How to deploy Laravel 5.5 app to Godaddy cPanel shared hosting

Question

I\'m relatively new to Laravel. I\'m confused on what is the proper way to deploy a Laravel 5.5 app to a Godaddy cPanel shared hosting. I\'ve read multiple posts on the subject

Answer 1

I figured out how to deploy Laravel on a Godaddy shared hosting plan after reading more posts about the subject. Here are the steps I took:

1. Created a new folder outside the public_html folder and uploaded all of the app files to that folder except the vendor folder.
2. Using SSH access, I ran the command curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php in the newly created app folder on the server.
3. I removed the public folder from the Laravel app folder, placed it inside the public_html folder and renamed it to the name of my project.

4. I modified the file paths in the index.php in the project folder so they pointed to the laravel app folder like so:

   require __DIR__.'/../../laravel/bootstrap/autoload.php';

   $app = require_once __DIR__.'/../../laravel/bootstrap/app.php';

5. I installed the dependencies by running the command in SSH: php composer.phar install, then adding the necessary cache by running: php artisan config:cache

That was it. I did it using Godaddy cPanel shared hosting. Before attempting this make sure the PHP version is set to 7.1. I wanted to post my steps because I found some of the tutorials on this subject either were confusing, gave conflicting advice or didn't provide all the necessary steps.