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  Deploying a modern Laravel application to a shared hosting environment like A2 Hosting often results in broken functionality immediately after upload. The most common manifestations of this are broken image links (returning 404s) and directory permission errors. While Laravel is designed for Virtual Private Servers (VPS) where you control the document root, shared hosting environments enforce a strict directory structure using  public_html . This conflict creates a security gap where sensitive files (like  .env ) risk exposure, and the standard  php artisan storage:link  command is unavailable due to missing SSH access. This guide provides a rigorous, production-grade solution to correctly configure Laravel on A2 Hosting (and similar cPanel-based hosts) without compromising security or relying on unstable hacks. The Root Cause Analysis: Document Roots and Symlinks To fix the problem, we must understand the architecture mismatch between Laravel and cPanel. 1. T...