Installation

This will guide you through the basic installation of SmartAdmin PHP v4. Some of the guide below may not apply to this copy of SmartAdmin PHP. If you find any issues or want to request a feature, visit us at our Support Forum.

Server Requirements

Before you install SmartAdmin, it's important to check that your server meets the requirements. To run SmartAdmin, you will need:

• Apache (with mod_rewrite enabled)
• PHP 7.1+ with the following extensions: dom, gd, json, mbstring, openssl, pdo_mysql, mcrypt
• MySQL 5.6+ or MariaDB 10.0.5+
• SSH (command-line) access to run Composer

Installing

SmartAdmin uses Composer to manage its dependencies and extensions. Before installing SmartAdmin, you will need to install Composer on your machine. Afterwards, run this command within the root folder where composer.json is located:

composer install

While this command is running, you can configure your web server. You will need to make sure your webroot is set to /path/to/your/smartadmin/public, and set up URL Rewriting as per the instructions below.

When everything is ready, navigate to your site in a web browser and follow the instructions to complete the installation.

Configuration

SmartAdmin PHP uses the package vlucas/phpdotenv to store sensitive and private information like database credentials. The package includes an .env file that you can modify as needed.

If you wish not to use .env, feel free to comment in root.php:19-20 and modify the constants as needed.

// load configuration
// $dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::create(ROOT_PATH, '.env');
// $dotenv->load();

// set the constant DB_HOST for example.
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

URL Rewriting

Required for some features like the built-in REST API server.

Apache

SmartAdmin includes a .htaccess file in the public directory – make sure it has been uploaded correctly. If you're using shared hosting, confirm with your provider that mod_rewrite is enabled and .htaccess files are allowed. If you're managing your own server, you may need to add the following to your site configuration:

DocumentRoot "/path/to/your/smartadmin/public"

<Directory "/path/to/your/smartadmin/public">
    AllowOverride All
</Directory>

Customizing Paths

By default SmartAdmin's directory structure includes a public directory which contains only publicly-accessible files. This is a security best-practice, ensuring that all sensitive source code files are completely inaccessible from the web root.

However, if you wish to host SmartAdmin in a subdirectory (like yoursite.com/smartadmin), or if your host doesn't give you control over your webroot (you're stuck with something like public_html or htdocs), you can set up SmartAdmin without the public directory by following the steps below.

1. Move all the files inside the public directory (including .htaccess) into the directory you want to serve SmartAdmin from
2. Uncomment .htaccess:125-128 to protect sensitive resources.

3. Edit const.php and update the PUBLIC_PATH constant:

   define('PUBLIC_PATH', __DIR__);
   // ...

4. Edit init.php, init.utils.php and any other files that's requiring const.php and use the appropriate path:

   require_once 'const.php';
   // ...

Database

SmartAdmin PHP includes Database functionality using the package lodev09/php-models to abstract your data. An SQL file is included within this package. It is located in the db folder.

Follow the installation below to get started.

Importing data

Provided that you met the MySQL server requirements, follow these steps:

1. Login to mysql client and create the database.

   CREATE DATABASE smartadmin_db;

2. Import the sql file.

   mysql -u root -p smartadmin_db < db/smartadmin_db.sql

3. Configure the database credentials in the .env file.

   DB_HOST=localhost
   DB_USER=root
   DB_PASSWORD=YOUR_PASSWORD
   DB_NAME=smartadmin_db

File Structure

This package comes with a flexible file structure that can be easily used for small to large scope projects. This section will explain app's file structure and how to adapt it to your project.

- README.md
- CHANGELOG.md
- screenshot.png
- screens.png
- smartadmin-php
    - db
    - lib
        - app
        - common
        - components
        - models
        - func.php
    - public
        - .htaccess
        - (public files)
    - utils
        - (util files)
    - .env
    - composer.json
    - composer.lock
    - config.php
    - debug.php
    - root.php
    - const.php
    - README.md

Credits

This is the SmartAdmin PHP port of the original SmartAdmin - Responsive WebApp HTML 5 template. See Package introduction for more information.

Authored by @lodev09.