Question

this is my current directory setup.

application
- controllers
- models
- views
- config
- errors

public <-- document root
- images
- js
- css

what i want to do is set it up like this

frontapp
- controllers
- models
- views

membersapp
- controllers
- models
- views

adminapp
- controllers
- models
- views

config
errors
public

this setup would let me have all the controllers, models, and views organized for each section of the application. My question is how can i move the config and errors directories out of the application directory and allow it to be used for each application sections? The only way i see this possible is if i modified the system files but i dont want to do that because updating is going to suck. If there is a better way of doing what i am trying to accomplish let me know as well. thanks

ps: Is what im trying to do referred to as modular?

Answer 1

You can always create symbolic links to your config and error folders in each of your apps:

ln -s config frontapp/config
ln -s config membersapp/config
ln -s config adminapp/config

ln -s errors frontapp/config
ln -s errors membersapp/config
ln -s errors adminapp/config

The symlink will also carry over in popular versioning systems, such as git.

This trick is also very useful for linking to different configurations files depending on environment:

Dev: ln -s config-dev config
Stage: ln -s config-stage config
Production: ln -s config-prod config