• Supports PHP 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5
• Uses the memory of the dyno more efficiently by going with NGINX and PHP-FPM instead of Apache/mod_php
• Supports Composer out of the box
• No writing NGINX configuration files with a simple configuration driven by your composer.json.
• Zero-Configuration Opencart deployment.
• Dynamic installing of supported extensions listed as ext- requirments in composer.json.

Use the --buildpack parameter when creating a new app:

heroku create --buildpack https://github.com/mithereal/heroku-buildpack-opencart myapp

Or set the BUILDPACK_URL config var on an existing app:

heroku config:set BUILDPACK_URL=https://github.com/mithereal/heroku-buildpack-opencart

If you want to be on the bleeding edge and use pre-release features, then use git://github.com/mithereal/heroku-buildpack-opencart#development as buildpack url.

• NGINX 1.5 or 1.6
• PHP 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5, with ZendOpcache and APCu (Info)
• PHP-FPM

This buildpack detects apps when the app has a composer.lock in the app's root.

When system\startup.php is detected in the app's root, every ".php" file is served with PHP, and the document root is set to the app root.

When a composer.lock is detected, then the buildpack does composer install --no-dev.

This buildpack sets environment variables during compile and runtime:

• HEROKU_BUILD_TIME: Time when the slug was compiled. Format is %Y%m%d%H%M%S, e.g. 20131103111548

This buildpack also detects when the app has a node package.json in the app's root. And will install node dependencies like less for example.

When the buildpack encounters ext- requirements in your composer.json, it will look up the extension name in the supported extensions and install them.

The version constraint is ignored currently.

For example, to install the Sundown extension:

{
    "require": {
        "ext-sundown": "*"
    }
}

Note that the extension requirements defined by dependencies are not taken into account there. It must be required by the project itself.

This buildpack defines default log files by framework. It also defines log files nginx and php.

Configuration is done via a file named composer.json in the app's root.

A simple configuration could look like this:

{
    "require": {
        "php": ">=5.4.0",
        "silex/silex": "~1.0@dev"
    },
    "extra": {
        "heroku": {
            "document-root": "web",
            "index-document": "index.php"
        }
    }
}

This configures an app with the document root set to the project's web directory, and sets that all requests should go through web/index.php which contains the application's front controller.

This buildpack supports configuration through directives placed in the heroku key in the extra object.

Document root relative to the app root. Defaults to the app root.

"document-root": "web"

Default: "index.php"

Index Document relative to the document root.

"index-document": "app.php"

Set PHP and NGINX versions.

To launch the app with PHP 5.3.23 and NGINX 1.3.14:

"engines": {
    "php": "5.3.23",
    "nginx": "1.3.14"
}

Set the version to "default" to use the current default version. The current default versions are NGINX 1.4.4 and PHP 5.5.10.

The version identifiers can also include wildcards, e.g. 5.4.*. At the time of writing, PHP 5.4.26 would be used in this case. This also works for NGINX.

When a file named .php-version exists in the project root, then the PHP version is read from this file instead.

See also:

• Available NGINX Versions
• Available PHP Versions

Default: []

Add directives to the php.ini.

"php-config": [
    "display_errors=off",
    "short_open_tag=on"
]

Default: []

Include additional .ini files that should be parsed after the default php.ini. File paths are treated relative to the app root.

Example:

"php-includes": ["etc/php.ini"]

Default: []

Include additional config files into the NGINX configuration. Config files are included into the server scope and are loaded after the framework provided config. File paths are treated relative to the app root.

Example:

"nginx-includes": ["etc/nginx.conf"]

Default: []

Run console commands on slug compilation.

"compile": [
    "php app/console assetic:dump --env=prod --no-debug"
]

Note: pecl is not runnable this way.

Default: false

Enable instrumentation support via New Relic. It's recommended to add the New Relic addon to your Heroku app, but you can also set your license key manually by setting the NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY config var via heroku config:set.

"newrelic": true

Default: []

The buildpack defines default log files by framework and some log files for php-fpm and nginx. Any file put in log-files will be be appended to the list. A tail on each unique log file will be run at application startup

"log-files": [
    "app/logs/rabbit-mq.log",
    "vendor/nginx/stuff.log"
],

Please see the CONTRIBUTING file for all the details.