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Installing as a subdomain using cPanel and Softaculous - malcolmr - 12-25-2021

After installing CI4 with Myth/Auth on a shared server using cPanel and Softaculous, I get a 404 when I enter a username/password and press Login.

To make it as simple as possible, my test application just has:

CI4 (4.1.5)
Myth/Auth (1.0.1).

Things that work:
https://mindstg.xxxxxxx.xxx.au/

displays “Welcome to CodeIgniter 4.1.5” page
browser shows URL as https://mindstg.xxxxxxx.xxx.au/public/

https://mindstg.xxxxxxx.xxx.au/public/login

displays “Myth:Auth Home” (Login) page
browser shows URL as entered (https://mindstg.xxxxxxx.xxx.au/public/login)

What doesn’t work:
Pressing the Login button on https://mindstg.xxxxxxx.xxx.au/public/login

displays 404
browser shows 404 URL as https://mindstg.xxxxxxx.xxx.au/login

A thing that makes it work:
Change (hack) the <form> tag in Myth/Auth Login form (using the HTML editor in the browser)

from <form action="/login" method="post">
to “<form action="/public/login" method="post">”

Pressing Login then redisplays the Login page with validation errors:

I didn’t put in a username or password – so that is as expected
browser shows URL as https://mindstg.xxxxxxx.xxx.au/public/index.php/login

Environment:
Folder structure:
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public/index.php (unchanged from default)

PHP Code:
<?php

// Path to the front controller (this file)
define('FCPATH', __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);

/*
 *---------------------------------------------------------------
 * BOOTSTRAP THE APPLICATION
 *---------------------------------------------------------------
 * This process sets up the path constants, loads and registers
 * our autoloader, along with Composer's, loads our constants
 * and fires up an environment-specific bootstrapping.
 */

// Ensure the current directory is pointing to the front controller's directory
chdir(__DIR__);

// Load our paths config file
// This is the line that might need to be changed, depending on your folder structure.
$pathsConfig = FCPATH . '../app/Config/Paths.php';
// ^^^ Change this if you move your application folder
require realpath($pathsConfig) ?: $pathsConfig;

$paths = new Config\Paths();

// Location of the framework bootstrap file.
$bootstrap = rtrim($paths->systemDirectory, '\\/ ') . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'bootstrap.php';
$app      = require realpath($bootstrap) ?: $bootstrap;

/*
 *---------------------------------------------------------------
 * LAUNCH THE APPLICATION
 *---------------------------------------------------------------
 * Now that everything is setup, it's time to actually fire
 * up the engines and make this app do its thang.
 */
$app->run(); 

.htaccess (as created by the Softaculous CodeIgniter installer)

Code:
# To prevent access to .env and other files

<Files .*>

# Apache 2.2

<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>

Order deny,allow

Deny from all

</IfModule>

# Apache 2.4

<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>

Require all denied

</IfModule>

</Files>

<IfModule mod_alias.c>

RedirectMatch 301 ^/$ https://mindstg.xxxxxxx.xxx.au/public

</IfModule>

.env (as created by the Softaculous Codeigniter installer)

Code:
#--------------------------------------------------------------------

# ENVIRONMENT

#--------------------------------------------------------------------

CI_ENVIRONMENT = development

#--------------------------------------------------------------------

# APP

#--------------------------------------------------------------------

app.baseURL = 'https://mindstg.xxxxxxx.xxx.au/public/'

#--------------------------------------------------------------------

# DATABASE

#--------------------------------------------------------------------

database.default.hostname = localhost

database.default.database = xxxxxxxx_mindstg

database.default.username = xxxxxxxx_mindstg

database.default.password = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

database.default.DBDriver = MySQLi

database.default.DBPrefix =

app/Config/Routes.php (unchanged from standard)

PHP Code:
<?php

namespace Config;

// Create a new instance of our RouteCollection class.
$routes = Services::routes();

