Deploy Laravel 5 using only FTP in a shared hosting
- I create a new folder named "protected"
- Move all except "public" folder into "protected" folder
- Move all inside "public" folder to root
- Edit index.php in root folder(from public folder),
edit require __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/autoload.php'; into require __DIR__.'/protected/bootstrap/autoload.php';
also edit $app = require_once __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/app.php';into $app = require_once __DIR__.'/protected/bootstrap/app.php';
UPDATE
This is a risky process. By using this, you give malicious users permissions to find bugs. like, http://project-url/storage/logs/laravel.log is still open.
Previous Answer:
Those who hardly check the comments, @Andrew F. has already given the answer.
but he missed some other files like composer and package.
Formatted answer is:
- move every file in public to parent folder.
- update paths in index.php.
- add the following line to .htaccess:
RewriteRule ^(server\.php|gulpfile\.js|\.env|composer.*|package.*) - [F,L,NC]
There is no difference between L4 and L5, so do the same thing you did for L4.