Collabs — cPanel package (MySQL)
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Fresh install: see sections 1–6 below.

Updating a server that already works
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This zip does NOT contain `.env` — extracting over your install will not remove your existing `.env`.

It omits compiled views, framework caches, logs, and files under `storage/app/public` and `storage/app/private` so your live uploads and runtime data are not replaced by this machine’s dev files.

Suggested SSH update (replace paths):

  cd ~/path/to/collabs-laravel
  cp .env .env.backup.$(date +%Y%m%d)   # optional

  rsync -a /path/to/unzipped/collabs-laravel/ ./

  export PATH="/opt/cpanel/ea-php84/root/usr/bin:$PATH"
  php artisan config:clear
  php artisan cache:clear
  php artisan view:clear
  php artisan config:cache
  php artisan route:cache
  php artisan view:cache

Do not re-import `database/schema/mysql-baseline.sql` on a database that already has data.

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Requirements
- PHP 8.4+ (MultiPHP Manager).
- MySQL (cPanel → MySQL Databases).

1) Upload and unzip
   Folder should contain: app/, bootstrap/, public/, vendor/, etc.

2) Document root
   Point the domain at: .../collabs-laravel/public

3) MySQL (new database only)
   phpMyAdmin → Import → database/schema/mysql-baseline.sql

4) .env
   Copy .env.example → .env; set APP_URL, MySQL credentials; APP_DEBUG=false.

5) Permissions
   storage/ and bootstrap/cache/ writable (775 typical).

6) APP_KEY
   php artisan key:generate --force   (SSH, PHP 8.4 in PATH)

This package includes vendor/ and public/build/ — no Composer or npm on the server for a normal deploy.

See docs/CPANEL.md for SSH details and troubleshooting.