symfony2 : failed to write cache directory
Most likely it means that the directory and/or sub-directories are not writable. Many forget about sub-directories.
Symfony 2
chmod -R 777 app/cache app/logs
Symfony 3 directory structure
chmod -R 777 var/cache var/logs
Additional Resources
Permissions solution by Symfony (mentioned previously).
Permissions solution by KPN University - additionally includes an screen-cast on installation.
Note: If you're using Symfony 3 directory structure, substitute app/cache
and app/logs
with var/cache
and var/logs
.
You probably aborted a clearcache halfway and now you already have an app/cache/dev_old.
Try this (in the root of your project, assuming you're on a Unixy environment like OS X or Linux):
rm -rf app/cache/dev*
If the folder is already writable so thats not the problem.
You can also just navigate to /www/projet_etienne/app/cache/
and manualy remove the folders in there (dev, dev_new, dev_old).
Make sure to SAVE a copy of those folder somewhere to put back if this doesn't fix the problem
I know this is not the way it should be done but it worked for me a couple of times now.
For a GOOD and definite solution see the Setting up Permissions
section in Installing and Configuring Symfony
section :
Setting up Permissions
One common issue when installing Symfony is that the app/cache and app/logs directories must be writable both by the web server and the command line user. On a UNIX system, if your web server user is different from your command line user, you can try one of the following solutions.
- Use the same user for the CLI and the web server
In development environments, it is a common practice to use the same UNIX user for the CLI and the web server because it avoids any of these permissions issues when setting up new projects. This can be done by editing your web server configuration (e.g. commonly httpd.conf or apache2.conf for Apache) and setting its user to be the same as your CLI user (e.g. for Apache, update the User and Group values).
- Using ACL on a system that supports chmod +a
Many systems allow you to use the chmod +a command. Try this first, and if you get an error - try the next method. This uses a command to try to determine your web server user and set it as HTTPDUSER:
$ rm -rf app/cache/* $ rm -rf app/logs/* $ HTTPDUSER=`ps aux | grep -E '[a]pache|[h]ttpd|[_]www|[w]ww-data|[n]ginx' | grep -v root | head -1 | cut -d\ -f1` $ sudo chmod +a "$HTTPDUSER allow delete,write,append,file_inherit,directory_inherit" app/cache app/logs $ sudo chmod +a "`whoami` allow delete,write,append,file_inherit,directory_inherit" app/cache app/logs
- Using ACL on a system that does not support chmod +a
Some systems don't support chmod +a, but do support another utility called setfacl. You may need to enable ACL support on your partition and install setfacl before using it (as is the case with Ubuntu). This uses a command to try to determine your web server user and set it as HTTPDUSER:
$ HTTPDUSER=`ps aux | grep -E '[a]pache|[h]ttpd|[_]www|[w]ww-data|[n]ginx' | grep -v root | head -1 | cut -d\ -f1` $ sudo setfacl -R -m u:"$HTTPDUSER":rwX -m u:`whoami`:rwX app/cache app/logs $ sudo setfacl -dR -m u:"$HTTPDUSER":rwX -m u:`whoami`:rwX app/cache app/logs
For Symfony 3 it would be:
$ HTTPDUSER=`ps aux | grep -E '[a]pache|[h]ttpd|[_]www|[w]ww-data|[n]ginx' | grep -v root | head -1 | cut -d\ -f1` $ sudo setfacl -R -m u:"$HTTPDUSER":rwX -m u:`whoami`:rwX var/cache var/logs $ sudo setfacl -dR -m u:"$HTTPDUSER":rwX -m u:`whoami`:rwX var/cache var/logs
If this doesn't work, try adding -n option.
- Without using ACL
If none of the previous methods work for you, change the umask so that the cache and log directories will be group-writable or world-writable (depending if the web server user and the command line user are in the same group or not). To achieve this, put the following line at the beginning of the app/console, web/app.php and web/app_dev.php files:
umask(0002); // This will let the permissions be 0775 // or umask(0000); // This will let the permissions be 0777
Note that using the ACL is recommended when you have access to them on your server because changing the umask is not thread-safe.
http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/installation.html#checking-symfony-application-configuration-and-setup
source : Failed to write cache file "/var/www/myapp/app/cache/dev/classes.php" when clearing the cache