How to Override Symfony’s default Directory Structure
How to Override Symfony’s default Directory Structure¶
Symfony automatically ships with a default directory structure. You can easily override this directory structure to create your own. The default directory structure is:
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├─ app/
│ ├─ cache/
│ ├─ config/
│ ├─ logs/
│ └─ ...
├─ src/
│ └─ ...
├─ vendor/
│ └─ ...
└─ web/
├─ app.php
└─ ...
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Override the cache
Directory¶
You can override the cache directory by overriding the getCacheDir
method
in the AppKernel
class of you application:
// app/AppKernel.php
// ...
class AppKernel extends Kernel
{
// ...
public function getCacheDir()
{
return $this->rootDir.'/'.$this->environment.'/cache';
}
}
$this->rootDir
is the absolute path to the app
directory and $this->environment
is the current environment (i.e. dev
). In this case you have changed
the location of the cache directory to app/{environment}/cache
.
Caution
You should keep the cache
directory different for each environment,
otherwise some unexpected behavior may happen. Each environment generates
its own cached config files, and so each needs its own directory to store
those cache files.
Override the logs
Directory¶
Overriding the logs
directory is the same as overriding the cache
directory, the only difference is that you need to override the getLogDir
method:
// app/AppKernel.php
// ...
class AppKernel extends Kernel
{
// ...
public function getLogDir()
{
return $this->rootDir.'/'.$this->environment.'/logs';
}
}
Here you have changed the location of the directory to app/{environment}/logs
.
Override the web
Directory¶
If you need to rename or move your web
directory, the only thing you
need to guarantee is that the path to the app
directory is still correct
in your app.php
and app_dev.php
front controllers. If you simply
renamed the directory, you’re fine. But if you moved it in some way, you
may need to modify the paths inside these files:
require_once __DIR__.'/../Symfony/app/bootstrap.php.cache';
require_once __DIR__.'/../Symfony/app/AppKernel.php';
You also need to change the extra.symfony-web-dir
option in the composer.json
file:
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...
"extra": {
...
"symfony-web-dir": "my_new_web_dir"
}
}
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Tip
Some shared hosts have a public_html
web directory root. Renaming
your web directory from web
to public_html
is one way to make
your Symfony project work on your shared host. Another way is to deploy
your application to a directory outside of your web root, delete your
public_html
directory, and then replace it with a symbolic link to
the web
in your project.
Note
If you use the AsseticBundle you need to configure this, so it can use
the correct web
directory:
- YAML
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# app/config/config.yml # ... assetic: # ... read_from: "%kernel.root_dir%/../../public_html"
- XML
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<!-- app/config/config.xml --> <!-- ... --> <assetic:config read-from="%kernel.root_dir%/../../public_html" />
- PHP
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// app/config/config.php // ... $container->loadFromExtension('assetic', array( // ... 'read_from' => '%kernel.root_dir%/../../public_html', ));
Now you just need to clear the cache and dump the assets again and your application should work:
1 2 | $ php app/console cache:clear --env=prod
$ php app/console assetic:dump --env=prod --no-debug
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Override the vendor
Directory¶
To override the vendor
directory, you need to introduce changes in the
following files:
app/autoload.php
composer.json
The change in the composer.json
will look like this:
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...
"config": {
"bin-dir": "bin",
"vendor-dir": "/some/dir/vendor"
},
...
}
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In app/autoload.php
, you need to modify the path leading to the vendor/autoload.php
file:
// app/autoload.php
// ...
$loader = require '/some/dir/vendor/autoload.php';
Tip
This modification can be of interest if you are working in a virtual environment and cannot use NFS - for example, if you’re running a Symfony app using Vagrant/VirtualBox in a guest operating system.
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