Stack cpanel .htaccess file for laravel application

.htaccess

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On

    # Fake 404 for all files in /
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
    RewriteRule ^/?[^/]+$ - [R=404,L]

    # Protect rewrite loop: exclude /public
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/?public(/.*)?$
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /public/$1 [L]
</IfModule>