Laravel redirect to HTTPS with .htaccess - laravel

Question

I'm using Laravel 5.5.
Laravel has couple of .htaccess and in my case I'm working with .htaccess on root and inside the public folder.
All this time I was using this code in root .htaccess to setup the public folder:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
and my website is loading when I enter the homepage.
After that, I wanted to force redirect all the pages using https. So, first when I try to put this code inside the root .htaccess it doesn't do anything. It keeps loading with http.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
Well, it makes sense, because when I setup the public folder, I have to put the redirect inside the .htaccess that is located inside the public folder.
OK, so I've tried like this now:
The root .htaccess:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
The public .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
<IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
Options -MultiViews -Indexes
</IfModule>
RewriteEngine On
# Handle Authorization Header
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
# Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]
# Handle Front Controller...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
This combination works. It does redirects to https.
But, there's one issue now. When I enter the homepage or if I open the website from the search results, the URL looks like this:
https://mywebsite.com/public/en
When I enter the other pages, I don't have issue related with the "public" path in the URL. So, let's say I want to open the contact page, the URL is https://mywebsite.com/en/contact. That's fine.
How can I avoid that "public" in my URL when I enter the homepage?

Answer 1

This should remove public from the url.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
I am not sure if this should go above
# Handle Front Controller...
or within it? Maybe try either one and see if either work?
# Handle Front Controller...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

Answer 2

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
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