Laravel - move index.php file in project/public - php

Question

I am hosting my Laravel project on shared hosting where I don't have access to modify the apache config to look for the index file in /public.
I've also tried adding DirectoryIndex index.html to my .htaccess file at the place where the hosting is looking for the index.php file.
This does not work.
That being said, I think I can solve the problem if I simply move the index.php file out of /public (where Laravel has it by default) to the root where the hosting is looking for it.
That being said, what do I need to modify in this index.php file to allow the Laravel app to work?
My structure is:
public_html/ <-- where my files are served from and where index.php should be
my-project/
public/
index.php <-- where Laravel expects index.php to be to bootstrap the app

Answer 1

Okay here we go:
Let's say this is your folder structure:
MyUser/
public_html/
public/
What you want to do is:
Step 1. create a folder on the same level as public_html named laravel (or something to your liking):
MyUser/
laravel/
public_html/
public/
Step 2. upload ALL your laravel code to the laravel folder. Your code is now inaccessible through a web browser.
Step 3. Next, you copy all data from MyUser/Laravel/public to MyUser/public_html. Now we're getting somewhere. Warning: Don't forget to copy the .htaccess file too
Step 4. open MyUser/public_html/index.php in your favorite editor and change
$app = require __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/app.php';
to:
$app = require __DIR__.'/../laravel/bootstrap/app.php';
and change:
require __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/autoload.php'
to:
require __DIR__.'/../laravel/bootstrap/autoload.php'
Step 5. Now, since your storage directory is outside of your public_html, it'll most likely not be accessible, so CHMOD that to 777, and you're done!
A small tip:
See if you can create a symlink from MyUser/laravel/public to MyUser/public_html. That'll let you skip step 3 and 4.
Hope this helped.