And I realise now I wouldn't have this problem if I was using a proper production setup with the webroot set as the docroot, but this is a shared server so everything is inside the docroot.
So would it be fair to summarise it like below: Don't rename your 'app' folder if you want it to appear as the root when using a production-style setup, (i.e. everything inside the docroot). Only an app folder named 'app' can appear as the root application in this kind of setup. J On Nov 18, 1:10 pm, acoustic_overdrive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Andy, > > Thanks for your detailed response. Very interesting, I didn't know it > worked like that. > > The reason I wanted to use a different app directory name was because > I have multiple apps on my dev machine and when I uploaded one site > into production I thought I may as well leave its app directory with a > custom name, rather than rename it back to 'app'. > > Maybe I'd better read up again on mod_rewrite because I assumed the > root .htaccess would jump _all_ traffic to /app/webroot/index.php, and > that's why I fiddled with that file to send it into the renamed app > folder. But I can see that it doesn't work like that. If there's a > subdirectory with a matching name it does actually find it rather than > using that subdirectory name as a cake controller name. > > Interesting.... > > J > > On Nov 18, 12:40 pm, AD7six <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Nov 18, 1:33 pm, acoustic_overdrive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > The example I gave was just a quick way of demonstrating. I know it > > > works fine with only one app called 'app', but what if you do want > > > more than one? > > > > I was just browsing the source for dispatcher::baseUrl() and see that > > > it used to be aware of the value of APP_DIR but now assumes it to be > > > 'app': <https://trac.cakephp.org/changeset?new=trunk%2Fcake%2F1.2.x.x > > > %2Fcake%2Fdispatcher.php%407690&old=trunk%2Fcake%2F1.2.x.x%2Fcake > > > %2Fdispatcher.php%404241> > > > You are still missing the point. > > > let's assume you have localhost pointing to /var/www > > > and you have > > /var/www > > app > > app2 > > app3 > > cake > > vendors > > .htaccess <- untouched > > index.php <- untouched > > > assuming standard routes > > > localhost/ will point at > > app/pagescontroller/display/home > > localhost/app2/ will point at > > app2/pagescontroller/display/home > > localhost/app3/ will point at > > app3/pagescontroller/display/home > > > Each app is self contained and each app will generate links to its own > > root. > > > AD --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
