yii2 Pointing document root

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Hello,

I have installed the yii2 Framework to my webfaction php application. Everything works, and if I go to http://myhost.com/basic/web/index.php the application works just fine.

Now I want to remove the "basic/web" part of the url. I followed the yii2 docs http://www.yiiframework.com/doc-2.0/guide-start-installation.html#configuring-web-servers but when I create a .htaccess file in the php application root it does not work and gives me a 500 error. Someone had mentioned that Webfaction does not allow virtualhost in .htaccess. Is there anyway around this?

Here is the code that I am wanting to use in my .htaccess:

# Set document root to be "basic/web"
DocumentRoot "path/to/basic/web"

<Directory "path/to/basic/web">
    # use mod_rewrite for pretty URL support
    RewriteEngine on
    # If a directory or a file exists, use the request directly
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    # Otherwise forward the request to index.php
    RewriteRule . index.php

    # ...other settings...
</Directory>

Thank you.

Accepted Answer

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My recommendation is that you install a "Symbolic link to Static/CGI/PHP-5.5" application from our control panel, using "/home/your_username/webapps/your_app_name/basic/web" as the symlink path, then serve that app from the root of your site.

Hope that helps!

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answered 29 Oct '14, 20:28

seanf
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Thanks. I didn't know about the symbolic link app category in the applications section. Link to the relevant documentation: http://docs.webfaction.com/user-guide/websites.html#installing-applications-not-listed-in-the-control-panel

(08 Nov '14, 19:24) yoran15

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