Folder strucure

[Lykos22]

Hi all, I'd like some info if possible.

I have created a projects folder inside C:\xampp\htdocs where I place all my projects, so in order to access a specific project through the url, I type this:
http://localhost/projects/example

1. Is it possible to set the projects folder as the root folder for all my projects? So basicly when I type localhost on the url, to go by default on C:\xampp\htdocs\projects

2. In every project I try to keep the following folder structure:

Code: Select all

 - projects
 -- example // name of one of my projects
 --- private // contains folders with Core PHP functionality. This will not be accessible through url
 ---- functions, db connection, php scripts here etc etc
 --- public // the public_html directory
 ---- css
 ---- js
 ---- images
 ---- index.php // the index page of my project


If I type http://localhost/projects/example I get the folder structure, instead http://localhost/projects/example/public shows the index.php page.
So basicly what I want to do is when I type http://localhost/projects/example to land me in public/index.php automaticly.

Is it possible to do these 2 things with some .htaccess files??

[JJ_Tagy]

Yes, all asked is possible. For #1, it sounds like you want to have a .htaccess in htdocs do a temporary redirect to projects folder. #2 would be the same in each base project folder to point to public unless you want to do a URL rewrite to serve the public index while showing projects/example in the address bar.

[Altrea]

I would create (sub-)domains for each project and use a folder structure like this (as you see i use the domain name as one foldername):

/projects

• /example.com
  
  • /core
  • ...other folder files not accessible by url ...
  • • /htdocs <-- DocumentRoot for example.com
      
      • /css
      • index.php
      • --- other asset files and folders ...

• /domain.tld
  
  • /core
  • ...other folder files not accessible by url ...
  • • /htdocs <-- DocumentRoot for domain.tld
      
      • /css
      • index.php
      • --- other asset files and folders ...

[Lykos22]

Thank you both for your reply, I really appreciate it!

Yes, all asked is possible. For #1, it sounds like you want to have a .htaccess in htdocs do a temporary redirect to projects folder. #2 would be the same in each base project folder to point to public unless you want to do a URL rewrite to serve the public index while showing projects/example in the address bar.

@JJ_Tagy: I'm not very familliar with the commands need to type in both .htaccess files, it sounds like rocket sience to me at the moment . Could you please provide me the code I need to type??

@Altrea: not sure whether I understand your example, but this mean that all my projects should be placed outside the htdocs folder?? How would I indentily them through the localhost then?? could you be more thorough?

[JJ_Tagy]

Altrea's example is a very good suggestion. Especially since you seem to want to organize per project. Subdomains are a good answer. If you want simple redirects, there are many online generators to take care of the code for you such as http://www.ipdistance.com/redirect_generator.php

[Lykos22]

So if I put this .htacces file inside htdocs/projects/example

Code: Select all

RewriteEngine on
Redirect /xampp/htdocs/projects/example/ xampp/htdocs/projects/example/public_html


and type on the url http://localhost/projects/example, will fix the url issue and redirect me to the public_html/index.php page?

[Altrea]

this mean that all my projects should be placed outside the htdocs folder??

This structure could also be build inside your existing htdocs folder, but i would not do that because nested virtual hosts are not recommend.

How would I indentily them through the localhost then??

Localhost is just a simulated domainname for your very own Computer. You can define multiple of such simulated domainnames with the help of your c:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file

For each of these simulated domain you can define a VirtualHost in your Apache configuration each listening to their own domain and having their own DocumentRoot