How to install Web Applications such as symfony

    Hello!


    I need a litte help with the new version 1.1.9.
    In php-frameworks like symfony you have a directory structure with many folders like apps, src, vendor that should be outside of the documentroot. Only the web folder shall be inside of the documentroot.
    In earlier versions of i-MSCP I solved that by creating a new directory "symfony" inside the mountpoint (at the same level as htdocs), removed htdocs and replaced it by a symlink pointing to "symfony/web".
    In that way everything worked as it should.


    With the new versions and the new directory protection this no longer works without issues.
    So I would like to ask what´s your recommendation to install such web application?


    Shall I put everything under 00_private? But how to link htdocs to the web subfolder?
    Of course I could COPY the contents of the web subfolder to htdocs and adjust paths, but that would break the structure and makes updates more complicated.


    So I´m very interested in your ideas.


    Kind regards
    Andreas

    Hello ;


    Those folders must be put in the 00_private directory and you must just setup the correct include path. It's the same thing for Zend framework. If you need any support, feel free.

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    Wow, that was quite a fast response :)


    Okay, then I will put the complete project into 00_private. That was my guess also.
    What exactly do you mean by setup the correct include path? I would prefer to not copy any files, just link, so I can easily update the files under 00_private and do not have to copy over some files to htdocs.


    It´s not that I would just like to get it working, this is more like: Whats the best way?
    If you like, I can also write a short HowTo in the wiki for other people having the same problem/questions.

    Re;


    I mean, your public files, including the bootstrap file (index.php) (no sure that it's called like that in symfony) should go in the htdocs directory while other files/directories should go in the 00_private directory. You must set the autoloader in correct way to be able to load files from bundle (classes from the framework). I discourage usage of symlinks. ;)

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    Well, symlinks are not really nice, but it makes some things simple.


    How would you handle a project that you checkout from git for example?
    It is not really comfortable to copy/move the web folder (which contains index.php) to htdocs each time you pull/checkout.
    This would be solved perfectly by a symlink... okay you just don´t like them ;)


    So, do you (or anyone else) have another idea that is more comfortable?
    Maybe an option to modify the document root? So you put the whole project unter htdocs and just tell i-MSCP that the document root shall be set to ".../htdocs/web".
    In my opinion not really nice, but comes without symlinks.

    You can simply disable the Web folder protection (as reseller, just edit the domain) ;)

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    Of course I can, but it is a really nice feature!


    Maybe I will sleep over it and see what will be the best compromise... because, to be honest, none of the solutions mentioned so far can really delight me ;)
    Anyway, thank you very much for your work and your support!

    Like Nuxwin said, copy all your project files into the private folder and include your project index file. (The project should use relative paths :D)


    Another way is to copy all the project files to the htdocs folder and secure the access with a htaccess. Then create again a /htcocs/index.php and include the projects index.php. (Again the project should use relative paths :D)


    Otherwise you should be able to create a plugin with a custom document root...