AngularJS Project Template and Apache 2.2/2.4 setup

On my Github, I've created an AngularJS project template that sets up Grunt, LibSass, and HTML5Mode.

https://github.com/pbrizardo/grunt_libsass_angular_scaffold

Setting up Apache 2.2/2.4 to support Html5Mode

Use Apache's mod_rewrite to forward the index.html for any URL requests through the use of rewrite rules.

1) Put all rewrite rules in httpd.conf.
2) Edit httpd.conf and put rewrite rules in .htaccess

Method 1 will be more convenient since all changes are done in one file.
Method 2 might be convenient for those who want different rewrite behavior in different applications (Never tried this)

Method 1

1. Open httpd.conf
2. Find the Directory tag for the served documents.

Ex. <Directory "/apache2.2/htdocs"> or <Directory "var/www">

3. Add the following rules:
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !index
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*\.(css|js|html|png)
    RewriteRule (.*) index.html [L]

4. Make sure AllowOverride None is set

That's it!

Method 2

1. Open httpd.conf
2. Inside the <Directory /> tag, make sure it has the follow options:

<Directory />
    Options All
    AllowOverride All
</Directory>

3. Change all instances of AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All
4. Open .htaccess file
5. Insert the following at the end of the file

<ifModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !index
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*\.(css|js|html|png)
    RewriteRule (.*) index.html [L]
</ifModule>

6. If running Apache 2.4, go to the next step, otherwise, you're done!
7. Due to change in new directives access control modules, directives such as Order, Deny, and Satisfy have been replaced

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html

So you'll find the old directives under the tag  <FilesMatch "(^#.*#|\.(bak|config|dist|fla|inc|ini|log|psd|sh|sql|sw[op])|~)$">

Replace all directives with

Require all denied

[PHP] Installing PHP, Apache, Laravel locally on Windows 7

This guide is only for note taking purposes. Whenever I set up something for the first time, I feel like writing about it. I don't know why that is, but don't worry about it and let's begin.

Installing PHP 5.4 and Apache 2.4:

• Download Apache 2.4 from apachelounge.com
• Download PHP 5.4 from the php.net
• Extract Php files into a directory. You can choose c:\php if you want.
• I think Apache 2.4 comes in a zip. So just extract the contents into a directory of choice. I use c:\apache

Configuring PHP and Apache

• In command line, install Apache as a service by running this in cmd: httpd -k install
• Navigate to Apache's configuration directory and open httpd.conf in a text editor
• Add the following lines

# PHP Stuff #####################################
#
LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2_4.dll"
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php


# configure the path to php.ini
PHPIniDir "C:/php"

• Change the listening port if necessary. You may want IIS to be on 80 and Apache on 8080. Or vice versa
• Start apache!!!

Install Laravel

• Download Laravel 4. Search on google. And follow the tutorial on the Tut+ site
• If you're migrating and seeding the database, you need to add $this->call('TableNameTableSeeder') make the following class:

class TableNameTableSeeder extends Seeder {

    public function run()
    {
        DB::table('tablename')->delete();
        User::create(array(
                'id' => 1,
                'username' => 'firstuser',
                'password' => Hash::make('first_password'),
                'created_at' => new DateTime,
                'updated_at' => new DateTime
        ));   
    }
}