single: Override Symfony
Symfony automatically ships with a default directory structure. You can easily override this directory structure to create your own. The default directory structure is:
app/
cache/
config/
logs/
...
src/
...
vendor/
...
web/
app.php
...
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 behaviour may happen. Each environment generates its own cached config files, and so each needs its own directory to store those cache files.
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
.
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';
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:
# app/config/config.yml
# ...
assetic:
# ...
read_from: "%kernel.root_dir%/../../public_html"
<!-- app/config/config.xml -->
<!-- ... -->
<assetic:config read-from="%kernel.root_dir%/../../public_html" />
// app/config/config.php
// ...
$container->loadFromExtension('assetic', array(
// ...
'read_from' => '%kernel.root_dir%/../../public_html',
));
Now you just need to dump the assets again and your application should work:
$ php app/console assetic:dump --env=prod --no-debug