Symfony will run fine on most shared hosting servers. It is a pretty bulky framework, so you might have performance issues on less powerful servers. Having ssh access is almost a necessity, but you could get around it probably. Symfony 1.3 and 1.4 have the option for using an install script, but I haven't used this functionality yet. ServerGrove, which has shared servers optimized for symfony, built a control panel which allows their customers to clear the symfony cache etc. from a web interface. Since all of the command line tasks in symfony are still just php scripts, I image that you could call them within the actions, which means you could build an interface.
You shouldn't have any problems as long as you keep the symfony libraries inside the projects lib folder, otherwise you might run into safe mode or open_basedir problems. The bottom line is, yes symfony can run on a shared server. If you want to have advanced features like installers and management panels, you will have to write a little code. A symfony control panel would be a great plugin to make, and would be easily plugged into your future projects. The nice part is, symfony makes the creation of these items fairly easy. If I were setting out to build something like wordpress or phpBB etc, I would choose symfony. Have a look at the symfony manual for 1.4 and you will find a lot of answers to your questions. HTH, Casey On May 7, 10:54 am, "BizHat.com" <[email protected]> wrote: > @Tom Ptacnik, i know symfony is a framework. I am asking about > application made in symfony. Just want to make sure if i made > application with symfony, customers will be able to run the > application on shared hosting with out special changes or ssh access. > > @Pablo Godel, thanks for the detailed reply. Symfony specific shared > hosting is not always possible for customers. Many of them have > existing hosting. > > I see suggestion about porting phpBB to symfony2. > > http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=78&t=32433 > > Stefan Koopmanschap, Symfony Community Manager suggest using Symfony. > > http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=78&t=32433&start=10#p20... > > Preseently phpBB works on any shared hosting with out any custom > changes. So if phpBB accept the suggestion and make phpBB in Symfony, > current users won't be able to use it with out help from server admin > or moving to symfony friendly hosting ? > > -- > If you want to report a vulnerability issue on symfony, please send it to > security at symfony-project.com > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "symfony users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/symfony-users?hl=en -- If you want to report a vulnerability issue on symfony, please send it to security at symfony-project.com You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "symfony users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-users?hl=en
