How i can change laravel directory structure

The best way to override the laravel folder structures is to create your own custom Application instead of using the Laravel Application (Illuminate\Foundation\Application).

This is how i've done it :

• https://github.com/ARCANESOFT/ARCANESOFT/blob/master/app/Application.php
• https://github.com/ARCANESOFT/ARCANESOFT/blob/master/bootstrap/app.php#L7

As you can see, i've override the default publicPath() with a custom path.

@arcadev You can do the same if for example in the same level of public_html I can create a laravel folder and paste all the code in there?

Just asking, why would you not run the whole site in the public_html folder?

Hi @giwrgos , why did you create a laravel folder ??

@postitief this is my last solution to change the document root directory. @ARCANEDEV because I don't want to mix the laravel folders and files with the folders and files of the cpanel which creates outside the public_html. The image that i have posted shows exactly that there is already a mess of files outside without having the laravel's folders

@giwrgos, what if you change the document root of the domain and just install Laravel in de public_html folder?

You should change the document root to something like this /public_html/public. I believe nothing in the public_html folder is public, only the stuf in the /public_html/public folder. And you site directly runs without changing anything to Laravel and you don't get a mess on folders.

This link might help you how to change the document root on CPanel: https://www.servint.net/university/article/the-tech-bench-changing-a-document-root-in-cpanel/

OK, i see what you want to achieve @giwrgos.

In your local machine, try to structure your laravel project like this:

 /
 |--- /laravel
 |    |--- /app
 |    |--- /bootstrap
 |    |--- /config
 |    |--- /database
 |    |--- /resources
 |    |--- /storage
 |    |--- /tests
 |    |
 |   ...
...
 |--- /public_html
 |    |--- .htaccess
 |    |--- index.php
 |   ...

As you can see, the laravel folder contains all the Laravel folders & files except the public folder. Copy the the public folder content to your public_html.

Now you need to change these lines https://github.com/laravel/laravel/blob/master/public/index.php#L22 & https://github.com/laravel/laravel/blob/master/public/index.php#L36 in your public_html/index.php.

And make the changes that i've said about extending the Laravel Application class.

<?php namespace App;

use Illuminate\Foundation\Application as IlluminateApplication;

class Application extends IlluminateApplication
{
    /**
     * Get the path to the public / web directory.
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function publicPath()
    {
        $separator = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;

        return $this->basePath.$separator.'..'.$separator.'public_html';
    }
}

After these changes, try to use a vhost in your local machine to test if everything is working and upload it in your remote server.

Should learn about symlinks...

@bashy i know the symlinks. @ARCANEDEV i tried what you post except to extend the IlluminateApplication. by chaning the index.php it was loading fine the laravel but when i was trying to upload some images on my web app, the module was trying to create a public/assets/media folder inside the laravel instead of saving into public_html/assets/media. Basically it was trying to save the images into the laravel folder instead of going out of the laravel and going into the public_html. Anws I will give a try. thanks a lot. If it will not work I will change the document root

Just try it @giwrgos, extend the Application class because you're using a custom folder structure => different path instances => path.* including the path.public => changing the path helpers like public_path().

And this is way better than:

$app->bind('path.public', function() {
    return __DIR__;
});

Laravel also gives you the possibility to create your own extended classes (https://github.com/laravel/laravel/blob/master/bootstrap/app.php#L29-L42).

ok @ARCANEDEV thanks for your help