How to run Laravel from root directory, not from public?

Question

By default, Laravel project is run from public directory, for this I must enter URL like as:

http://localhost/public/

How to configure Laravel that website will be appeared from: http://localhost/?

Answer 1

•Go to mainproject/public>>

a.  .htacess
b.  favicon.ico
c.  index.php
d.  robots.txt
e.  web.config

1.cut these 5 files from the public folder, and then paste on the main project folder that’s means out side of public folder… mainproject/files

2.Next after paste ,open index.php ,modify

•require __DIR__.'/…/bootstrap/autoload.php';  to
•require __DIR__.'/bootstrap/autoload.php';

3. modify

   $app = require_once DIR.'/../bootstrap/app.php'; to

   $app = require_once DIR.'/bootstrap/app.php';

you can also watch this video for better understanding----------------

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GboCYqEbKN0

Answer 2

Setup your webserver (probably Apache or NginX) to use the public folder of your laravel app as root directory. Or use a public_html folder and symlink it to your public folder, which basically does the same.