I have done all the configurations required to run a zend framework project on the server,and its working fine.But when I try to create a new project from the command line,
C:\wamp\www> zf create project myproject
its not creating the project.Also its not giving any error.I have set the paths of php.exe and zf.bat.
C:\wamp\www> zf show version is also not doing anything.
There is not much information about this in the online documentation.
It could be something related to permission, depending on where the zf.bat is, I have experienced some issues when trying to call bat or similar files that are under certain C:/ folders. If that's not the problem, and you are not receiving any error messages in prompt when calling zf tool, check your Event Viewer, you can probably get more info about the error there.
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I am needing some help setting up a Yii2 Advanced Application on Heroku. I have already installed Yii locally using Composer, following their guide exactly: http://www.yiiframework.com/doc-2.0/guide-tutorial-advanced-app.html
My website works as it should locally, with frontend and backend:
http://localhost/yii2app/frontend/web/
http://localhost/yii2app/backend/web/
When I push it and run it on Heroku, I get errors complaining that some files are not found. What is weird, is with a bash terminal to my Heroku app, I can verify that the file is in fact there! Is Heroku not liking the '../../' to change directory?
PHP Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required '/app/frontend/web/../../common/config/main-local.php'
include_path='.:/app/.heroku/php/lib/php') in /app/frontend/web/index.php on line 12
In 'frontend/web/index.php' is Yii's stock code (line 12 is main-local.php):
$config = yii\helpers\ArrayHelper::merge(
require(__DIR__ . '/../../common/config/main.php'),
require(__DIR__ . '/../../common/config/main-local.php'),
require(__DIR__ . '/../config/main.php'),
require(__DIR__ . '/../config/main-local.php')
);
If it had to do with the '../../' to change directory, then I would think the first require would have an error (for the main.php entry).
What am I missing to get Yii2 advanced running on Heroku?
UPDATE - I created a new Yii2 basic app. Should work and be simple, so I thought. Apparently even the basic app does not run on Heroku. There MUST be something left out from the docs, somewhere... Used composer to install Yii2 basic, put it under git, pushed it to a new heroku stack. Went to check out my app on heroku, adding /web/index.php to the end of the url.
ReflectionException
Class yii\debug\Module does not exist
I then put index.php in the root directory containing phpinfo(). I can confirm I get a phpinfo report. So php is running, it reports PHP 5.6.5.
Seems like Yii2 and Heroku do not play well without some magical (and un-documented) tricks. I have searched, and searched, and searched, and I can't find anything about this. I can't possibly be the only one trying to get a Yii app onto Heroku.
So I tried CloudControl. I deployed my stock Yii2 basic app to cloudcontrol, again I get a phpinfo report on the root index.php. Navigate to /web/index.php and get errors:
Invalid Parameter – yii\base\InvalidParamException
The file or directory to be published does not exist: /srv/www/code/vendor/bower/jquery/dist
What gives! I can run this locally just fine. When I push it to a cloud based host (Heroku or CloudControl) it fails! I figured the yiibasic app would be better to at least get it running for PoC, but Yii out of the box, will not run on either of those services. There is something not mentioned that I am missing.
Finally after hours and hours of messing around, I figured it out. Well, I still have one question left that I need to test (and try again). However, I managed to get both the yii basic and yii advanced apps running on Heroku. Still got errors on CloundControl though, but that's for another day.
I was missing 2 entries in my composer.json file. I dunno why these are not included in the Yii documentation if they are required in production. Here is my require block (I did not have to edit the require-dev section, just require):
"fxp/composer-asset-plugin": "*",
"ext-gd": "*"
The composer asset plugin was absolutely required. The GD extension is needed for the contact us page (I assume the captcha). I also commented out the first 2 lines in web/index.php for the YII_DEBUG defines. Once I did that, updated composer, updated git, and pushed, magic happened :)
I don't think they inform you that you need to edit web/index.php to remove them in the Yii2 docs. Seems they are only interested in getting you going for development. Yes the index file has comments, but we need to know to look there! If you don't remove them, Yii will load your debug tools, which don't exist. I assume when Heroku receives the push, it runs composer from the "require" block.
As for the Advanced template.. Frontend and Backend index.php files already have the debugging constants correct for dev and production. You just have to run php init --env=Production --overwrite=All on the server (I couldn't get heroku to do this, but another day). The Yii docs have you run init, then select development. This takes everything from the "environments/dev" folder and overwrite them in their locations in your app. This will fail when in development. So you have to switch it to production, which moves your production files into use. I understand why you would have these, so I get it.. Like I said, I tried heroku run bash, then running php init --env=Production --overwrite=All from the apps directory but it didn't seem to make the switch. So my app was missing the frontend/web/index.php file, and many more.
