How do I deploy a Laravel or Symfony site?

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

There's a simple method for using Symfony or Laravel with your hosting:

• Log in via SSH or go to the Terminal in cPanel
• Check that you're in the root of your hosting:

cd ~

• Rename the public_html directory with the following command:

mv public_html public_html_bak

• Create a symlink between your public directory and public_html with the following command (adjust /home/monuser/monappli/public to match your setup):

ln -s /home/monuser/monappli/public public_html

• Finally, to run composer, you need to specify the PHP version to use if you've changed your hosting's PHP version, 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'd like to call composer with just the composer command.
Tip: if you're on a plan where SSH access isn't included, our technical support will do this for you. Just let us know the path to your public directory.

Updated on: 17/07/2026