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....