This guide concerns Laravel, an open-source web framework written in PHP that follows the model-view-controller (MVC) principle. Please also refer to their documentation.

Prerequisites

• Have a Shared Web Hosting or Cloud Server with the latest MySQL/MariaDB.
• Website running on PHP 8.2.
• Create an SSH access.
• Create a database.

Installing Laravel 11

To do this:

1. Connect to the server via SSH (need help?).
2. Navigate to the website directory by running the command “cd path-to-website” (e.g. cd sites/laravel.domain.xyz).
3. Create a new project by running the command composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app.
4. Edit the .env file at the root of the hosting to update the connection settings for the new database:
   • DB_CONNECTION=mysql
   • DB_HOST=xxxx.myd.infomaniak.com
   • DB_PORT=3306
   • DB_DATABASE= the name of the MySQL database (xxxx_newbdd)
   • DB_USERNAME= the MySQL user with the rights to this database
   • DB_PASSWORD= its password
5. Navigate to the project directory and deploy via SSH:
   cd example-app
php artisan migrate
6. Modify the target directory to point to the "public" subdirectory of the project, here /sites/laravel.domain.xyz/example-app/public.