How to deploy my PHP website?

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This is a very NOOb questions, I know, but this is my first website that I made, and I have no idea how to deploy it. I made it using PHP, and my file structure is as follows:

Includes 
Public
  ->images
  ->...
  ->...
  ->userview

All my files that will be accessed by the users are in the userview document, and my entry page which is login.php, is also there. How should I deploy it?

I tried just copying the files over to my hoast using filezilla, but it gives a glorious 404 and 403 error depending what i am trying to access.

The output for $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] is /var/chroot/home/content/40/7141640/html

Tobias · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-19 15:02:49Z

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Just copying is right, but you should create a file called index.php (within root folder of your webhosting folder) which is mostly called first. But calling login.php directly should work either.

Wrong path: try sth. like this as path:

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/public/userview/menulogged.php"

Every webhoster is different, so it´s difficult to find the correct path for me, just ask your webhoster if this doesn´t work or try another directory.

edited Jan 19, 2011 at 15:02

answered Jan 19, 2011 at 14:43

Tobias

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Pillblast Over a year ago

I made a index.php that calls the file inside, but it doesn't work. require_once("public/userview/menulogged.php"); It says that the file doesn't exist. Am I writing it wrong the path to it?

Brad Over a year ago

@Pillblast, don't forget that if you are developing on a Windows box and hosting on a *nix box that your filename is now case-sensitive.

Pillblast Over a year ago

It's not working like that either. Is it ok to move my files in the root folder? Is it a good practice? @Brad, I know, I made all my files lowercase to start with

Tobias Over a year ago

Show us the output of $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']

Pillblast Over a year ago

thank you a lot. it worked thanks to the /. now i just have to modify some other parths, but I know how. Thanks a lot :)

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