Contao 4 core bundle

Contao is an Open Source PHP Content Management System for people who want a professional website that is easy to maintain. Visit the project website for more information.

Contao 4 has been designed as a Symfony bundle, which can be used to add CMS functionality to any Symfony application. If you do not have an existing Symfony application yet, we recommend using the Contao managed edition as basis for your application.

Installation

Edit your composer.json file and add the following:

"require": {
    "contao/core-bundle": "^4.4"
},
"config": {
    "component-dir": "assets"
},
"post-install-cmd": [
    "Contao\\CoreBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::addDirectories",
    "Contao\\CoreBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::generateSymlinks"
],
"post-update-cmd": [
    "Contao\\CoreBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::addDirectories",
    "Contao\\CoreBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::generateSymlinks"
]

Then run php composer.phar update to install the vendor files.

Activation

Remove the parameters.yml import from your app/config/config.yml file:

imports:
    - { resource: parameters.yml } # <-- remove this line
    - { resource: security.yml }

Then adjust to your app/AppKernel.php file:

// app/AppKernel.php
class AppKernel extends Kernel
{
    public function registerBundles()
    {
        $bundles = [
            // ...
            new Knp\Bundle\MenuBundle\KnpMenuBundle(),
            new Knp\Bundle\TimeBundle\KnpTimeBundle(),
            new Nelmio\CorsBundle\NelmioCorsBundle(),
            new Nelmio\SecurityBundle\NelmioSecurityBundle(),
            new Contao\CoreBundle\ContaoCoreBundle(),
        ];
    }

    public function registerContainerConfiguration(LoaderInterface $loader)
    {
        $rootDir = $this->getRootDir();

        if (file_exists($rootDir.'/config/parameters.yml')) {
            $loader->load($rootDir.'/config/parameters.yml');
        }

        $loader->load($rootDir.'/config/config_'.$this->getEnvironment().'.yml');
    }
}

Configuration

Add the Contao routes to your app/config/routing.yml file:

ContaoCoreBundle:
    resource: "@ContaoCoreBundle/Resources/config/routing.yml"

Edit your app/config/security.yml file:

security:
    providers:
        contao.security.user_provider:
            id: contao.security.user_provider

    firewalls:
        dev:
            pattern: ^/(_(profiler|wdt|error)|css|images|js)/
            security: false

        install:
            pattern: ^/(contao/install|install\.php)
            security: false

        backend:
            request_matcher: contao.routing.backend_matcher
            stateless: true
            simple_preauth:
                authenticator: contao.security.authenticator

        frontend:
            request_matcher: contao.routing.frontend_matcher
            stateless: true
            simple_preauth:
                authenticator: contao.security.authenticator

Edit your app/config/config.yml file and add the following:

# Contao configuration
contao:
    # Required parameters
    prepend_locale: "%prepend_locale%"

    # Optional parameters
    web_dir:              "%kernel.project_dir%/web"
    encryption_key:       "%kernel.secret%"
    url_suffix:           .html
    upload_path:          files
    csrf_token_name:      contao_csrf_token
    pretty_error_screens: true
    error_level:          8183 # E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_DEPRECATED & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED
    image:
        bypass_cache:     false
        target_dir:       "%kernel.project_dir%/assets/images"
        valid_extensions: ['jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif', 'png', 'tif', 'tiff', 'bmp', 'svg', 'svgz']
        imagine_options:
            jpeg_quality: 80
            interlace:    plane
    security:
        disable_ip_check: false

You can also overwrite any parameter stored in the localconfig.php file:

# Contao configuration
contao:
    localconfig:
        adminEmail: foo@bar.com
        dateFormat: Y-m-d

License

Contao is licensed under the terms of the LGPLv3.

Getting support

Visit the support page to learn about the available support options.