// Load the system's routing file first, so that the app and ENVIRONMENT
// can override as needed.
if (file_exists(SYSTEMPATH . 'Config/Routes.php')) {
    require SYSTEMPATH . 'Config/Routes.php';
}

/*
* --------------------------------------------------------------------
* Router Setup
* --------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
$routes->setDefaultNamespace('App\Controllers');
$routes->setDefaultController('Home');
$routes->setDefaultMethod('index');
$routes->setTranslateURIDashes(false);
$routes->set404Override();
$routes->setAutoRoute(true);

/*
* --------------------------------------------------------------------
* Route Definitions
* --------------------------------------------------------------------
*/

// We get a performance increase by specifying the default
// route since we don't have to scan directories.
$routes->get('/', 'Home::index');

/*
* --------------------------------------------------------------------
* Additional Routing
* --------------------------------------------------------------------
*
* There will often be times that you need additional routing and you
* need it to be able to override any defaults in this file. Environment
* based routes is one such time. require() additional route files here
* to make that happen.
*
* You will have access to the $routes object within that file without
* needing to reload it.
*/
if (file_exists(APPPATH . 'Config/' . ENVIRONMENT . '/Routes.php')) {
    require APPPATH . 'Config/' . ENVIRONMENT . '/Routes.php';
} 

vendor/myth/auth/src/Config/Routes.php (unchanged from standard)

PHP Code:
<?php

/*
* Myth:Auth routes file.
*/
$routes->group('', ['namespace' => 'Myth\Auth\Controllers'], function ($routes) {
    // Login/out
    $routes->get('login', 'AuthController::login', ['as' => 'login']);
    $routes->post('login', 'AuthController::attemptLogin');
    $routes->get('logout', 'AuthController::logout');

    // Registration
    $routes->get('register', 'AuthController::register', ['as' => 'register']);
    $routes->post('register', 'AuthController::attemptRegister');

    // Activation
    $routes->get('activate-account', 'AuthController::activateAccount', ['as' => 'activate-account']);
    $routes->get('resend-activate-account', 'AuthController::resendActivateAccount', ['as' => 'resend-activate-account']);

    // Forgot/Resets
    $routes->get('forgot', 'AuthController::forgotPassword', ['as' => 'forgot']);
    $routes->post('forgot', 'AuthController::attemptForgot');
    $routes->get('reset-password', 'AuthController::resetPassword', ['as' => 'reset-password']);
    $routes->post('reset-password', 'AuthController::attemptReset');
}); 

What I need:

for the Login button on the Myth/Auth Home page to work

For bonus points (ie: more profuse thanks Smile

allow all interactions to be based on https://mindstg.xxxxxxx.xxx.au rather than https://mindstg.xxxxxxx.xxx.au/public

Thanks!
Malcolm

RE: Installing as a subdomain using cPanel and Softaculous - malcolmr - 12-27-2021

Ok. After a LOT of trial and error, I've found a combination that does what I want.

I'm posting my solution here, not because I think that it's a wonderful solution (I don't really understand how/why it works), but in the hope that it might be useful to someone else and/or someone can explain it to me.

Cheers
Malcolm

.htaccess (replaced RedirectMatch with RewriteCond/RewriteRule):

Code:
<IfModule mod_alias.c>

#RedirectMatch 301 ^/$ https://mindstg.xxxxxxx.xxx.au/public

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mindstg.xxxxxxx.xxx.au

RewriteRule (.*) https://mindstg.xxxxxxx.xxx.au/public/$1 [R=301,P]

</IfModule>

.env (removed '/public' from app.baseURL):

Code:
#--------------------------------------------------------------------

# APP

#--------------------------------------------------------------------

#app.baseURL = 'https://mindstg.xxxxxxx.xxx.au/public/'

app.baseURL = 'https://mindstg.xxxxxxx.xxx.au/'

RE: Installing as a subdomain using cPanel and Softaculous - adazinh - 12-28-2021

Awesome, I'm having this problem. thank you