How to run Codeigniter 4 without php spark serve

Question

I do not use "php spark serve" command every time. Is it possible to us that without cmd command? I searched and found something. They are saying that move files from public directory to htdocs and change

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

to

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

but it does not work. By the way, my main location is htdocs/cms. And I changed base url in App.php like this

    public $baseURL = 'http://localhost:8080/cms/';

and .env like this

app.baseURL = 'http://localhost:8080/cms/'

Answer 1

Simply set up a virtual host on your local machine.

STEPS

Based on a windows computer & xampp.
Assumes your main project directory is at C:\xampp\htdocs\cms

1. Edit the file C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts, add the line below at the end and save. You may need administrative privileges to change this file.

127.0.0.1       local.cms

2. Edit the file C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf, add the lines below at the end and save.

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerAdmin sinan-sankaya@gmail.com
        DocumentRoot "C:\xampp\htdocs\cms\public"
        ServerName local.cms

            <Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs">
                 Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
                 AllowOverride All
                 Order allow,deny
                 Allow from all
                 Require all granted
            </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

3. Reset your $pathsConfig variable back to the default (C:\xampp\htdocs\cms\public\index.php).

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

4. Change your $baseURL configuration. (C:\xampp\htdocs\cms\app\Config\App.php)

// ...
    public $baseURL = "http://local.cms";
// ...

• If you make use of the .env file, configure that as well.

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

5. Restart the Apache webserver. You may start the MySQL service as well if you haven't already and your app uses a database.

6. Open your favourite web browser and search http://local.cms

Answer 2

I am a Mac OS user. And I was using Xampp for Codeigniter. Now I tried Mamp, and it works. Thank you for the answers.