Uploading my Laravel project on Infinityfree

[huffkinson]

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I was uploading a sample laravel project using CoffeeCup FTP and somehow the .env file just vanishes everytime i refresh. is there a way for me to upload my laravel project on the infinityfree hosting?

[KangJL]

@huffkinson

.env file just vanishes

How big is the file?

[huffkinson]

file size around 968B… i’m not really sure if this is the one causing the problem. but when i see my infinityfree file manager, the file is present there.

[huffkinson]

I have managed to upload the files, including the vendor folder which took me a while to upload. but it seems i missed something like editing a file or i don’t know.

[Admin]

There are a few reasons why files may be deleted on upload. They are all described here:

Why are my files deleted after uploading them

Sometimes, when you upload a file, the upload is completed but the file is deleted immediately afterwards. This is usually caused by one of the following issues: The file is not in a htdocs folder All websites files must be uploaded to either the main htdocs folder, or to the domain specific htdocs folder (like example.com/htdocs). You cannot upload files to other directories on your account. If you try to create or upload files anywhere else, they will be deleted automatically. The file type…

[huffkinson]

thank you for this information. though the files are still intact in the htdocs folder upon viewing them in the filemanager, i still am having problems in running my laravel project. i followed a thread that said just upload everything and edit some files. maybe i’m missing some steps. need guidance please. thanks much!

[KangJL]

Please read

Deploy Laravel 5 to /htdocs

I am looking for clear steps/guide to deploy Laravel on free shared hosting plan on this platform. I tried to find on this forum and also Google but none of them are clear and working, perhaps my Laravel knowledge is insufficient. Nevertheless, my understanding is that this is very much dependent on the hosting provider. SO, if InfinityFree can provide such steps to deploy Laravel on its shared hosting server, that will be much appreciated.

[huffkinson]

i am now re-uploading the files and following the one about .htaccess… i will return here to update everyone of the results

thanks again to all

[huffkinson]

i followed this one for setting up the .env file and now my sample website is working well. I just have to set the database connections for the login and register.
thank you so much for all the help!

Setting up .env accordingly to infinity hosting

Here is the Laravel example env file with some comments with explanation. # These are settings for your own application. Change to your own liking. APP_NAME=(Your Application Name) APP_ENV=production APP_KEY=(generate this with php artisan key:generate on your own computer) APP_DEBUG=false APP_URL=http://yourdomain.example.com # Depends on your preferred logging stack. Default should be fine. LOG_CHANNEL=stack # Create a database through the control panel and add the settings here. See: https…