What to establish first.
WHAT TO CHECK
The PHP version available, against the framework's requirement Which PHP extensions are present Whether terminal access is available on your plan Whether Composer can be run
WHY THOSE
Laravel requires specific extensions and a recent PHP version.
WHAT TO DO IF TERMINAL ACCESS IS UNAVAILABLE
Install dependencies elsewhere and upload them Run commands through cron, where necessary
WHAT TO PLAN
Where the application files will live How the public directory will be served How the database will be created How deployment will happen
WHAT NOT TO DO
Upload a Laravel project into the public directory as it stands.
WHY
Everything outside the public folder would become reachable by a browser, including your configuration file.
WHAT THAT EXPOSES
Database credentials, keys, and your entire source.
WHAT TO ARRANGE INSTEAD
Application files outside the served directory, with only the public contents served.
WHAT TO PREPARE LOCALLY
A working application, tested.
