Run PHP Laravel project and how to host in shared hosting

Following are the instructions:

Run PHP

php artisan serve

Changes need to do after cloning:

1. Setup .env file
2. composer install in the root folder
3. composer update in the root folder
4. php artisan key:generate in the root folder
5. php artisan config:cache to clear cache

Hosting to Share Hosting

./Public (Folder) To the website Path /public_html or root folder of the website

./* (Except Public) to different folder

then configure the path where the folder is kept in file of ./Pubic/index.php in

require __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';

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

Configuring .env file

then configure the .env file database as for me like,

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DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=mysql5019.site4now.net
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=db_a53ca8_banquet
DB_USERNAME=a53ca8_banquet
DB_PASSWORD=Corei7pass

Change Email: in .env use following: example:

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MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=465
[email protected]
MAIL_PASSWORD=iamwfmygadyisuqm
[email protected]
MAIL_NAME=No-Reply
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=ssl

in mail.php