{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/framework/issues/7108","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/framework/issues/7108/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/framework/issues/7108/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/framework/issues/7108/events","html_url":"https://github.com/laravel/framework/issues/7108","id":55356349,"number":7108,"title":"[5.0] Unable to change default application paths","user":{"login":"TerrePorter","id":4440749,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4440749?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/TerrePorter","html_url":"https://github.com/TerrePorter","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TerrePorter/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TerrePorter/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TerrePorter/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TerrePorter/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TerrePorter/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TerrePorter/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TerrePorter/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TerrePorter/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TerrePorter/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":14,"created_at":"2015-01-24T02:49:12Z","updated_at":"2015-01-25T22:01:35Z","closed_at":"2015-01-24T11:07:27Z","body":"I just wanted to make sure changing this was still on the to-do list.\r\n\r\nThe default app paths as they are hard coded as part of https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/master/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php#L187 \r\n\r\nMy reasons are I personally don't want my public directory in my project directory so I move it. However, currently I have no way to update the public path in the app as it is hard coded to $this->basePath.'/public';\r\n\r\nI'm happy to see if I can come up with a possible change, but if it is already in the works then it would just be me wasting my time.\r\n\r\nThanks for reading."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/framework/issues/comments/71396032","html_url":"https://github.com/laravel/framework/issues/7108#issuecomment-71396032","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/framework/issues/7108","id":71396032,"user":{"login":"Phil-F","id":931300,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/931300?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Phil-F","html_url":"https://github.com/Phil-F","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Phil-F/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Phil-F/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Phil-F/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Phil-F/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Phil-F/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Phil-F/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Phil-F/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Phil-F/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Phil-F/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-01-25T22:01:35Z","updated_at":"2015-01-25T22:01:35Z","body":"But you tell the dev/user what is missing in order to use your application don't you?\r\n\r\nThis keeps your dev across teams in a standard form so why would the path to the public folder not be a requirement for your application to run if that is what you have either chosen to change it to or have been forced to change it to.\r\n\r\nIt quite simply might be a requirement for the app so if you don't set it there to be called via $_ENV where do you set it?\r\n\r\nThe public folder is but one example."}}