cPanel multi-domain hosting for laravel project

 STEP 1 — Create the Subdomain

                    cPanel → Domains → Create A New Domain (or Subdomains)

cPanel will automatically create:

/home/egproject/test.example.com/

STEP 2 — Correct Laravel Folder Structure (Very Important)

/home/egproject/

    test/                             ← FULL Laravel project

   test.example.com/        ← ONLY public folder contents

STEP 3 — Upload Files Properly

1️⃣ Upload full project here:

/home/egproject/test/

         

app/

bootstrap/

config/

database/

public/

resources/

routes/

storage/

vendor/

.env

artisan

2️⃣ Now open:

/home/egproject/test/public/

Copy EVERYTHING inside public folder to:

/home/egproject/test.example.com/

So that folder contains:

index.php

.htaccess

css/

js/

images/

 STEP 4 — Modify index.php (CRITICAL)

/home/egproject/test.example.com/index.php

Change these lines:

FROM:

require __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';
$app = require_once __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/app.php';

TO:

require __DIR__.'/../test/vendor/autoload.php';
$app = require_once __DIR__.'/../test/bootstrap/app.php';

Because your Laravel core lives in /test.

STEP 5 — Update .env

APP_URL=https://test.example.com

DB_HOST=localhost

DB_DATABASE=egproject_db

DB_USERNAME=egproject_user

DB_PASSWORD=yourpassword

STEP 6 — Permissions (Very Important)

In File Manager:

Set:

test/storage → 755
test/bootstrap/cache → 755

If errors:

chmod -R 775 storage
chmod -R 775 bootstrap/cache

STEP 7 — Set up database

    cPanel → Database Manager → Create DB and setup user for that