Moving Web Directories After Install

Kagami · July 17, 2014, 7:32pm

Hello, I’m following the instructions for installing the advanced template at http://www.yiiframework.com/doc-2.0/guide-apps-advanced.html

I’ve installed everything under /home/user/yii2.

My public html directory is /home/user/public_html.

Now, according to Step 4 of the guide, I have to:

Set document roots of your Web server:





for frontend /path/to/yii-application/frontend/web/ and using the URL h**p://frontend/


for backend /path/to/yii-application/backend/web/ and using the URL h**p://backend/

For this, can I simply do:


> mv /home/user/yii2/frontend/web /home/user/public_html/frontend

> mv /home/user/yii2/backend/web /home/user/public_html/backend

And then configure vhosts for subdomains going to public_html/frontend and public_html/backend? Will this not break anything? E.g.

No files in frontend/web refer to ../views instead of /home/user/yii2/frontend/views
No files in frontend/web refer to ../../vendor instead of /home/user/yii2/vendor
etc.

Is it safe to simply move the frontend/web and backend/web directories wherever I please?

alirz23 · July 17, 2014, 7:49pm

>> Is it safe to simply move the frontend/web and backend/web directories wherever I please?

it is just make sure your index requires the appropriate files from vendor folder just modify the path


require(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php');

require(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/yiisoft/yii2/Yii.php');