I have my public directory named public_html instead of public. So where do I change this setting?
So how do I tell Laravel 5 to use public_html?

YOpen index.php (in your public directory) and add this:

$app = require_once __DIR__.’/../bootstrap/app.php’;

// set the public path to this directory
$app->bind('path.public', function() {
return __DIR__;
});

source:
https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/general-discussion/where-do-you-set-public-directory-laravel-5?page=1

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