phalcon php "invo sample application" using nginx - php

Question

I tried to learn and configure phalcon by testing INVO sample application
It appears that the tutorial doesn't include nginx config for the testing so that I got some difficulty to test the sample application.
I used nginx as the web server, I took nginx configuration from here
Here is my nginx config:
server {
listen 80;
server_name local.phalcon.dev;
access_log /Users/mylocal/www/log/phalcon.access.log;
error_log /Users/mylocal/www/log/phalcon.error.log;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
set $root_path '/Users/mylocal/www/phalcon/current';
root $root_path;
try_files $uri $uri/ #rewrite;
location #rewrite {
rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?_url=/$1;
}
location ~ \.php {
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_index /index.php;
include /usr/local/etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
fastcgi_param PATH_TRANSLATED $document_root$fastcgi_path_info;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
location ~* ^/(css|img|js|flv|swf|download)/(.+)$ {
root $root_path;
}
location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;
}
}
Looking at the tutorial, I believe the structure is like this:
webroot
invo
app
...
public
index.php
...
...
which means, webroot is my /Users/mylocal/www/phalcon/current
and I should be able to access it with this url http://local.phalcon.dev/invo
It lead to 403 forbidden which is understandable because it appears that we should rewrite path from webroot/invo to webroot/invo/public
I did some trial and error changing the configuration but found no luck, can somebody help me to configure the nginx config for that tutorial? (which means accessing it from http://local.phalcon.dev/invo)
PS:
I was able to access it by changing the $root_path into /Users/mylocal/www/phalcon/current/invoice/public
and changing the $url->setBaseUri($config->application->baseUri); into $url->setBaseUri('/'); in invo/public/index.php
but that means I accessed it from url http://local.phalcon.dev NOT http://local.phalcon.dev/invo

Answer 1

To access it via http://local.phalcon.dev/invo instead of http://local.phalcon.dev all you need to do now is to configure the routing. I think in your case you simply need to set the base uri as per this example:
//Setup a base URI so that all generated URIs include the "tutorial" folder
$di->set('url', function(){
$url = new \Phalcon\Mvc\Url();
$url->setBaseUri('/tutorial/');
return $url;
});
I'm also getting a feeling that you also want to use http://local.phalcon.dev for other Phalcon apps? If that's the case then it will not work. All requests are forwarded to index.php, which rules out what to do. You can create multi-module app, but you can't have different apps sittings on the same domain (without serious pain).

Answer 2

the only directory which should be available via url is public. You home direcotry must end with public something like:
/Users/mylocal/www/phalcon/public
and you will be able to use base dir of /:
$di->set('url', function(){
$url = new \Phalcon\Mvc\Url();
$url->setBaseUri('/');
return $url;
});
of course you can use whatever name for your public dir, but not recommended, because if you will want to use phalcon's devtools, they are working with home dir called "public"

Answer 3

Please check app/config/config.ini file. There is a "baseUri" section.
1. nginx root_path should be "webroot/invo/public.
2. phalcon code: app/config/config.ini -> baseUri = /
3. url: local.phalcon.dev