@gilbert
To upload a Laravel project on a web hosting server, follow these steps:
- Create a new database on your web hosting server and take note of the database name, username, and password.
- Zip your Laravel project files on your local machine.
- Connect to your web hosting server via FTP or SFTP using an FTP client like FileZilla.
- Upload the zipped Laravel project file to the root directory of your hosting account.
- Unzip the project file on the web hosting server using the file manager provided by your hosting provider or an SSH terminal.
- Edit the .env file in your Laravel project to update the database settings to match the database details from step 1.
- Run composer install to install all the dependencies of your Laravel project on the server.
- Generate a new application key by running php artisan key:generate.
- Run any necessary database migrations and seed your data if needed by running php artisan migrate and php artisan db:seed.
- Update the file permissions on the storage and bootstrap/cache directories to allow Laravel to write to them.
- Set up a virtual host configuration to point to the public directory of your Laravel project.
- Finally, access your Laravel project on your web hosting server by entering the domain name associated with your hosting account in a web browser.
Your Laravel project should now be successfully uploaded and running on your web hosting server.