Getting ready with Wordpress

1. Adding php and mysql from xampp to PATH (Windows)

1. Open CDM as Administrator
2. Type: setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\xampp\php" /m
3. Close and reopen CMD as administrator
4. For test type: php -v
5. Type setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\xampp\mysql\bin" /m
6. For test type: mysql -V

2. Adding Wordpress CLI to PATH (Windows)

1. Create folder C:\xampp\wp-cli
2. Download wp-cli via CMD: curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar
3. Create file wp.bat and type:
  @ECHO OFF
  php "c:/wp-cli/wp-cli.phar" %*
4. In CMD set env variable: setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\xampp\wp-cli" /m
5. Reopen CMD and for test type wp --info

3. WP-CLI Wordpress Download and Settings

1. download last wordpress: wp core download --locale=pl_PL
2. loggin into mysql: mysql -u root -p
3. create database: create database db_name default character set utf8 collate utf8_unicode_ci;
4. Chcek if db exist: show databases;
5. Close mysql CTRL+C
6. Change connection settings: wp core config --dbhost=localhost --dbname=db_name --dbuser=root --dbpass=

4. Symbolic link if folders not in htdocs (xampp)

In cmd: mklink /d "C:\xampp\htdocs\yoursite.local" "C:\zWWW\client\yoursite.local"

5. Add yoursite.local to vhosts(xampp) and hosts(Windows))

1. (xampp) Add to file C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf lines:
<VirtualHost yoursite.local>
	ServerAdmin admin@emial.com
	DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/yoursite.local"
	ServerName yoursite.local
	ErrorLog "logs/yoursite.local-error.log"
	CustomLog "logs/yoursite.local-access.log" common
</VirtualHost>

2. (windows) Add to file c:\windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts line:
127.0.0.1					yoursite.local

3. Remember to restart xampp

6. WP-CLI Install Wordpress

type in cmd: wp core install --url=yoursite.local --title="Blog Title" --admin_name=admin_username --admin_password=password --admin_email=admin@email.com