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Sylvix
Sylvix

Reputation: 782

How to get the server path to the web directory in Symfony2 from inside the controller?

The question is as follows:

How can I get the server path to the web directory in Symfony2 from inside the controller (or from anywhere else for that reason)

What I've already found (also, by searching here):

This is advised in the cookbook article on Doctrine file handling

$path = __DIR__ . '/../../../../web';

Found by searching around, only usable from inside the controller (or service with kernel injected):

$path = $this->get('kernel')->getRootDir() . '/../web';

So, is there absolutely no way to get at least that 'web' part of the path? What if I, for example, decided to rename it or move or something?

Everything was easy in the first symfony, when I could get like everything I needed from anywhere in the code by calling the static sfConfig::get() method..

Upvotes: 65

Views: 115596

Answers (9)

Tsounabe
Tsounabe

Reputation: 2184

Since Symfony 3.3,

You can use %kernel.project_dir%/web/ instead of %kernel.root_dir%/../web/

Upvotes: 0

Ashok
Ashok

Reputation: 1

$host = $request->server->get('HTTP_HOST');
$base = (!empty($request->server->get('BASE'))) ? $request->server->get('BASE') : '';
$getBaseUrl = $host.$base;

Upvotes: 0

utkarsh2k2
utkarsh2k2

Reputation: 1096

For Symfony3 In your controller try

$request->server->get('DOCUMENT_ROOT').$request->getBasePath()

Upvotes: 2

Tek
Tek

Reputation: 3070

UPDATE: Since 2.8 this no longer works because assetic is no longer included by default. Although if you're using assetic this will work.

You can use the variable %assetic.write_to%.

$this->getParameter('assetic.write_to');

Since your assets depend on this variable to be dumped to your web directory, it's safe to assume and use to locate your web folder.

http://symfony.com/doc/current/reference/configuration/assetic.html

Upvotes: 12

redjam13
redjam13

Reputation: 1016

To access the root directory from outside the controller you can simply inject %kernel.root_dir% as an argument in your services configuration.

service_name:
    class: Namespace\Bundle\etc
    arguments: ['%kernel.root_dir%']

Then you can get the web root in the class constructor:

public function __construct($rootDir)
{
    $this->webRoot = realpath($rootDir . '/../web');
}

Upvotes: 44

Thomas Decaux
Thomas Decaux

Reputation: 22711

You are on Symfony, think "Dependency Injection" ^^

In all my SF project, I do in parameters.yml:

web_dir: "%kernel.root_dir%/../web"

So I can safely use this parameter within controller:

$this->getParameter('web_dir');

Upvotes: 15

Martin
Martin

Reputation: 877

There's actually no direct way to get path to webdir in Symfony2 as the framework is completely independent of the webdir.

You can use getRootDir() on instance of kernel class, just as you write. If you consider renaming /web dir in future, you should make it configurable. For example AsseticBundle has such an option in its DI configuration (see here and here).

Upvotes: 46

Molecular Man
Molecular Man

Reputation: 22386

You also can get it from any ContainerAware (f.i. Controller) class from the request service:

  • If you are using apache as a webserver (I suppose for other webservers the solution would be similar) and are using virtualhosting (your urls look like this - localhost/app.php then you can use:

    $container->get('request')->server->get('DOCUMENT_ROOT');
// in controller:
$this->getRequest()->server->get('DOCUMENT_ROOT');

  • Else (your urls look like this - localhost/path/to/Symfony/web/app.php:

    $container->get('request')->getBasePath();
// in controller:
$this->getRequest()->getBasePath();

Upvotes: 18

noel
noel

Reputation: 169

My solution is to add this code to the app.php

define('WEB_DIRECTORY', __DIR__);

The problem is that in command line code that uses the constant will break. You can also add the constant to app/console file and the other environment front controllers

Another solution may be add an static method at AppKernel that returns DIR.'/../web/' So you can access everywhere

Upvotes: 12

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