multiple-site support on MAMP

[fruid]

I'm trying to install a multiple site installation as discussed here https://processwire.com/docs/more/multi-site-support/ 

Both sites are for the same client so I opted for option #1, different database, different web content, same PW installation.

I already had worked on both sites separately, so now I just want to move one site to the root folder of the other PW installation where the other site folder sits.

To my understanding, I need to change the config file to link to a different database and have different http-hosts.

My question is, how do I get it to run on MAMP? In my htdocs folder I can only choose the main folder (in which both site-folders sit) and when I open that one it just shows me what's in site, not what is in site-2.

thanks for help

[kongondo]

I have never used MAMP but the following setup should work...

Your MAMP htdocs folder (the one with wire inside), should have a structure like this.

site
site-blog
site-another
site-dev
wire
.htaccess
composer.json
CONTRIBUTING.md
index.config.php
index.php
LICENSE.TXT
README.md

Note the index.config.php. Do you have that? Inside it reads:

Quote

If used, this file should be copied/moved to the ProcessWire installation root directory

Your index.config.php (that you moved/copied from wire/index.config.php)

<?php namespace ProcessWire;

/**
 * ProcessWire multi-domain configuration file (optional)
 *
 * If used, this file should be copied/moved to the ProcessWire installation root directory.
 *
 * ProcessWire 3.x, Copyright 2016 by Ryan Cramer
 * https://processwire.com
 * 
 */

if(!defined("PROCESSWIRE")) die();

/**
 * Multi-domain configuration: Optionally define alternate /site/ dirs according to host
 *
 * If used, this file should be placed in your web root and then edited as follows. 
 *
 * This function returns an array that should be in the format where the array key
 * is the hostname (including domain) and the value is the /site/ directory you want to use.
 * This value must start with 'site-', i.e. 'site-domain' or 'site-something'. This is to
 * ensure that ProcessWire's htaccess file can recognize and protect files in that directory.
 *
 * Note that if your site may be accessed at either domain.com OR www.domain.com, then you'll
 * want to include entries for both, pointing to the same /site-domain/ directory. 
 * 
 * Each /site/ dir has it's own /site/config.php file that should be pointing to a separate
 * database. You shouldn't have two different /site/ dirs sharing the same database. 
 *
 */
function ProcessWireHostSiteConfig() {
	return array(
		/*
		 * Some Examples (you should remove/replace them if used).
		 * Just note that the values must begin with 'site-'.
		 *
		 */
		 'mydomainblog.com' => 'site-blog',
		 'www.mydomainblog.com' => 'site-blog',
		 'anotherdomain.com' => 'site-another', 
      	 'dev.mydomain.com' => 'site-dev',
		 

		/*
		 * Default for all others (typically /site/)
		 *
		 */
		'*' => 'site',
	);
}

Each site* will have its own site/config.php, with the correct credentials. ProcessWire will do the rest. Of course, you need all your domains working first, even locally. E.g. dev.mydomain.local, etc. in your hosts file.

Edited September 7, 2020 by kongondo