Prerequisites

• Check that you have installed and configured Apache with PHP 5.2 or higher.
• Enable mod_rewrite on your local server.

Installation

Download the .zip or .tar.gz file from the GitHub website and decompress it. Apify offers a starter project that you can download and begin developing in immediately.

Create a virtual host:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName mysite.com
    DocumentRoot /path/to/mysite.com/public

    <Directory /path/to/mysite.com/public>
        DirectoryIndex index.php
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

Test your installation by requesting:

GET /example/request 
GET /example/response.json
GET /example/response.xml

Optional

• Create a MySQL database and user/password.
• Import the schema.sql file into your database.
• Open the config.php file and set your database settings.
• Make sure the pdo_mysql PHP extension for MySQL is enabled.

Directory Structure

The directory structure of an Apify web application is standardized to keep things as simple as possible.

project/
    app/
        controllers/
            IndexController.php
        models/
        views/
            error/
            index/
                index.phtml
            layout/
                main.phtml
    config/
        config.php
        routes.php
    library/
        Request.php
        Response.php
    public/
        css/
        img/
        js/
        index.php
    tests/

Here's an example of a Custom Directory Structure (GitHub)

Environments

Apify implements two distinct environments: DEV mode during the development phase and PROD mode when the application is deployed.

You can run an application either in a DEV or PROD mode. You toggle this mode using the DEBUG configuration setting. When DEBUG is set to true, Apify will display exceptions and errors (E_ALL and E_STRICT) in the browser. The PROD mode is fully optimized for production.