Mastering Symfony

Chapter 11. More about Dev, Test and Prod Environments

This is a short chapter about Symfony environments. We will see how they are different from each other, how we can customize them based on project requirements, and how to create our own environment with its own front controller (that is, app.php, app_dev.php, and app_[your env name].php).

Why do we need different environments?

An environment basically provides running instructions for the same code base. It does not change anything in the code itself. It simply tells Symfony when the code is running, which tools and components should accompany it, and what set of parameters should be used.

The default Symfony environments are Dev, Test, and Prod. As their names suggest, they utilize Symfony ...