Elephant Resort

Luxury Hotel Website - Developed in PHP and hosted on AWS

Dependencies

1. Linux or Windows Subsystem Linux (WSL)
2. Apache2 Server
3. MariaDB/MySQL
4. Php (v5+)

Setup

Install dependencies

1. Install Ubuntu (WSL/Windows 10 only) :

   • If WSL (Windows Subsystem Linux) feature is not already enabled on your computer:
     • Open PowerShell as Administrator and run

       Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

     • Restart your computer when prompted.
   • Download and install Ubuntu (WSL) from the windows store
   • Launch Ubuntu and complete initial startup steps

2. Install Apache2

   • Add the following PPA to get latest version of Apache. In Ubuntu/WSL Bash run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/apache2
   • Update local package index; sudo apt-get update
   • Install Apache; sudo apt-get install apache2

3. Install MariaDB/MySQL (Optional)

   • Add repo with the latest MariaDB packages

     sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
     sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 0xF1656F24C74CD1D8
     sudo add-apt-repository 'deb [arch=amd64,i386,ppc64el] http://ams2.mirrors.digitalocean.com/mariadb/repo/10.2/ubuntu xenial main'

   • Install MariaDB

     sudo apt-get update
     sudo apt-get install mariadb-server

   • Start MariaDB:sudo service mysql start
   • Run the following and follow prompts: mysql_secure_installation

4. Install PHP

   • Add PPA to get the latest version of php:

     sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
     sudo apt-get update

   • Install PHP 7.1 packages:

     sudo apt-get install php7.1 libapache2-mod-php7.1 php7.1-mcrypt php7.1-mysql php7.1-mbstring php7.1-gettext php7.1-xml php7.1-json php7.1-curl php7.1-zip

Clone & Run

1. Configure Apache (WSL/Windows 10 only)
   • Edit Apache default virtual host configuration file:

     sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf

   • Update DocumentRoot to /var/www/html/ElephantResort
   • Update ServerName to localhost then Ctrl+o Enter Ctrl+x to save and exit
   • Enable Apache modules that are necessary and restart/start server:

     sudo a2enmod rewrite
     sudo service apache2 restart

2. cd into apache default DocumentRoot folder cd /var/www/html
3. Clone repo: git clone https://github.com/lenzoburger/ElephantResort.git
4. Launch browser and Navigate to url: http://localhost/ElephantResort
5. Launch preferred IDE/Editor in folder /var/www/html/ElephantResort to edit project

Tools

1. phpMyAdmin
2. Composer
3. Git
4. Visual Studio Code & Extensions:
   • PHP Intellisense - Crane
   • Auto Rename Tag
   • Debugger for chrome
   • Markdown All in One
   • Markdown Preview Enhanced
   • Meterial Icon Theme
   • Path Intellisense
   • Prettier - Code Formatter