Allow public folder to be specified for more flexible hosting

Author: lonnieezell

application/Config/Paths.php

@@ -61,4 +61,18 @@ class Paths
      * system directories.
      */
     public $testsDirectory = '../tests';
+
+    /*
+     * ---------------------------------------------------------------
+     * PUBLIC DIRECTORY NAME
+     * ---------------------------------------------------------------
+     *
+     * This variable must contain the name of the directory that
+     * contains the main index.php front-controller. By default,
+     * this is the `public` directory, but some hosts may not
+     * be able to map a primary domain to a sub-directory so you
+     * can change this to `public_html`, for example, to comply
+     * with your host's needs.
+     */
+    public $publicDirectory = 'public';
 }

system/bootstrap.php

@@ -46,9 +46,11 @@
  * so they are available in the config files that are loaded.
  */
 
+$public = trim($paths->publicDirectory, '/');
+
 // Path to code root folder (just up from public)
-$pos = strrpos(FCPATH, 'public'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
-define('ROOTPATH', substr_replace(FCPATH, '', $pos, strlen('public'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR)));
+$pos = strrpos(FCPATH, $public.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
+define('ROOTPATH', substr_replace(FCPATH, '', $pos, strlen($public.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR)));
 
 // The path to the "application" folder
 define('APPPATH', realpath($paths->applicationDirectory).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);