labs-vcap/docs/php.md

PHP Support

Architecture

PHP applications are deployed using Apache and mod_php. For each CloudFoundry instance of the application, an Apache instance is started.

Demo: Installing Wordpress

The Wordpress CMS can be run using CloudFoundry PHP support with very minimal changes.

Steps to get the application to run:

1. curl -O http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

2. tar -xzf latest.tar.gz

3. rm latest.tar.gz

4. cd wordpress

5. echo "<?php" > wp-salt.php

6. curl https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/ >> wp-salt.php

7. Create wp-config.php, and set it to:

            <?php
            $services = getenv("VCAP_SERVICES");
            $services_json = json_decode($services,true);
            $mysql_config = $services_json["mysql-5.1"][0]["credentials"];
   
            // ** MySQL settings from resource descriptor ** //
            define('DB_NAME', $mysql_config["name"]);
            define('DB_USER', $mysql_config["user"]);
            define('DB_PASSWORD', $mysql_config["password"]);
            define('DB_HOST', $mysql_config["hostname"]);
            define('DB_PORT', $mysql_config["port"]);
   
            define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
            define('DB_COLLATE', '');
            define ('WPLANG', '');
            define('WP_DEBUG', false);
   
            require('wp-salt.php');
   
            $table_prefix  = 'wp_';
   
            /* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
   
            /** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */
            if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )
                    define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
   
            /** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */
            require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');
   

8. vmc push wordpresscf --url wordpresscf.vcap.me -n

9. vmc create-service mysql --bind wordpresscf

10. Visit http://wordpresscf.vcap.me and enjoy your Wordpress install!