<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
        Options -MultiViews -Indexes
    </IfModule>

    RewriteEngine On

    # --- NEW: BLOCK DIRECT ACCESS TO /public ---
    # If the browser explicitly requests /public/, redirect to the clean URL
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/public/ [NC]
    RewriteRule ^public/(.*)$ /$1 [R=301,L]
    # -------------------------------------------

    # Handle Authorization Header
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

    # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
    RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]

    # Rewrite everything to the "public" subdirectory
    # (The condition !^/public/ ensures we don't loop indefinitely)
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/public/
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L,QSA]
</IfModule>

# php -- BEGIN cPanel-generated handler, do not edit
# Set the “alt-php82” package as the default “PHP” programming language.
<IfModule mime_module>
  AddHandler application/x-httpd-alt-php82 .php .php8 .phtml
</IfModule>
# php -- END cPanel-generated handler, do not edit