Symfony2 updating bootstrap.php.cache

Question

Recently I started a project in Symfony2 from the BETA version available on symfony.com

After a while, I needed to upgrade to the master branch, so I retrieved the latest from github and switched it in vendor/symfony.

However, my bootstrap.php.cache and bootstrap_cache.php.cache are not upgraded, which has generated errors.

I tried clearing the symfony cache, to no avail.

How can I update these files to correspond to my project?

see my answer here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29919275/strange-doctrine-entitynotfoundexception/31664345#31664345 — shacharsol, Jul 27 '15 at 23:12

mogoman · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-05T19:41:39.237

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In the 2.0 release the original file is here:

./vendor/bundles/Sensio/Bundle/DistributionBundle/Resources/bin/build_bootstrap.php

Edit: in release 2.3 the file is here

vendor/sensio/distribution-bundle/Sensio/Bundle/DistributionBundle/Resources/bin/build_bootstrap.php

edited Sep 05 '14 at 19:41

answered Jul 30 '11 at 15:12

mogoman

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This doesn't appear to do anything in my project when I run the above script (this is also after I updated my vendors' bundles). Any ideas on troubleshooting this? – Eno Nov 14 '11 at 18:35
@Eno did you try removing (make a backup first) the bootstap cache files and then running the script? – mogoman Nov 15 '11 at 10:42
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`composer update` is all you need now (Symfony 2.3 + Composer) – J. Bruni Jul 30 '13 at 01:10
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`composer update` also updates the dependencies that is not what **jihi** asked for! please check my answer. it shows how it should be done: http://stackoverflow.com/a/26337973/828366 – Francesco Casula Oct 13 '14 at 10:38
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For 2.3 (and 3.0) it's now `php vendor/sensio/distribution-bundle/Resources/bin/build_bootstrap.php` – flu Jun 14 '16 at 10:32

Francesco Casula · Answer 2 · 2015-09-03T08:47:13.973

If you run the composer update command you will also update your project dependencies which is not the desired behaviour here. If you do that you'll have to test the new changes to see if they do affect your application somehow.

So if you just want to rebuild your bootstrap cache file then I suggest you run the post-update-cmd command.

Therefore you should use:

composer run-script post-update-cmd

which in my case executes the following scripts (see composer.json):

"scripts": {
    "post-install-cmd": [
        "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::buildBootstrap",
        "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::clearCache",
        "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::installAssets",
        "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::installRequirementsFile",
        "Mopa\\Bundle\\BootstrapBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::postInstallSymlinkTwitterBootstrapSass"
    ]
}

Please consider that you can also create a new set of scripts in there to just rebuild the bootstrap file and clears the cache without installing the assets and so on:

"scripts": {
    "reset-bootstrap-cmd": [
        "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::buildBootstrap",
        "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::clearCache"
    ]
}

and then... composer run-script reset-bootstrap-cmd

best answer for symfony >=2.3 – Rufinus Dec 26 '14 at 20:22 — Rufinus, Dec 26 '14 at 20:22

score 28 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 05 '12 at 09:14

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In the latest 2.1.0-DEV, the actual script is here:

./vendor/sensio/distribution-bundle/Sensio/Bundle/DistributionBundle/Resources/bin/build_bootstrap.php

answered Sep 05 '12 at 09:14

Gregoire

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For current 2.1 `composer update` takes care of it - scripts array is added to composer configuration – Marius Balčytis May 13 '13 at 13:00
@barius Only for out of the box Composer scripts, which e.g. I didn't have. – Luke Feb 20 '14 at 06:33

score 22 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 21 '12 at 12:52

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I'm using Symfony Standard 2.0.9 (without Vendors).

To update bootstrap.php.cache, just run

php bin/vendors update

This will update all vendors (including Symfony itself) and always call that build_bootstrap.php script for you.

answered Jan 21 '12 at 12:52

seb

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Indeed, `composer update` triggers the "build bootstrap" script. This is the current up-to-date answer. – J. Bruni Jul 30 '13 at 01:08

score 17 · Answer 5 · answered May 20 '11 at 13:51

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Have you tried running:

php bin/build_bootstrap.php

This will regenerate the bootstrap files

answered May 20 '11 at 13:51

d.syph.3r

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Didn't know that was there. Thanks! – jihi May 20 '11 at 14:33
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Worth to mention, that this doesn't work anymore. The whole `bin/`-folder is gone now. – KingCrunch Apr 06 '12 at 21:31
In fact, this file is not available even in latest 2.0 – Marius Balčytis May 16 '13 at 08:13
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Now, `build_bootstrap.php` is a bit hidden... `php ./vendor/sensio/distribution-bundle/Sensio/Bundle/DistributionBundle/Resources/bin/build_bootstrap.php` – J. Bruni Jul 26 '13 at 18:43

score 11 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 18 '13 at 12:30

You might prefer to use composer install which "re-installs" the system to the state definied in the composer.lock file and generates autoloads and bootstrap.php.cache. Using composer update updates all packages and changes the state of your system.

score 3 · Answer 7 · edited Nov 04 '15 at 16:20

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I feel like the build_bootstrap script is always changing location :)

So, if you are working with several Symfony versions and don't know where the build_bootstrap is, this will do the trick (Linux/Mac only):

$ cd vendor/ 
$ find . -name build_bootstrap.php

edited Nov 04 '15 at 16:20

NDM

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answered Jun 04 '13 at 12:52

Victor Henriquez

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Never remember the exact name, so every time I have to type this command. `find . -iname "*build*bootstrap*php"` – MGP Sep 16 '13 at 18:59

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 18 '14 at 21:24

i couldnt fix a problem on my bootstrap cache, nor update it . i was getting alot of this

[Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\ContextErrorException] Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/sites/fuji/app/bootstrap.php.cache line 2870

Script Sensio\Bundle\DistributionBundle\Composer\ScriptHandler::clearCache handling the post-update-cmd event terminated with an exception

although they were great suggestions, and i did try the rebuilding of bootstrap cache file after backing it up, and to run composer update these still gave me the same problem.

Solution for me: i shelled into the pc with the site files on it, rm -rf app/cache/* -R removed everything inside the cache directory then i was able to run both composer update, AND clear cache etc.. with no problems.

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Mar 11 '20 at 11:18

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Search for where the "build_bootstrap.php" located at.

for my case in Symfony3.4

php ./vendor/sensio/distribution-bundle/Resources/bin/build_bootstrap.php

answered Mar 11 '20 at 11:18

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