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I’m trying to follow best practice and move my system folder above the public folder. My hosting provider is Media Temple (grid server)  and I’m running a MSM installation, EE version 2.5.2.

Here’s what the MT’s domain structure looks like with my current setup.  All of the domains reside in a common “domain” directory.

domain1.com
└── html
    ├── admin.php
    ├── index.php
    ├── system

domain2.com
 └── html
    ├── admin.php
    ├── index.php

After moving the system folder up a level to sit next to the html directory I made changes to the index.php files for both sites.

The new folder structure looks like this:

domain1.com
└── html
    ├── admin.php
    ├── index.php
└── system

domain2.com
 └── html
    ├── admin.php
    ├── index.php

And the system path variable in the index.php files look like this:

$system_path = '../fpunderthehood';

When I access both sites I get the error:
Fatal error: Class ‘CI_Lang’ not found in ...(complete server path).../domains/domain1.com/system/expressionengine/core/EE_Lang.php on line 25

I haven’t been able to find any similar threads that have a similar error or are pertaining to Media Temple gs hosting.  Sorry if I’m missing something here.

One last caveat is that I’m using the Biber Multi Language Support module on my main site.  I’m not sure if that could be relevant or not.

Hi Justin,

You’ve got to go up 2 levels. Try this:

$system_path = '../../fpunderthehood';

That should set you straight.

Cheers,

Dan,

When I set the system folder to:

$system_path = '../../system'

I get the EE error:
Your system folder path does not appear to be set correctly. Please open the following file and correct this: index.php

Any ideas?

Alright, just to clarify, the top-level is:

domain1.com - folder
system - folder
domain2.com - folder

Correct?

Or is system in domain1.com next to html?

If that’s the case, then you need:

$system_path = '../system'; // in domain1.com

and

$system_path = '../domain1.com/system'; // for domain2.com

That should do it. Also check with (mt) that there aren’t any open_basedir restrictions in place as well.

Cheers,