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Where can I find articles on folder structures for websites?

I'm creating an n-tier website with a number of projects. I'd like to follow best practice rules in terms of structure.

Are there any articles relating to folder structures available or does anyone have a good pattern that they use themselves?

Solution

  • In a PHP site, I normally have a .htaccess file that redirects all requests to a single file that then handles routing. For this MVC setup I'd do something like this:

    /web_root
  /public
    /css
    /js
    /images
    index.php
  /app
    /lib
    /models
    /routes
    /templates
    bootstrap.php

    I would then force my apache to server the /web_root/public/ directory as the document root allowing users only to have access to my 'public' files...all of my logic would be hidden within /web_root/app for added security.