Organizing root folder with client folders?

stepunk

Hello, I just checked Laragon and it looks like a great tool. I just have one doubt.

I usually organize my projects in a folder structure like this:

/CLIENTS/[client_name]/[website.extension]

Do I have to set the document root each time to /CLIENTS/[client_name]/?
Or is there a way to set /CLIENTS/ as document root, and have Laragon find the projects in each subfolder?

leokhoa

@stepunk : You can change the DocumentRoot in Menu > Preferences

sccowl

Re: Organizing root folder with client folders?

Hi, I know this thread is a few months old, but I have a related issue so using this example here, but I can start a new thread if needed?

The pretty URL's pick up automatically from the root folder, but I can't work out how to point them to sub folders like the example. Ideally I want to switch quickly without having to change the document root each time.

e.g.

/CLIENTS/Client_1/Project_a
/CLIENTS/Client_1/Project_b
/CLIENTS/Client_2/Project_c

I'd like to be able to access via

project_a.test
project_b.test
project_c.test etc.

I tried to set up a manual config file in C:\laragon\etc\apache2\sites-enabled, with auto. prefix removed and adding

project_a.text.config:

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/CLIENTS/Client_1/Project_a/"
ServerName project_a.test
ServerAlias *.project_a.test
<Directory "C:/CLIENTS/Client_1/Project_ac/">
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

hosts file:
127.0.0.1 project_a.test #laragon magic!

leokhoa

@sccowl : 80% of the time, we will not work on both Client_1 & Client_2
Therefore, in your case, I just switch Document Root using Menu > www > Switch Document Root

When you switch to /CLIENTS/Client_1, Laragon will create project_a.test & project_b.test
When you switch to /CLIENTS/Client_1, Laragon will create project_c.test

Otherwise, you can use multiple instances of Laragon:
C:\laragon\Client_1\laragon.exe
C:\laragon\Client_2\laragon.exe
...

jaimito

@stepunk
Here is how I have mine set up.
Laragon Data Dir: C:\laragon\data
My Document Root: C:\Users\qwerty\www

Inside of C:\Users\organ\www I have various clients and projects. I even have Adminer (which I use instead of PHPMyAdmin for easy access.

In your taskbar - right-click Laragon > Apache > sites-enabled and select the project you want to edit. Change DocumentRoot and Directory to the path of your VirtualHost.

This comes in super handy. For example I have one project (with 2 VirtualHost "domains") where I have javascript and css fully minimized and concatenated for production but in the same project folder I have everything scattered for testing & development. Only difference is the URL (dev.client.webdev & prod.client.webdev) but both being served from the same project folder.

I hope this helps.
If you need further explanation, please let me know.