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Rendering Twig templates from Symfony Repository without Using Dependency Injection (DIC)

Posted on by admin
Sometimes it's useful to access Twig templates from a Symfony repository, one could argue that this goes against a repository's role, but if you think of Twig template files or Twig strings perhaps grabbed from a database as data, then this coincides nicely with the function of a repo. These arguments aside, whatever your situation,…

Symfony: Re-authenticate FOS user automatically without making users log back in

Posted on by Aaron Belchamber
Integrating a Wordpress user login with Symfony is pretty painless if you need to share user sessions.  Just don't rely solely on that Wordpress cookie, but cross reference a randomly assigned hash that can reference back to the Wordpress user's table.  When you get your system to authenticate a user and you find your FOS…

Symfony: Forcing redirects in controller and specifying redirect type

Posted on by Aaron Belchamber
The Symfony documentation is getting better, but it still lacks more detail, which is why I've been collecting helpful tips and snippets here.  According to the Symfony docs, by default, the "redirectToRoute()" method performs a 302 (temporary) redirect, so in order to specify a 301 (permanent) redirect, you can add the third argument in this…

Latest Symfony version with standard Composer dependency settings that won’t break!

Posted on by Aaron Belchamber
The latest and greatest version of Symfony is so fresh, it's just not ready for prime time -- at least some of its standard dependency packages they call bundles!  I hope this saves other Sensio Labs Symfony framework users trouble because if you're hoping for all new versions, you're bound to run into the trouble. …

Symfony Assetic troubleshooting with the LESS filter

Posted on by Aaron Belchamber
Installing Symfony doesn't take long, but depending on your Composer capabilities on your web server, you may run into issues if you don't install LESS and Node properly. Find the Node modules path by typing in the Linux command line: find / -name node_modules -type d Then set to the node_paths option: assetic: filters: less: node_paths: /usr/lib/node_modules…