I can't deploy a PHP application using Slim Framework

I have a simple application that uses slim framework:
https://github.com/felinto-dev/wp-package-parser-api-php

but I receive this error in railway deployment:

sh: 2: daemon: not found
sh: 4: worker_rlimit_nofile: not found
sh: 6: events: not found
sh: 7: worker_connections: not found
sh: 8: Syntax error: "}" unexpected
sh: 2: daemon: not found
sh: 4: worker_rlimit_nofile: not found
sh: 6: events: not found
sh: 7: worker_connections: not found
sh: 8: Syntax error: "}" unexpected
sh: 2: daemon: not found
sh: 4: worker_rlimit_nofile: not found
sh: 6: events: not found
sh: 7: worker_connections: not found
sh: 8: Syntax error: "}" unexpected
Server starting on port 6615
nginx: [emerg] open() "/conf/mime.types" failed (2: No such file or directory) in /nginx.conf:11

@Willian
@codehaven
this should be fixed now, could you try redeploying and let me know how it goes?

Do you have an index.php file?

Well unfortunately it looks like PHP apps on railway aren't quite fixed yet, I know zero about PHP so the best advice I could give would be to put together your own Dockerfile for your app

I get the same error

I didn't know I could put personalized dockerfile on Railway. How is resource allocation control done so that I do not pay more than it is necessary for my application to work?

Your app always has access to the maximum amount of resources for your plan (8GB ram 8vCPU for dev plan). It’s up to what your app uses for how much you’ll pay

Is someone has an example about how to deploy a PHP application using Apache for Railway app ?

this is a known problem, hopefully fix coming soon

PHP should be fixed soon.

I don't feel confident using railway's PHP builder because I need to set custom values in php.ini and my "index.php" is currently in "public/index.php" and not in the main directory. I couldn't find any documentation or template about it.

You don't need to set any custom values

And if it's Laravel, it automatically uses public/

i'm using slim framework

how railway can figure out this ?

Figure out what exactly?

And actually I guess it won't autodetect Laravel if it isn't laravel

I'll fix that in a bit

1. I'm using "public/index.php" and not "index.php"
2. post_max_filesize should be 50MB

Ah. The first one I'll fix in a bit, and the second one should be fine to set in php.ini

I use apache mod_rewrite to avoid the user needs to type "public/index.php" in browser

Ah, Railway uses nginx instead of apache by default

I need to create a nginx.conf in the main directory ?

No; nixpacks creates it for you.

how could I get the same result and avoid the user needs to type "public/index.php" ?

I want the user just type the domain

and that's it

As I said, I'll fix that in a bit, and it should be the default behavior soon.

thanks 🙂

@aleks do you will tell us here when you fix the issue ?

@Felinto
Changes Should be live, can you try deploying again and let me know how it goes?

I received the same error again

you can check the code repository
https://github.com/felinto-dev/wp-package-parser-api-php

I know that is not necessary .htaccess but I use apache in development environment.

take a look at this .htaccess file
https://github.com/railwayapp-templates/laravel/blob/main/.htaccess

its been a very long time since ive had to write htaccess rules, so im no help there

but the problem is not .htaccess

you guys use nginx

maybe @aleks could look ?

you have a good point there, why would the railway provided template have a htaccess file then

please dont directly ping team / conductor

Is there anything I can do to resolve this issue?

try setting the NIXPACKS_PHP_ROOT_DIR = /public

environment variable, right ? ok, i'll check

service variable in the service settings

done
I'll wait and check

I receive the 404 error now

maybe is that the reason ? I'll check

I removed the slash
(because relative path...) and the issues continue

i can see how this would be frustrating, i will bring this up to aleks
sorry for the poor php support

Thank you for understanding

Ah, try setting NIXPACKS_PHP_ROOT_DIR=/app/public

I'm not sure if that will help, but it might

It worked! Thanks 🙂

Great!

Also, if you want to have a custom configuration, it should now be possible.

Do you know what the PHP server resolves for $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] ?

I need to create a temporary directory but I don't get the right permissions

maybe I will need to use environment variables 😦

php.ini, right ? I'll check

nginx.conf

I'm pretty sure it should use your public/ dir; that's the root passed to the NGINX configuration.

How could I simulate the same environment of railway in my computer to test this issue ?

to avoid do a lot of "trash commits" in git repository

You should be able to download Nixpacks from https://github.com/railwayapp/nixpacks, and then (assuming you have Docker installed) run nixpacks build . --name <image name> and docker run -p 8080:80 -it <image name>

It should be running as root anyway, so there shouldn't be any permission issues.

the files are from the root user

but the PHP server run using the "nobody" user

and that the reason because I can't create the folder

do you have any suggestion ?

the fs is frozen at built time

Huh, that's interesting. I haven't dug into that part of the codebase in a bit.

so you cant create any new folders

No, it isn't.

on railway it is?

Nope.

Just not persisted across deployments.

you can create new files but no folders?

You can create folders.

And files.

im 90% sure you cant