OctoberCMS Tricks

.gitignore

/bootstrap/compiled.php
/vendor
composer.phar
.DS_Store
.idea
.env
.env.*.php
.env.php
php_errors.log
nginx-error.log
nginx-access.log
nginx-ssl.access.log
nginx-ssl.error.log
php-errors.log
sftp-config.json
selenium.php
/plugins/*/*/vendor
/node_modules
/plugins/bedard/debugbar

# for netbeans
nbproject

# Exclude the OctoberCMS module folders from being included, they're pulled in via composer
/modules/**

# Exclude the builder plugin
plugins/rainlab/builder

# Exclude the symlinked public directory
public/

# Exclude the autogenerated class file caches
/storage/framework/packages.php
/storage/framework/classes.php
/storage/framework/services.php

Deployment Script.bash

# Install the project dependencies
composer install;

# Enable Maintenance Mode
php artisan down;

# Run any pending migrations (including initial migrations if this is a clean database)
php artisan october:up;

# Clear out the public directory to replace with a freshly generated one
rm -rf public;

# Mirror the whitelisted resources to the public directory with relative symlinks for a whitelist approach to security
php artisan october:mirror public --relative;

# Disable Maintenance Mode
php artisan up;

Get controller base url.php

<?php
    // Get an array of each of the namespace parts
    $namespace = explode('\\', get_class($this));

    // Remove 'Controllers' from the array
    unset($namespace[2]);

    // Create the relative url to the controller
    $controllerBase = strtolower(join('/', $namespace));
?>