Mini Twitter

Requirements

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• PHP 5.3.3+, MySQL.
• Composer (https://getcomposer.org/download/)

Installation

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1. Install dependencies via composer:

Run composer command in "twitter" folder, assume componse install in /usr/local/bin
shell> /usr/local/bin/composer install

2. Change the folder permissions for the storage folder:

shell> chmod 777 -R app/storage

3. Configure database

shell> vim app/config/database.php

		'mysql' => array(
			'driver'    => 'mysql',
			'host'      => 'localhost',
			'database'  => 'twitter',
			'username'  => 'root',
			'password'  => '',
			'charset'   => 'utf8',
			'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
			'prefix'    => '',
		),

4. Initilaize application

shell> php artisan migrate:install
shell> php artisan migrate
shell> php artisan db:seed

5. Run application

Option 1 (PHP server)

shell> php artisan serve

Open http://localhost:8000 in browser

Option 2 (Apache)

<VirtualHost>
    ServerName www.example.com
    DocumentRoot "/var/sites/twitter/public"
</VirtualHost>

6. Some user for test

Users: peter,benjamin,johan,mason,jacob,madison,jackson,amelia,lily,samuel
Password: 123456