[Feature]: Override base file path

[punyflash]

Feature Description

When using Laravel Sail, you usually want to use PHP binary from Docker container. In that case, you want to access files from a mounted volume as well. To do that, you want to override project path with /var/www/html. It should be possible to have such config variable.

[darrencoutts118]

I have mounted my project twice within the sail container by changing the docker-compose file, to ensure that the sail container can reach the files at the path the extension thinks they will be at.

I however 100% agree this is a needed feature

[Yendric]

I'm currently working around this by directing all php commands to a bash script that replaces the path in the main os with /var/www/html.

Such a config variable would indeed be a welcome addition.

[Yendric]

In v0.1.16 the extension now supports Sail and automatically makes the paths relative.
I think this issue can be closed.

Awesome work @joetannenbaum

[thomasgrastein]

Our workspace contains a backend and frontend folder, where the backend folder is the laravel project. So I still find my self needing this feature. It is currently looking for the artisan file in the root folder, but that file resides in the backend folder.

[info] Not activating Laravel Extension because no artisan file found
[info] Not activating Laravel Extension because "shouldActivate" returned false

Could we open this issue again?

[SC7639]

My workspace has all the laravel code in a ./src directory and the extension doesn't find artisan unless I open the project in that directory, so need a way to ask it to check in child directories or specify the directory

[SirFaenor]

@Yendric Can you please share the script you mentioned to replace the path in the main os with /var/www/html ? I'm trying to make the extension work in a docker compose setup, with no luck. Thanks in advance!

[ol1s]

Running in docker container using a custom Laravel.phpCommand I get the error:

docker compose exec app php "/path/to/host/vendor/_laravel_ide/discover-1b81dad6ceb4b12f1398b0e8d88063fe.php"
Could not open input file: /path/to/host/vendor/_laravel_ide/discover-1b81dad6ceb4b12f1398b0e8d88063fe.php
exit status 1

What I really want to do is specify the working directory path:

docker compose exec app php "/var/www/html/vendor/_laravel_ide/discover-1b81dad6ceb4b12f1398b0e8d88063fe.php"
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Yendric]

@SirFaenor
I didn't really spend a lot of time on it, but this is what got it to work:

#!/bin/bash
input_command="$@"

# Replace LOCAL_DIRECTORY_HERE with your vscode project location
modified_command=$(echo "$input_command" | sed 's|LOCAL_DIRECTORY_HERE|/var/www/html|g')

# Replace with your executable location if not using sail
full_command="./vendor/bin/sail php $modified_command"

eval "$full_command"