How to deploy laravel project on cpanel or shared hosting

Step #1

Zip your laravel project files 

Step #2

Upload it to the root document "public_html" folder

Step #3

Unzip the zip file to the public_html and make sure all your laravel project files are on the "public_html" directory

Step #4 

Create a .htaccess file in your "public_html" directory then copy the below code and save it

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

    RewriteEngine On

    # Redirect all requests to the public folder
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
    
    # Deny access to all directories except public
    RewriteRule ^(app|bootstrap|config|database|resources|routes|storage|tests|vendor)/(.*)$ - [R=404,L]
    
    # Deny access to sensitive files
    RewriteRule ^(\.env|\.log|\.git|composer\.(json|lock)|artisan|phpunit\.xml)$ - [R=404,L]

</IfModule>

Step #5

Now browse your website you should see your laravel project live