Laravel subdirectory on shared hosting without workarounds

My problem: Deploying a Laravel app in a subdirectory coexisting with other apps.

I tried to deploy my Laravel app on a shared hosting,the host has wordpress in the root.

The following workaround in the subdirectory:

• .htaccess (copied from public) - modified to use the file resources (css, img, etc) from public
• renamed server.php to index.php has made the app usable.

However, almost everything works, by works I mean:

• I can use paths
• /public is not in the url
• images and other resources are displayed properly

Now, I need to know how this can be done without hacks ?

via Chebli Mohamed