Development Process

Prerequisites

• Any *nix-like system (for running Makefiles)
• PHP installation satisfying:
  • All of Bolt's requirements
  • The curl extension
  • The exif extension
  • The iconv extension
  • The zip extension
  • The openssl extension
  • Running "phar" files (The phar extension must be enabled or able to be configured)

Getting Started

Run make in the repository for help; make dev-init is a good starting point.

Release Process

Dreamhost Setup

1. Your PHP CLI must use the same version as the website. Update your .bash_profile to include the following lines. (Assuming PHP 7.3)

    # Inside /home/<username>/.bash_profile
    export PATH=/usr/local/php73/bin:$PATH
   

2. The phprc file (/home/<username>/.php/<version>/phprc) must be updated from the src/setup/php.prod.ini file

    # Inside /home/<username>/.php/<version>/phprc
    <contents of src/setup/php.ini>
   

Environment

• After cloning repository, directories database and files should be added.
• The simplest way to do this is to use make init-dev

Work to Do

• Setup a separate php.ini for dev-server; timezone must be set.

Release Process

• Need way to backup files/ directory remotely.
• Should use relpath instead of hardcoded relative paths for symbolic links. See this SO post for relpath implementation.