laravel 5.2 internal server error - php

Question

My laravel project work good in localhost by artisan serve commend.
Now i'm trying to host it on web host.
I upload my project under public_html and copy all files from public folder i also edit app.php 'debug' => env('APP_DEBUG', true), for showing the error.
i edit index.php
require __DIR__.'/bootstrap/autoload.php';
$app = require_once __DIR__.'/bootstrap/app.php';
but it still give a 500 Internal server error back.
I also try an another way,
Upload my project into root directory except public folder and upload public folder into public_html directory .
and i edit index.php as
require __DIR__.'/laravel/bootstrap/autoload.php';
$app = require_once __DIR__.'/laravel/bootstrap/app.php';
i can't find what wrong with my code.
how can i deploy my laravel 5.2 project into a web hosting.?

Answer 1

No No no.. You need to achieve the second option with some improvements. Let me explain it to you. A laravel application looks like:
app/
config/
public/
public/index.php
.env
composer.json
artisan
Right? good, now a web host's structure looks like:
/home/user/
/home/user/public_html/
But the structure above does not fit our needs because is public/ folder that should be accessed instead of public_html/. So.. the first step is to upload your project, lets say, like these:
/home/user/home/project/app/
/home/user/project/config/
/home/user/project/.env
/home/user/project/composer.json
/home/user/project/public/index.php
The next step is decide if you want your project as a main domain, or as subdomain.
If your laravel's project will serve as a main domain just edit apache's config file httpd.conf and set the following rules:
DocumentRoot "/home/user/project/public"
...
If you want you project as a subdomain, just edit the apache's config file httpd.conf and add a virtual server like this:
Listen 80
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/home/user//project/public"
ServerName my-project.example.com
# Other directives here
</VirtualHost>
With this directive you are telling to apache Hey! when people visits my-project.example.com show them the content of my site under /home/user/site/public.
IF you are using cpanel, just create a subdomain and point it to /home/user/site/public
That is all, you do not need to hack any project's files like index.php, that is a bad practice.