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Sospeter Mong'are @msnmongare

Hosting Laravel On Shared Hosting: Clean URLs In Subdirectories

Host Laravel on shared hosting by moving index.php & .htaccess to subdirectory root, updating file paths and forcing HTTPS for clean URLs.

When hosting a Laravel project on shared hosting, one common challenge is ensuring that URLs don't require the /public directory. Here’s a step-by-step guide to hosting your Laravel app in a subdirectory while keeping URLs clean.

  
  
  Step 1: Upload Your Laravel Project to the Server

Log in to your hosting account and access your file manager.
Navigate to the public_html folder or the main directory for your website.
Create a new folder (subdirectory) for your Laravel project. In this example, we’ll name it hookbox-api.
Upload your entire Laravel project to the hookbox-api folder....