Workshop - week 01

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PHP Info

One thing that is not mentioned in the Quick Start, which is often a good idea to do when you begin working on a new PHP server for the first time is uploading a PHP Info test file.

<?php

// Shows all information, defaults to INFO_ALL

phpinfo();

?>

Browse to the page using your web broswer, and hopefully you should get a page outlining the various configurations on the server. If all appears well with the PHP info file, we can move on.

Quick Start Zend Framework

We are going to be following the Zend Framework Quickstart tutorial to ensure we can get Zend to work properly from our University area.

Following how to set up a project structure, we need to create a directory structure in our personal space.

Using either an FTP client (FileZilla, WS-FTP, etc), or using a Shell prompt through putty, set up the folder structure outlined here.

Setting Up .htaccess

Following the instructions outlined here, set up the .htaccess file, and copy it to the QuickStart/public/ folder.

Hint: When all the files are in place, page requests that would normally result in a 404 error should be redirected to the "Hello, Zend Framework!" page. For example, http://mi-linux.wlv.ac.uk/~0454543/QuickStart/public/notAPage should redirect correctly. If this is not working properly for you, you may need to change the final line of the rewrite rule.

As an example:

1. public/.htaccess

RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L] RewriteRule ^.*$ /index.php [NC,L]

Would become:

RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L] RewriteRule ^.*$ /~in9301/Zend/public/index.php [NC,L]