move framework folder out of public_html directory

Yii 1.1 Installation and Setup
1

Hi,

I am using Lunarpages web hosting.

I try to test yii configuration with the demo app Blog:

  1. I installed yii under public_html folder as the following. The blog app comes out file.

/public_html/yii/framework

/public_html/yii/demos/blog

  1. Then I move the framework folder out of the public_html folder as follows:

/public_html/yii/demos/blog

/yii/framework

and modified the statement in index.php

from: $yii=dirname(FILE).’/../../framework/yii.php’;

to: $yii=dirname(FILE).’/../../../../yii/framework/yii.php’;

and add echo statements in both yii.php and main.php.

Both echo statement are displayed, no error displayed, but the blog app doens’t come up.

I did the same test in my localhost with wamp server, the blog app comes up fine.

Does the framework folder have to be under public_html folder in a web hosting environment or there is something I missed?

Thanks,

jdev009

2

That depends on your web host.

Put this in your index.php:





$yii=dirname(__FILE__).'/../../yii/framework/yii.php';

if(!file_exists($yii))

{

    die("<font color=\"red\">Error:</font> Cannot find Yii!<br/>

            Please check and correct the path to Yii in <em>{$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']}/index.php</em>");

}

Adjust the path until it stops failing.

3

jacmoe,

thank you for your help. The path for $yii was current and verified with the code you suggested.

I checked the web server error log, it says:

PHP Fatal error: Class ‘CController’ not found in /home/mydomain/public_html/yii/demos/blog/protected/components/Controller.php on line 6.

So it seems the framework is not loaded. Is there any other property to be set to load framework classes?

4

jacmoe,

Never mind, somehow, CController.php was corrupted. After I reuploaded the class file, the blog app works!

Thank you again.