Replace the Application loader to facilitate moving the public/ dir to the root

app/Console/Commands/Test.php

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Console\Commands;
+
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+
+
+class Test extends Command
+{
+    protected $signature = 'phpvms:test';
+    protected $description = '';
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+    }
+
+    public function handle()
+    {
+        print resource_path();
+    }
+}

bootstrap/app.php

@@ -1,66 +1,69 @@
 <?php
 
-/*
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-| Create The Application
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|
-| The first thing we will do is create a new Laravel application instance
-| which serves as the "glue" for all the components of Laravel, and is
-| the IoC container for the system binding all of the various parts.
-|
-*/
-
 if(!defined('LUMEN_START')) {
     define('LUMEN_START', microtime(true));
 }
 
-$app = new Illuminate\Foundation\Application(
-    realpath(__DIR__.'/../')
-);
+if (!defined('DS')) {
+    define('DS', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
+}
 
-$app->bind('path.public', function () {
-    return __DIR__.'/../public';
-});
+/**
+ * Customized container to allow some of the base Laravel
+ * configurations to be overridden
+ */
+class App extends Illuminate\Foundation\Application
+{
+    public function __construct(string $basePath = null)
+    {
+        parent::__construct(dirname(__DIR__) . '/');
 
-#$app->loadEnvironmentFrom('.env.php');
-$app->useDatabasePath(realpath(__DIR__.'/../app/Database'));
+        $this->loadEnvironmentFrom('.env');
+        $this->useDatabasePath($this->basePath . '/app/Database');
+        $this->useStoragePath($this->basePath . '/storage');
 
-/*
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-| Bind Important Interfaces
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|
-| Next, we need to bind some important interfaces into the container so
-| we will be able to resolve them when needed. The kernels serve the
-| incoming requests to this application from both the web and CLI.
-|
-*/
+        $this->bind('path.public', function () {
+            return __DIR__ . '/../public';
+        });
+    }
 
-$app->singleton(
-    Illuminate\Contracts\Http\Kernel::class,
-    App\Http\Kernel::class
-);
+    /**
+     *
+     */
+    public function bindInterfaces()
+    {
+        $this->singleton(
+            Illuminate\Contracts\Http\Kernel::class,
+            App\Http\Kernel::class
+        );
 
-$app->singleton(
-    Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel::class,
-    App\Console\Kernel::class
-);
+        $this->singleton(
+            Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel::class,
+            App\Console\Kernel::class
+        );
 
-$app->singleton(
-    Illuminate\Contracts\Debug\ExceptionHandler::class,
-    App\Exceptions\Handler::class
-);
+        $this->singleton(
+            Illuminate\Contracts\Debug\ExceptionHandler::class,
+            App\Exceptions\Handler::class
+        );
+    }
 
-/*
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-| Return The Application
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|
-| This script returns the application instance. The instance is given to
-| the calling script so we can separate the building of the instances
-| from the actual running of the application and sending responses.
-|
-*/
+    /**
+     * Override paths
+     */
+
+    public function configPath($path = '')
+    {
+        return $this->basePath . DS . 'config' . ($path ? DS . $path : $path);
+    }
+
+    public function resourcePath($path = '')
+    {
+        return $this->basePath . DS . 'resources' . ($path ? DS . $path : $path);
+    }
+}
+
+$app = new App();
+$app->bindInterfaces();
 
 return $app;