How to turn a html site into a php site?

[gingerbeardman]

is there a recommended way to turn a html site into a php site?

• update does not work
• sync and clone only work for WordPress sites

ee site update myexample.com --php='7.4'
Starting php version update for: myexample.com
Taking backup of old php config.
Error: The origin directory specified "/opt/easyengine/sites/myexample.com/config/php" was not found.

[gingerbeardman]

My workaround, which was less than ideal, but not too much effort:

1. create temp site to backup some files
   • ee site create backup.example.com --php=7.4
2. copy files manually on command line from html site to temp site
   • cp -R /opt/easyengine/sites/html.example.com/app/htdocs/* /opt/easyengine/sites/backup.example.com/app/htdocs/
3. delete html site (had SSL)
   • ee site delete html.example.com
4. create new php site (with SSL)
   • ee site create php.example.com --php=7.4 --ssl=le
5. copy files manually on command line from temp site to php site
   • cp -R /opt/easyengine/sites/backup.example.com/app/htdocs/* /opt/easyengine/sites/php.example.com/app/htdocs/

Downtime was only a few minutes.

[marcoandrei]

Hello, @gingerbeardman!

Maybe my reply is a little late, but currently you can't change the type of the site using site update as far as I know. You only can add things.

So you need to backup your site, delete and create again using --type=php.

Well, as you already did. :-) I had this problem in the past too.

Kind regards,
Marco Andrei

[gingerbeardman]

No worries! Since a few months ago I've migrated all my sites to Caddy server.

[marcoandrei]

Oh, nice! Well, I think this conversation can be marked as Answered, right? :-)

I don't know Caddy, but it catched my attention, I will take a look soon for sure!

So, happy new year, @gingerbeardman! Saúde!

[gingerbeardman]

Right on!

Season's Greetings to you and yours