How to configure Apache to have two symfony projects in the same domain (without using subdomains)?

Question

Hi!

I'm trying to configure Apache to have to different symfony projects (each with his own installation of the framework) under the same domain, but I can't get it to work using folders.

This is what I would like to have:

• mydomain.com/projectone/
• mydomain.com/projecttwo/

I can make it work using subdomains, but is not the preferred solution for me, because I end up having crazy subdomains like:

• projectone.mydomain.com
• backend.projectone.mydomain.com
• projecttwo.mydomain.com
• backend.projecttwo.mydomain.com

I'm using this configuration in Apache to make it work with subdomains:

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:8080>
  ServerName projectone.mydomain.com
  DocumentRoot "/home/projectone/web"
  DirectoryIndex frontend.php
  <Directory "/home/projectone/web">
    Options -Indexes IncludesNOEXEC FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
    AllowOverride None
    Allow from All

    RewriteEngine On
    # we check if the .html version is here (caching)
    RewriteRule ^$ index.html [QSA]
    RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.html [QSA]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    # no, so we redirect to our front web controller
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ frontend.php [QSA,L]
  </Directory>

  Alias /sf /home/projectone/lib/vendor/symfony/data/web/sf
  <Directory "/home/projectone/lib/vendor/symfony/data/web/sf">
    AllowOverride All
    Allow from All
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Any idea on how to achieve the folders solution?

Thanks in advance, Eneko

Answer 1

You can use the setWebDir method in your ProjectConfiguration to specify a unique web directory to serve out of in each project. This will allow you to host the project files (apps, config, lib, plugins, etc) in any directory you'd like (/home/projectone) while moving the files normally in web/ to a completely different location (/home/mydomain/web/projectone). You have the option of adjusting your entire project's web directory from your root ProjectConfiguration in config/ProjectConfiguration.class.php:

class ProjectConfiguration extends sfProjectConfiguration
{
  public function setup()
  {
    $this->setWebDir('/home/mydomain/web/projectone');
  }
}

or if you'd like each of your applications to have a different web directory (/projectone/ for the front-end and /projectone/backend/ for the back-end) you can set the web directory from each of the application configurations in apps/myapp/config/myappConfiguration.class.php:

class myappConfiguration extends sfApplicationConfiguration
{
  public function configure()
  {
    $this->setWebDir('/home/mydomain/web/projectone');
  }
}

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

I have tried this code and seems to work. Since I haven't tested it I am not sure about this being error free, but it can be a hint for you.

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:8088>
  Alias /badger /home/amqs/proyectos/sales/nuevo/salesprime/web
  DocumentRoot "/home/amqs/proyectos/sales/nuevo/salesprime/web"
  DirectoryIndex frontend_dev.php
  <Directory "/home/amqs/proyectos/sales/nuevo/salesprime/web">
    AllowOverride All
    Allow from All
  </Directory>

  Alias /sales /home/amqs/proyectos/sales/salesprime2/web
  DocumentRoot "/home/amqs/proyectos/sales/salesprime2/web"
  DirectoryIndex frontend_dev.php
  <Directory "/home/amqs/proyectos/sales/salesprime2/web">
    AllowOverride All
    Allow from All
  </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

Answer 3

I do this all the time. Here's the relevant Apache config. I also set up custom error handlers for each symfony app.

 # make sure your symfony install dir is available
<Directory "/var/www/symfony1.4">
    AllowOverride All
    Allow from all
</Directory>

# each app under http://mysite/myapp gets a section like this
Alias /myapp/sf "/var/www/symfony1.4/data/web/sf"
Alias /myapp "/var/www/vhosts/myvhost/sf_apps/myapp/web"
<Directory "/var/www/vhosts/myvhost/sf_apps/myapp/web">
    AllowOverride All
    Allow from all
    ErrorDocument 404 /myapp/default/error404
    ErrorDocument 500 /myapp/myThemePlugin/errors/error500.php
</Directory>

You also need to hack this line in your web/.htaccess file.

# uncomment the following line, if you are having trouble
# getting no_script_name to work
RewriteBase /myapp