standalone.md

@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ $civicrm_setting['domain']['userFrameworkResourceURL'] = 'https://civi.example.o
 
 ## Initialize the database
 
+### Using install files from an existing install
+
 Copied `sql/civicrm.mysql` from a Drupal8 codebase, then:
 
 ```
@@ -133,6 +135,44 @@ cat vendor/civicrm/civicrm-core/sql/civicrm.mysql | mysql -u civitest -p civites
 cat vendor/civicrm/civicrm-core/sql/civicrm_generated.mysql | mysql -u civitest -p civitest 
 ```
 
+### Using GenCode instead
+
+* Manually create a civicrm.config.php in vendor/civicrm/civicrm-core
+
+```php
+<?php
+$settingsFile = '/path/to/civi-standalone/civicrm.settings.php';
+define('CIVICRM_SETTINGS_PATH', $settingsFile);
+$error = @include_once( $settingsFile );
+if ( $error == false ) {
+    echo "Could not load the settings file at: {$settingsFile}\n";
+    exit( );
+}
+```
+
+* Apply this patch to vendor/civicrm/civicrm-core
+
+```diff
+--- CRM/Core/CodeGen/Config.php.orig
++++ CRM/Core/CodeGen/Config.php
+@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@
+       'drupal8',
+       'joomla',
+       'wordpress',
++      'standalone',
+     ])) {
+       echo "Config file for '{$this->config->cms}' not known.";
+       exit();
+     }
+-    elseif ($this->config->cms !== 'joomla') {
++    elseif ($this->config->cms !== 'joomla' && $this->config->cms !== 'standalone') {
+       $configTemplate = $this->findConfigTemplate($this->config->cms);
+       if ($configTemplate) {
+         echo "Generating civicrm.config.php\n";
+```
+* Run `cd xml && php GenCode.php 0 0 Standalone`
+* Then you can use the civicrm.mysql and civicrm_data.mysql files in sql (or if you want sample data you can use civicrm_generated.mysql instead of civicrm_data.mysql).
+
 # Example nginx vhost
 
 (adapt to your environment)
@@ -213,4 +253,6 @@ server {
   }
 }
 
-```
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+```
+
+For apache in addition to setting up the virtual host, you can then put the stock Drupal 7 .htaccess in web.
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