Phalcon Boilerplate Quickstart Guide

This short document will show you how to get the code working. If you need compatibility with version 1.3.5 of Phalcon, please use the 1.3.5 branch or the v1.3.5 tag. The master branch is compatible with the 2.0.x versions of Phalcon.

For a more detailed explanation and documentation visit the article series at ParticleBits (@todo).

Step 1: Update your local config file(s)

Navigate to app/etc/env and update the config files. To get started you only need to update the local.php file. Feel free to add/remove/rename any file in this directory. The config files in here are environment specific and extend the config settings in app/etc/config.php. You'll probably need to update the paths and MySQL config at a minimum. Make sure the paths->hostname is without the http://.

Step 2: Run the install script

Open a terminal, navigate to the deploy directory, and run:

./install.sh <profile>

where <profile> is the name of the config file for the current environment (local, development, production, etc.). This will copy the environment config file to app/etc/config.local.php.

Step 3: Run the SQL update script

In the same terminal and directory, run:

./update_sql_db.sh <mysql arguments>

to run the SQL statements. For example:

./update_sql_db.sh -u root -ppassword -h localhost

You can also copy and execute the SQL commands in deploy/sql/ manually. Run ./update_sql_db.sh -h for help info about the script.

Test it out!

Point your browser to the base path you specified in the config. You should see the welcome message and info page.