Laravel on a shared hosting server returns error 500

Question

I'm using a shared hosting server, I installed my first Laravel 5.4 application and everything is still working fine. A few days ago I installed another Laravel 5.4 application on a different domain, but same server, but when I try to access the URL, I get 500 INTERNAL SERVER ERROR.

Below is my .htaccess code

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^public
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

I also tried the following, but same error:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
        Options -MultiViews
    </IfModule>

    RewriteEngine On

    ### Add two lines for fix error 500 ###
    Options -Indexes
    php_flag xcache.cacher 0
    #######################################

    # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]

    # Handle Front Controller...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

    # Handle Authorization Header
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
</IfModule>

emotality · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-25 22:26:03Z

3

You moved everything inside your public_html folder which you should not do. Only files inside /public needs to be in public_html, hence the name public. The Laravel files should be placed higher directory where it is not accessible from the public.

Install Laravel with Softaculous, or with composer via SSH in /home/username/laravel
Move everything in /home/username/public_html folder to /home/username/laravel
Move everything in /home/username/laravel/public to /home/username/public_html and delete the public folder after move.
Edit this file: /home/username/public_html/index.php
Change to require '/home/username/laravel/vendor/autoload.php';
Change to $app = require_once '/home/username/laravel/bootstrap/app.php';
Save this file and close window.
Edit this file: /home/username/laravel/server.php

Change to:

if ($uri !== '/' && file_exists('/home/username/public_html'.$uri)) {
    return false;
}

require_once '/home/username/public_html/index.php';

Replace username with your hosting username. :)

edited Feb 25, 2018 at 22:26

answered Sep 24, 2017 at 17:38

emotality

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astroame Over a year ago

Now it's showing a different error, when I try to access the domain (forumcover.com) it displays the full folder structure of the laravel framework.. When I try to access the login route (forumcover.com/login) I get NOT FOUND "The requested URL /index.php was not found on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request."

emotality Over a year ago

Please remove, you leaked your database details!

astroame Over a year ago

Alright I' will anticipate your response. As for the database details I've changed it.

emotality Over a year ago

Updated the answer, this is as far as I can remember, let me know if it works or I missed some steps. :)

astroame Over a year ago

After following the steps above, I get "The forumcover.com page isn’t working forumcover.com is currently unable to handle this request." I moved all files and folders including "cgi-bin" directory to home/Username/laravel.... Am I supposed to leave the cgi-bin directory in home/username/public_html ?

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