Training Checklist

Method 1

Setup your project files in D:/xampp/htdocs. Eg:

• For MyProject, copy index.php to folder D:/xampp/htdocs/myproject
• Open browser to http://localhost/myproject

Method 2

Alternatively, if your project files are elsewhere, setup an Apache alias. Edit D:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf:

<IfModule alias_module>
    # ...
    Alias /crm "D:/proj/myproject"
</IfModule>

<Directory "D:/proj/myproject">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

- Restart your XAMPP web server

Personal Access Tokens

1. Create a GitLab personal access token with api, write_repository rights.
2. Add GitLab account:

• Host: GitLab.com
• Auth type: Personal Access Token (greyed out)
• Username [username]
• Password: [personal access token instead of password]
• Protocol: HTTPS

WinMerge

Configure Git client to use WinMerge:
- Command: D:\apps\WinMerge\WinMergeU.exe
- Params: "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" -dl "Local" -dr "Remote"

Install extensions:
- PHP IntelliSense (ID: felixfbecker.php-intellisense)
- PHP Intelephense (ID: bmewburn.vscode-intelephense-client)
- PHP cs fixer (ID: junstyle.php-cs-fixer)
- PHPcs (ID: ikappas.phpcs)
- Markdown All in One (ID: yzhang.markdown-all-in-one)
- Better Align (ID: wwm.better-align)
- Auto Close Tag (ID: formulahendry.auto-close-tag)
- Auto Rename Tag (ID: formulahendry.auto-rename-tag)

Setup VSCode settings.json:

{
    //"phpcs.executablePath": "%AppData%\Composer\vendor\bin\phpcs.bat",
    "phpcs.executablePath": "C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Composer\vendor\bin\phpcs.bat",
    //"phpcs.standard": "PSR12",
    //"phpcs.standard": "%AppData%\Composer\vendor\squizlabs\php_codesniffer\src\Standards\PSR12\ruleset-custom.xml",
    "phpcs.standard": "C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Composer\vendor\squizlabs\php_codesniffer\src\Standards\PSR12\ruleset-custom.xml",
    "phpcs.autoConfigSearch": false,
    //...
}

See: Setup custom PHPCS rules