8.3. Link Vendor Source
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8.3. Link Vendor Source

./script/solar link-vendor VendorName

The link-vendor command creates a series of standard symbolic links in a Solar system for a given vendor. If you copy the vendor files from another project into your source directory, they won't be accessible via the include directory, nor will the public assets be available via docroot/public. This command creates the symbolic links for you so they will be accessible. (Vendor linking happens automatically as part of the make-vendor command.)

8.3.1. Example

To link a vendor source into a Solar system, issue the following command: 

$ ./script/solar link-vendor VendorName
Making links for vendor 'VendorName' ...
    Making link 'include/VendorName' ... done.
    Making link 'include/Test/VendorName' ... done.
    Making link 'include/Mock/VendorName' ... done.
    Making link 'include/Fixture/VendorName' ... done.
    Making link 'script/vendor-name' ... done.
... done.
Making public symlinks for 'VendorName' ...
    Making public directory docroot/public/VendorName/Controller ... done.
    Making public symlink for VendorName_Controller_Bread ... done.
    Making public symlink for VendorName_Controller_Page ... done.
... done.
Remember to add 'VendorName_App' to the ['Solar_Controller_Front']['classes'] element in your config file so that it finds your apps.
Remember to add 'VendorName_Model' to the ['Solar_Sql_Model_Catalog']['classes'] element in your config file so that it finds your models.
$

What is going on here?

  • The command creates symbolic links from the source/ directory to the include/ directory, including test cases, test mocks, and test fixtures. It also creates a link so that script/vendor-name commands are available.

  • Next, the command links the Public/ direcory in all PHP classes for the vendor to the docroot/public directory, so that public assets for a class are available via the web.

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