[Mapbender] Link to app.php instead app_dev.php

[Axel Schaefer]

A small issue with Mapbender:

In mapbender.pkg.html:

It is better to link to /mapbender/app.php/ instead of /mapbender/app_dev.php/

The app.php is production mode, the app_dev.php is development mode. App-mode is faster because it uses the caches more efficient. Dev-Mode is slower because it omits some of the caches and creates new file in it.

Prod-Mode is to let your application run. Dev-Mode is for debugging or if you - for example - change the Twig-Templates of an application and you don't want to clear the cache all the time.

For MS4W I assume prod-mode is sufficient.

You could also make use of the rewrite engine in httpd_mapbender.conf but you have to change the Rewrite Conditions and Rewrite Rules.

 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteBase /mapbender/
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ app.php [QSA,L]

[Jeff McKenna]

Thanks! (sorry, my brain is now back from FOSS4G events ha)

I've made the change in the package to point to the Prod-Mode app.php

Regarding the rewrite engine in httpd_mapbender.conf, here is what already exists:

 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteBase /mapbender/
 RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} ^$
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ app.php/$1 [PT,L,QSA]

Should I leave that, or should I use the exact lines you mention in this ticket?

[Jeff McKenna]

Mapbender-3.0.6.3 is working well with the new MS4W-3.2.3-beta release (​https://www.ms4w.com/release/experimental/ms4w_3.2.3-beta1.zip), and it points to the production app.php.

Closing this ticket.