Setting up a Codeigniter project

1. Go to

   C:\xampp\htdocs

   directory
2. Right click and open in terminal or open command line interface
3. Run

   
   composer create-project codeigniter4/appstarter bookshop

4. Go to

   
   C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

   open in text editor (with admin rights)
5. Add

   
   127.0.0.1 bookshop.local

   and save
6. Go to

   
   C:\xampp\apache\conf\extras\httpd-vhosts.conf

   open in text editor (with admin rights)
7. Add

   
   <VirtualHost *:80>
   DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/bookshop"
   ServerName bookshop.local
   <Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/bookshop">
             Require all granted
           AllowOverride All
       </Directory>
   </VirtualHost>

   Or

   
     	<VirtualHost *:80>
       	DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/bookshop/public"
       	ServerName bookshop.local
   	</VirtualHost>
     

8. Restart Xampp if needed
9. If you are using Xampp first time,
1. Open Xampp Control Panel
2. Click config next to Apache
3. Open php.ini
• Sometime there is no specific php.ini instead two files are there php.ini-prouduction and php.ini-development
• Go to file explorer and open in view tab > show > file name extensions
• Change the extension of php.ini-development to php.ini.
• The it'll show with colors in an IDE
4. Remove semicolon from ;extension=zip and ;extension=intl
5. Save the file
10. Go to project folder

    C:\xampp\htdocs\bookshop

11. Open env file
1. Change production to development

   # ENVIRONMENT
   #--------------------------------------------------------------------
   
    CI_ENVIRONMENT = development

2. Change base url

   
   app.baseURL = 'http://bookshop.local/'

3. Save and close the file. Then rename it as .env
12. Remove Public and index.php from URL
    1. Open App.php File from the Location c:\xampp\htdocs\bookshop\app\Config\App.php
    2. Change from

       
       public @baseURL = 'http://localhost:8080';

       to

       
       public @baseURL = 'http://bookshop.local';

    3. Change from

       
       public $uriProtocol = 'REQUEST_URI';

       to

       
       public $uriProtocol = 'PATH_INFO';

    4. In public directory, move index.php and .htaccess file to the root project folder.
    5. Open index.php from project root directory, and edit the following path: from

       
       $pathsPath = FCPATH.'../app/Config/Paths.php';

       to

       
       $pathsPath = FCPATH.'app/Config/Paths.php';