14 comments

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  jahypee09

  2 years ago

  Hi. Is the solution for problem 2 complete? I can't seem to find the edited versions of the 3 .htaccess files? Can I have the link if it's posted someplace else? Thanks! =)
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  NinjaVsPenguin

  2 years ago

  Yes, the solution to problem 2 is complete. You shouldn't have to edit the .htaccess files. The only one you might have to edit is the first one:
  
  First: in the core cakephp directory
  /cake
  
  contents of .htaccess (unedited)
  
  RewriteEngine on
  RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
  RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
  
  This tells cakePHP where you webroot is. If you have a basic install, then this shouldn't need to change. If you have a different directory for your apps, then you'll need to change the directories accordingly.
  
  HTH.
  
  -Penguin
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  Blackie

  2 years ago

  Thanks for this post. Part 2 should be included into cake manual! :-)
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  Dave

  1 year ago

  Nice article. Very helpful. Can you attach your htaccess per your article? Since you moved your webroot dir you can't be using:
  
  RewriteEngine on
  RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
  RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
  
  I am a newbie to working with rewrite rules and I can't figure out how to path it properly.
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  joren

  1 year ago

  hey thanks alot for the help to start, i have made some modifications that might help alot of people ..
  
  these small modifications will save you lots of works!!
  
  what they do are the following :
  generate on-the-fly the ROOT-location and more!!!
  
  i have tested it and i loved it myself :)
  
  ===========================
  
  so what you need to do is, open the original /app/webroot/index.php
  go to line 41 and replace the following lines with the original!
  
  
  chdir("../../");
  $root = getcwd();
  
  if (!defined('ROOT')) {
  //define('ROOT', 'FULL PATH TO DIRECTORY WHERE APP DIRECTORY IS LOCATED DO NOT ADD A TRAILING DIRECTORY SEPARATOR';
  //You should also use the DS define to seperate your directories
  define('ROOT', $root.DS.'apps');
  }
  if (!defined('APP_DIR')) {
  //define('APP_DIR', 'DIRECTORY NAME OF APPLICATION';
  define('APP_DIR', basename(dirname(__FILE__)));
  }
  /**
  * This only needs to be changed if the cake installed libs are located
  * outside of the distributed directory structure.
  */
  if (!defined('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH')) {
  //define ('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH', FULL PATH TO DIRECTORY WHERE CAKE CORE IS INSTALLED DO NOT ADD A TRAILING DIRECTORY SEPARATOR';
  //You should also use the DS define to seperate your directories
  define('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH', $root);
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  NinjaVsPenguin

  1 year ago

  Thanks, Joren! It looks great!
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  joren

  1 year ago

  addition :
  due to posting the ’ needs to be changed to ' (the single apos next to enter)
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  Alun

  1 year ago

  The locations of the three files are
  
  root/
  root/app
  root/app/webroot
  
  not cake as you suggested above ;)
  
  Thanks for the articel though it's helped me sort my problem out. I had to add RewriteBase / to each .htaccess and it all works great now :)
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  scott

  1 year ago

  I changed my setup to match this configuration and ALMOST everything was working. I couldn't get the bake console script to work. It wouldn't copy files when creating a project or write the models files.
  
  I moved the app files below the webroot and bake starting working again.
  
  Any idea why?
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  NinjaVsPenguin

  1 year ago

  Hi Scott,
  
  I never actually got Bake to work, not even in the "normal" configuration. So, unfortunately, I can't be of any help.
  
  Good luck with your projects!
  -Penguin
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  rollins

  1 year ago

  Thanks for the tips. I ended up just sticking the entire cake directory into ~/public_html, and named it for my application. Then I took Alun's advice and added RewriteBase /~user/application to each of the .htaccess files. Then I just stuck a redirect from ~user to ~user/applicaiton an I was good to go.
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  NinjaVsPenguin

  1 year ago

  Hi rollins,
  
  That's some nice .htaccess ninja you got going. I'm glad you were able to find a solution that works for you :)
  
  -Penguin
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  spamguy

  1 year ago

  Damn, I wish I had found this post two weeks ago. I would have saved so much configuration time. My .htaccess files had all disappeared, so copying and pasting the Apache code from this post still saved the day.
  
  Awesome job.
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  Caffeine

  11 months ago

  Hey there,
  
  Just a short note for CakePHP 1.2: If you want to solve the 500 Error with least changes possible just add the appropriate RewriteBase command to the app/webroot/.htaccess file. This is where any request lands somewhere during the "bootstrap process" anyway and it is easy to remove once an application goes live on a single domain.
  
  Cheers
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