I was wondering how 'frontend/web/index.php' wasn't even in the directory, but further inspection I saw that many directories have gitignore files. So when you 'git push heroku master', 'frontend/web/index.php' along with the rest, never get pushed because they are ignored. So because I couldn't get Heroku to run Yii's init into production, my files just were not there.
Simple fix to get me running on Heroku with Yii Advanced (including adding the 2 mentioned packages to composer.json): I deleted all the gitignore files, ran init choosing production, updated git, and pushed to heroku. It runs :)
Now I need to figure out how to get init to do this for me so I don't have to delete the gitignore files.
As for this question, it is solved. Heroku can run Yii2 basic and advanced. The biggest issue I see is the Yii docs lacking the necessary composer packages to run in production. So I wonder if it's just Heroku needing those packages...
I'm trying to install Zend Framework Tool.
I follow the documentation and when I run zf.php modules (as stated in the docs) I get zf.php: command not found
I found someone who was having a similar problem here - Could not open input file: zf.php
..so from that post I tried the alternative (from my project directory - /var/www/zf-tutorial) vendor/bin/zf.php modules and it successfully lists my modules.
Why is this inconstant with the documentation? Do I have to write out this whole path every time?
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So next, when trying to CREATE a project using Zend Tool, naturally I feel I need to navigate out of the project directory to my all projects directory (/var/www)
So I try zf2-tutorial/vendor/bin/zf.php create project zendtest from there... and I get the error (seems strange anyway that I might run a script of another project to create a new one but I'm just trying figure things out for now):
Error: I cannot find the autoloader of the application.
Check if /var/www contains a valid ZF2 application.
OK, seems I need to be within my projects directory where I installed it? So, grudgingly I go back into my projects directory (/var/www/zf2-tutorial) and run it from there - which seems even stranger that I should create a project from within another project... but it seems to work, .. but no, as it puts it inside my zf2-tutorial directory as that is where I am (thought it might)
How do I use this tool? Ideally I'd like to install it once and have it available for ALL projects current and future. Is simply zf create projects too possible? zf.php ... just seems messy
I'm trying to run a Symfony project that I cloned from a GitHub. I've never used Symfony before but I'd like to run the project.
I read you needed to run frontend_dev.php so I ran that in to my browser:
C:\Users\Computer\Desktop\Project\WebInterface\web\frontend_dev.php
But just got a blank page with some PHP on it. I believe I may have to set up a web server but I'm not sure and figured I'd ask here first.
If I wanted to run the project from my computer, would I just download an Apache server and drop it in the root directory? What variables and files would I need to change to get it working properly? Do I need to forward any ports?
Symfony 1.x branch is not supported anymore. Use Symfony 2.
Anyway, concerning your question: here is the doc for 1.4: Day 1: Starting up the Project
Im trying to learn how to set up a Zend framework web application from scratch. Ive been using Magento and I understand how powerful Zend is, but im over my head it seems like.
So I bought a book, developing web applications with Zend 1.8 by Keith Pope, and I cant even follow past the first chapter. The thing that is confusing the hell out of me is the whole command line deal.
Here is a passage from the book --
Once we have downloaded the Zend Framework release package, we need to do some basic installation before we can start creating our application. First, create a new directory within your web server's document root, from which the application will be served. The examples in this chapter use the directory name of helloZend. Next, copy the library and bin directories from the release package into the newly created directory. The library directory contains all of the Zend Frameworks
source files, and the bin directory contains the command line interface for the
Zend Framework. The Zend Framework is now installed and ready for use!
Creating the project structure
We are now ready to start creating the directory structure for our project. In order to do this, we are going to use the command line interface provided by the Zend Framework. This interface uses the Zend_Tool component that provides a whole host of commands that makes it very easy to get up and running with the Zend Framework in just a few minutes.
In order to create the project structure, open up your command line and change into the hellozend directory, and then run the following command:
For Windows users:
bin\zf.bat create project
For Linux and Mac users:
bin/zf.sh create project
Ok so Ive done all that. But up above in first part he says upload it to your web server, did that already. But then "open up your command line", how exactly do I do this? The only command line I understand I can access is Terminal, do I do something with Terminal or??? (Im on a mac) - I tried navigating straight to bin/zf.sh on my webserver and it brought up a what do you want to open this link with, I chose terminal and nothing happened.
Can someone clarify this for me? I realize this may be a stupid question, but I have zero experience working with non live servers and what not....
