Why Magento 2 Has Two Possible Root Folders

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I'm trying to figure out how Magento 2 is working. I've seen something that made me confuse.

Magento 2 have 2 possible root folder:

/path/to/magento2/index.php
/path/to/magento2/pub/index.php

One is at the absolute top level of Magento 2’s distribution folder. The second is inside the “pub” folder.

If I set base URL is either of them, magento is working perfectly.

Can anyone explain me why Magento 2 using 2 root folder like that ?

Best Answer

Using /pub is better, because it is more secure. Why? Because in that case most of Magento's code will live outside the public document root, so the possible attack surface is smaller. In other words, when you use the top level folder as document root, you have to make sure that various folders (such as app) are explicitly denied in your webserver configuration.

That said, not everybody can configure the document root, so Magento provided a top level index.php for compatibility.

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