I have one test deployment on GoDaddy already but I did not move main files above public. On GoDaddy web files go under public_html. If I want to move main files out of public_html and just have webroot under public_html what are the steps after copying everything in place as of now I haven’t seen a way in index.php to tell webroot where the main files are located so I’m kind of on hold until I figure this out.
For testing I have main files above public_html in a folder named cakeup.
Well, there is a file called paths.php in the config directory where you can change the www_root path (and all other system paths).
I haven’t tried it myself so not entirely sure if it will work. Also, I don’t see any reason in doing so because CakePHP sets webroot as the main entry point so everything else becomes inaccessible by default.
After doing some Googling I noticed there’s not a whole lot on this so I imagine you are correct most just install cakephp as composer installs it, thanks for reply. But if anyone has accomplished this please chime in.