Unable to run clear:cache in development mode

[d3vpunk]

It's not possible to clear the cache of my symfony2 application. The PdfBundle internally uses some zf_cache with www-data rights (the user linux uses when you run your application in the browser.
In the console, you run the app/console with another user who is not able to delete the folder:

So it's not possible to delete the cache folder:

[UnexpectedValueException]
FilesystemIterator::__construct(/app/cache/dev_old/zfcache-fa): failed to open dir: Permission denied

[psliwa]

This is not PdfBundle issue but general symfony2 problem. Symfony2 cache is precreated by user who called app/console script but application runs on www-data account, so when some cache is creating while application runtime, permission denied error occurs.

There are some solutions: http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/installation.html#configuration-and-setup

I use umask function in first line of console script and app*.php files and it works ok.

[d3vpunk]

Thanks for the fast reaction and this great bundle!

I know this solution but i think this not an elegant one. I read the your documentation and i'm apparently able to define cache options: https://github.com/psliwa/PdfBundle#configuration

I tried to define some zend cache related cache options but it didn't work for me: http://framework.zend.com/manual/1.12/en/zend.cache.backends.html

Isn't it possible to define some symfony2 friendly caching options as an intiial configuration of the bundle?

[truckee]

In a shared host prod environment umask() (as suggested above) does not prevent an error on cache:clear similar to that of playr1983g.

[psliwa]

Probably you set this mask after cache was created. Umask doesn't work if cache is already created. You should clear cache one time manually (via delete cache/prod directory) and next time cache:clear should work ok.

[truckee]

Piotr,

Thanks for your reply.  Such does not appear to be the case.  I removed the app/cache/prod directory, ran clear cache for prod environment command as user then created a pdf in prod environment.  The zfcache* directories return owned by www-data with no group or world rights.

Now trying (without much success) to create a controller to clear cache for prod environment.

George

UPDATE:
Now that I have a controller that can deal with the prod cache I no longer worry about www-data owned directories.

I very much appreciate your work here. I apologize for not being able to contribute - my work is as a volunteer for a non-profit.

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Probably you set this mask after cache was created. Umask doesn't work if cache is already created. You should clear cache one time manually (via delete cache/prod directory) and next time cache:clear should work ok.
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[ricohumme]

Hi,

Problem hasn't been resolved yet, unfortunately. Still having issues with this.
I keep changing the access rights to the cache folder due to the zf-cache dirs.
Is there going to be a solution for this in the near future?

Best regards,
Rico

[bnlab]

Hi to the best pdf library.

In my case setting right permissions for zfcache library helped:

ps_pdf:
    ...
    cache:
        type: ~
        options:
            filePermission: 0660
            dirPermission: 0770
    ...

Using symfony 3.4,
Best regards,
Bart