Change /web to /public_html

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Issue by @t-me
January 19th, 2017, 21:15 GMT

Hello All,

I want to change the "/web" directory to "/public_html".

When i follow this link : symfony.com/override-the-web-directory

and do a composer update it looks fine. But when i go to install.php i get a error 500. in the log files i see this

[Thu Jan 19 21:06:15.625264 2017] [lsapi:error] [pid 234676] [client 82.75.164.96:0] [host t-me.nl] Backend fatal error: PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught InvalidArgumentException: The target directory "/home/debxxx/domains/t-me.nl/app/../web" does not exist. in /home/debxxx/domains/t-me.nl/vendor/symfony/symfony/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/AssetsInstallCommand.php:85\nStack trace:\n#0 /home/debxxx/domains/t-me.nl/vendor/symfony/symfony/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Command/Command.php(262): Symfony\\Bundle\\FrameworkBundle\\Command\\AssetsInstallCommand->execute(Object(Symfony\\Component\\Console\\Input\\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\\Component\\Console\\Output\\BufferedOutput))\n#1 /home/debxxx/domains/t-me.nl/vendor/contao/installation-bundle/src/Controller/InstallationController.php(170): Symfony\\Component\\Console\\Command\\Command->run(Object(Symfony\\Component\\Console\\Input\\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\\Component\\Console\\Output\\BufferedOutput))\n#2 /home/debxxx/domains/t-me.nl/vendor/contao/installation-bundle/src/Controller/InstallationController.php(133): Contao\\InstallationBundle\\Controller\\InstallationController->runCommand(Object(Symfon in /home/debxxx/domains/t-me.nl/vendor/symfony/symfony/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/AssetsInstallCommand.php on line 85\n

The reason i want to change it is because i cant change public_html to web directory as root folder.

[leofeyer]

I doubt that this is possible in Contao 4.3. We have made quite some efforts to support a custom directory structure in version 4.4, but there are still a lot of hard corded references to /web, which we cannot change without knowing the path to the web folder in Symfony. And by design, Symfony does not know it (only Composer does).

@contao/developers /cc

[Toflar]

The reason i want to change it is because i cant change public_html to web directory as root folder.

Imho this is simply a platform requirement just like the php version etc.

[fritzmg]

A customizable web folder is no unusual requirement though.

[leofeyer]

The reason i want to change it is because i cant change public_html to web directory as root folder.

@t-me Actually you are supposed to put everything into the public_html folder and then route your domain in cPanel (or whatever hosting control panel there is) to the web subfolder.

A customizable web folder is no unusual requirement though.

Correct. That's why we are trying to support it in version 4.4. But it is not trivial (see above).

[t-me]

@leofeyer Thanks for your comment on putting everything in the 'public_html'
I have DirectAdmin as control pannel but can not change the virtualhost file.

I found another solution it is not ideal but it does the trick.

Found it here...

Options -Indexes
# .htaccess primary domain to web redirect
# this file must be in the (public_html | web ) folder of your hosting account 
# make the changes to the file according to the instructions.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
	# Do not change this line.
	RewriteEngine on

	# Uncomment the following lines to add "www." to the domain:
	# RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^[^.]+\.[^.]+$
	# RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [L,R=301]

	# Uncomment the following lines to Redirect to SSL
	# RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
	# RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]	

	# Change %host% to be your primary domain.
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?%host%$

	# Change 'web' to be the folder you will use for your primary domain.
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/web/

	#********************
	# NOT RRCOMMENDED   *
	#********************
	#
	# Uncomment those two lines if you want dirs and files to be accessible out of the
	# your primary domain dir.

	#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
	#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

	# Change 'web' to be the folder you will use for your primary domain.
	RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /web/$1

	# Change %host% to be your primary domain again. 
	# Change 'web' to be the folder you will use for your primary domain 
	# followed by / then the main file for your site, index.php, index.html, etc.
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?%host%$ 
	RewriteRule ^(/)?$ web/app.php [L]
</IfModule>

Hope this will help for other people having the same issue as i have.

Edited the .htaccess with "www" and "ssl" option

[leofeyer]

I have found hard coded references to /web in at least the following files:

• src/Resources/contao/library/Contao/Combiner.php
• src/EventListener/InsecureInstallationListener.php
• src/Resources/contao/library/Contao/Image.php
• src/Resources/contao/library/Contao/Automator.php
• src/Resources/contao/controllers/FrontendCron.php

The news and calendar bundles also write into the web/share folder, therefore we need to store the path to the web directory somewhere so we can access it in Contao. I understand that this is against the Symfony concept, but until all the resources above have been refactored, I don't think we have a choice.

@contao/developers /cc

[leofeyer]

As discussed at the developer's meeting, the parameter shall be named contao.web_dir.

[leofeyer]

Added the parameter in contao/core-bundle@b307ac4 as basis for the upcoming pull requests.

[leofeyer]

@t-me BTW, the easiest solution probably would have been a symlink from public_html to web.

[leofeyer]

Fixed in contao/core-bundle@8a74bb1.