How to deploy a Laravel or Symfony site?

On your hosting, you must place your files in the public_html directory, but this causes issues with frameworks like Symfony or Laravel that require their files to be placed in a public directory.

There is a simple method to use Symfony or Laravel with your hosting:

• Connect via SSH or go to the Terminal in cPanel
• Make sure you are at the root of your hosting:

cd ~

• Rename the public_html directory using the following command:

mv public_html public_html_bak

• Create a symbolic link between your public directory and public_html using the following command (adapt /home/myuser/myapp/public according to your installation):

ln -s /home/myuser/myapp/public public_html

• Finally, to run composer, you need to specify the PHP version to use if you have changed the PHP version of your hosting, for example to use PHP 8.2 with composer:

ea-php82 /usr/local/bin/composer install

You can also create an alias in your shell if you want to call composer using only the composer command.

Tip: if you are on a plan where SSH access is not included, our technical support team will do it for you. Simply let us know the path to your public directory.

Updated on: 14/02/2026