[FIXED] Paths on development and live servers

Issue

I'm looking for some advice, I currently use MAMP on locahost and have all of my websites in the htdocs folder. I use Codenighter mainly so when adding in paths for links, images etc I use <?php echo base_url(); ?> which is great for using the same code across live and dev.

I was wondering how I can link through to files from within a javascript file and preserve the paths when taking the site up to the live server?

I'm unable to put in absolute paths such as /controller/ as this doesn't work within the MAMP htdocs folder - I have to use /mysite/controller/ instead.

Is there a good way to preserve the paths when working across the two servers?

Solution

You should setup virtualhosts in Apache. By far the easiest way to do this is either get MAMP pro, or get VirtualHost X, the later is what I use. You can certainly setup virtual hosts in the Apache config but VirtualHost X adds the convenience factor.

So for instance if my live site is example.com then I setup a virtual host locally called example.local.

Answered By - bikedorkseattle