I've been a ZF developer for several years, but was working on a pre- 1.5 version up until very recently (not by choice) I found it easiest to build a local version on my machine via ZendServer CE, then once all was running and stable, port it over to my dev server. Because I have full root permissions locally, I didn't run into any issues of naming/permissions as I walked through the initial tutorial of new features and initial setup.
Also, don't miss Akrabat's tutorial on getting started the ZF. It's very well written and in some cases easier to understand than the quickstart: http://akrabat.com/wp-content/uploads/Getting-Started-with-Zend-Framework.pdf
I don't say this to developers often, but you are in over your head if you don't yet understand how to open and use a command-line shell. Your question is not stupid -- everyone has to get started somewhere. But Stack Overflow is a place for specific questions about programming, like "I tried X and it didn't do what I expected, how should I code it instead?"
All I can suggest to you is to start studying. I believe that it's counter-productive to try learning new tools at the same time as trying to get a project done. So spend some time just learning the Terminal interface and how to run things in that environment.
Google for "Mac Terminal tutorial" and a bunch of useful articles and YouTube videos come up. Start there.
I also recommend "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual".
Re your comment: Okay, I think I'm seeing the source of your confusion. What the excerpt is not saying is that you need to open a shell on the host where you're developing your ZF app. What I do is to develop the project on my local host (my Macbook) so I can have quick access for moving files around and so on. This means I run an instance of Apache running on my Mac.
Then at intervals, when the app is running and done with respect to a given milestone of functionality, I upload the whole set of files I developed to my production server.
Tell me if I'm getting warmer. I really can't tell what you know and what you don't know because of the way you've asked your question.
anyone who needs the basic understanding of connecting to a webserver via terminal or command line via ssh should read the following:
http://www.elated.com/articles/ssh-and-basic-commands/
Although, the information there didn't work with my particular webhost. I had to format the connect command like this:
ssh user#host -p 1234
Where 1234 is the servers port number, which you will need to get from your webhost if you dont know it.
To run that script, navigate to directory where you've uploaded it (you open terminal, connect to your server via ssh if you're doing this remotely).
After that execute it like this:
./zf create project your_project_name
It should create new dir named "your_project_name" and in it many other sub-directories for your application.
Also, I'd recommend that you go for http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/learning.quickstart.html instead that book - Quick Start really is great.
I am interested in the PHP framework, especially by symfony and ZendFramework, but I am not sure of one thing: I saw the need to type command lines to create a project with these frameworks. Ok, but once the project is finished, is it possible to move files to another server without installing anything (except for Apache)?
Thank you in advance
Ps: No report, but do StackOverflow uses a framework?
It is absolutely possible to run a symfony or zend framework application without installing the framework on the server. Symfony has a special mechanism to pack everything into one folder. If you use zend framework you basically have to copy the "Zend" folder to your "lib" directory and you are ready to go.
As far as I know, StackOverflow is build on ASP.net and C# running on several windows servers.
Firstof, most of those commands are needed for development only. But also you do not have to have the commands in your global path, it's also possible to execute the scripts directly.
In case of symfony that would be something like
./symfony-framework/data/bin/symfony
if you installed symfony to symfony-framework.
I believe stackoverflow is based on .NET MVC or plain ASP .NET - http://meta.stackoverflow.com will give you that answer
With Zend Framework, it is possible. The Zend_Tool part, which sets up the basics of your project is just addition. You can, but you don't have to use it at all. You can just write the project from scratch yourself, just stick to the standard project architecture.
Anyway, once the project is ready, it does not need any command line setup, other than mayby setting correct file system permission if your project needs to write some files.
I can't say about symphony, but I assume it also can be just copied to the target server.
I don't know, how about ZF, but project made with Symfony can be easily moved to another server just by copying files. However it will be difficult to maintain your project without commands. Also you have to copy all Symfony's core files to your server, but it will be better to install Symfony there before.
About Symfony:
Usually, you develop locally on your dev environment (using Wampserver or MAMP for example). You will require access to the command line to run symfony commands, specially for complex tasks like ORM tasks. So you have to install symfony on that environment.
According to the official doc the recommended installation method is through SVN (either the trunk or a tag) inside your project folder.
When you'll push the files from your dev environment to another (using project:deploy if you can), all the required files will be pushed.
So there is no need to install (in the sense of "run" or "execute") anything on the live environment server. The only "installation" method that requires an access to the command line is the PEAR install method, which is not recommended.
The only problem that I had when I deployed an application was a user permission problem on the cache folder, but that's easy to fix by changing the folder permission.