exception)
     {
+
+       
+    
+        // You can add your own exception here
+        // so redirect to the home route
+        if ($exception instanceof NotFoundHttpException) {
+            return redirect('/');
+        }
         return parent::render($request, $exception);
+
+        
     }
 }

composer.lock

@@ -8306,5 +8306,5 @@
         "php": "^7.1.3"
     },
     "platform-dev": [],
-    "plugin-api-version": "2.1.0"
+    "plugin-api-version": "2.0.0"
 }