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PHP Application deployment config file

All PhpDock settings are stored in one ini file - phpdock.ini. Windows registry is not used. Syntax is similar to all ini files, such as php.ini. Comment lines must start with semicolon (;). Section names are enclosed in square brackets. Settings are presented as Name=Value pairs, beginning with the Name, followed by "equal" sign and then by the Value. PhpDock.ini file contains the following sections: [Application], [Window], [HTTPServer], [HTTPClient], [MimeTypes], [Handlers], [ErrorHandlers], [Jobs], [JobCtl]. The settings in PhpDock.ini directives can refer to one another by using the following syntax: ${Section:Name}. For Example, the expression ${HTTPServer:Listen} will be substituted by PhpDock with the value of List setting from [HTTPServer] section.

Below is the sample of the content of PhpDock.ini file with the description of the sections and the settings. This PhpDock.ini is installed by PhpDock's installation program and configured for PhpDock's Sample Application. Most of the settings are self-explanatory.


;
;<> Application section allows to specify Application-wide settings
; * Title, it's shown in Windows Task Bar.
; NOTE: caption of the main window reflects current document title. Use
; <title> tag to specify it.
; * Icon, it's shown in Windows Task Bar.
; NOTE: if favicon.ico is found in the web's root directory, it is
; displayed as the main window icon.
; NOTE: application's icon displayed in the TRAY can be changed only
; in commercial version.
; * TrayAppName specifies application name to show on the tray popup menu
; (see MinimizeToTray option)
; * KioskMode makes PhpDock window to be on the top of all the other windows,
; title bar (window caption) and window resizing are forced off in this
; mode
; * MinimizeToTray enables application to use tray vs task bar when it
; minimizes
;

[Application]
Title=PhpDock Currency Converter
Icon=.\web\appicon.ico
TrayAppName='Open PhpDock'
KioskMode=0
MinimizeToTray=1

;
;<> Window section stores only dimensions and position of the PhpDock window.
; * IsFixedSize controls whether window can be resized or not.
; * HideStatusBar controls whether status bar should be always shown (0), or
; always remain hidden (1) or be shown only in case of the errors (2)
; * HideIEBorder removes 3D border around the client area
; * HideIEScrollBar removes scrollbars
; * HideIESelection makes it impossible to select text and images
; * NoIEPopupMenu prohibits browser popup menu
; * ProhibitCompletion disables auto complete for inputs in html forms
; * Window remembers the last shown position in IsMaximized, Left, Top, Width
; and Height members. It's recommended to leave Top and Left unspecified.
; PhpDock will be shown in the screencenter in this case
;

[Window]
IsMaximized=0
IsFixedSize=0
HideStatusBar=0
HideIEBorder=1
HideIEScrollBar=1
HideIESelection=0
NoIEPopupMenu=0
ProhibitCompletion=0
Height=567
Width=827
Left=12
Top=2

;
;<> HTTPServer section stores settings related to HTTP server.
; * DocumentRoot is relative or absolute path to web root directory tree.
; * Listen specifies TCP/IP port to start listening on.
; NOTE: PhpDock will change port value automatically if specified port is
; in use
; * Bind specifies a local IP address or list of IP addresses (delimited with
; comma) that the web server should listen on. Asterisk * means listen on
; all local addresses, localhost (127.0.0.1) is the default address
; * DirectoryIndex specifies file name(s) to be used if URL refers to
; directory. If more than one file is specified, PhpDock will iterate one
; by one until it finds a file
; * WriteTimeout limits time in seconds to wait for browser to accept data
; 15sec is the default value, 0 means no timeout.
; * EnableFastCgi enables to run php in FAST CGI vs regular CGI mode
;

[HTTPServer]
DocumentRoot=web
Listen=8001
Bind=localhost
DirectoryIndex=index.php index.html index.htm
WriteTimeout=15
EnableFastCgi=1

;
;<> HTTPClient section stores settings related to Web Browser.
; * InitialUrl specifies where to jump first. This value should contain TCP
; port and therefore it's necessary to refer to its value
; ${HTTPServer:Listen}, where HTTPServer is ini section and Listen is
; value.
; * BlockPopups when set to non zero value disables popups.
; * DefaultDocument specifies a last resort document (file) to be displayed
; when HTTP is not yet available or if ErrorHandler is not specified. It
; should be a static document (html) to avoid error escalations
;

[HTTPClient]
InitialUrl=http://localhost:${HTTPServer:Listen}/index.htm
BlockPopups=0
DefaultDocument=.\web\default.html

;
;<> MimeTypes section may contain application specific mime types and these
; values override default table known to PhpDock. Use file extension as
; name and mime type as value. In order to run php, one entry should be
; specified, it's php file extension.
;

[MimeTypes]
.php=application/x-httpd-php

;
;<> Handlers section allows to assign script handlers for specified mime types
; In order to run php, one entry should be given, it's php's mime type
;

[Handlers]
application/x-httpd-php="C:\Program Files\nusphere\phpdock\php\php-cgi.exe"

;
;<> ErrorHandlers allows to specify default pages to be shown or scripts to be
; run if HTTP error is occured with current request.
;

[ErrorHandlers]
404=web/404.php

;
;<> Jobs section contains list of URL to be opened in backgound. All entries
; are executed one by one sequentially. If an error happens during opening
; the URL, PhpDock tries to run 2 more times. Status codes, Urls and
; outputs returned by each job are available in form of JOB_OUTPUT_x,
; JOB_URL_x, and JOB_CODE_x environment variables to all subsequent jobs
; (if they are run locally). If output given by a job is in form of two
; lines "LOCATION:xxxx\nMSG:yyyy", PhpDock shows message yyy and redirects
; to xxxx. URLs can be local, like
; http://localhost:${HTTPServer:Listen}/job1.php or not local.
;

[Jobs]
1=http://localhost:${HTTPServer:Listen}/sample/conveter-service.php
;2=http://localhost:${HTTPServer:Listen}/job2.php

;
;<> JobCtl section provides more control on Jobs running per previous sectoin
; * AskForJobRedirects when set asks user upon redirection is requested by Job
; * ShowJobError when set shows background job errors in status bar icon.
;

[JobCtl]
AskForJobRedirects=1
ShowJobError=1

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