BC Error Pages

This bundle implements a solution to override the default Symfony error pages template code and styles with designer friendly alternatives. Great for developers seeking to override default error pages in Symfony.

Version

• The current version of BC Error Pages is 0.1.0
• Last Major update: February 24, 2017

Copyright

• BC Error Pages is copyright 1999 - 2017 Brookins Consulting
• See: COPYRIGHT.md for more information on the terms of the copyright and license

License

BC Error Pages is licensed under the GNU General Public License.

The complete license agreement is included in the LICENSE file.

BC Error Pages is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License or at your option a later version.

BC Error Pages is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

The GNU GPL gives you the right to use, modify and redistribute BC Error Pages under certain conditions. The GNU GPL license is distributed with the software, see the file doc/LICENSE.

It is also available at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with BC Error Pages in doc/LICENSE. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Using BC Error Pages under the terms of the GNU GPL is free (as in freedom).

For more information or questions please contact: license@brookinsconsulting.com

Requirements

The following requirements exists for using BC Error Pages:

Symfony version

• Make sure you use Symfony version 2.8+ (required) or higher.
• Designed and tested with Symfony 3.2.x

PHP version

• Make sure you have PHP 5.6 or higher.

Features

Error Page Templates

• layout:base.html.twig
• Exception:error(*).html.twig

Command

• bc:ep:install - installs global template overrides via symlink (These are installed via composer by default)

Composer Script Handler

• runs the bc:ep:install command upon composer package installation, installs assets and clears caches

Dependencies

• This solution does not depend on eZ Platform in any way
• This solution depends on symfony/symfony
• This solution depends on symfony/filesystem

Use case requirements

This solution was created to provide for a simple basis to customize ugly yet informative Symfony error pages with a bc branded styled replacement.

Installation

Bundle post install/update command script installation

Within your project's / website's root composer.json file add the following composer scripts block to provide for automatic error page template and assets installation.

"scripts": {    "symfony-scripts": [        "Incenteev\\ParameterHandler\\ScriptHandler::buildParameters",        "BrookinsConsulting\\BcErrorPagesBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::installErrorPagesInApp",        "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::clearCache",        "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::installAssets"    ],    "post-install-cmd": [        "@symfony-scripts"    ],    "post-update-cmd": [        "@symfony-scripts"    ]},

Bundle Activation

Within file app/AppKernel.php method registerBundles add the following into the $bundles = array( variable definition.

// Brookins Consulting : BcErrorPagesBundle Requirementsnew BrookinsConsulting\BcErrorPagesBundle\BcErrorPagesBundle()

Install the above before installing the bundle via composer to ensure that the automatic error page template and assets installation scripts function as designed.

Bundle Installation via Composer

Run the following command from your project root to install the bundle:

bash$ composer require brookinsconsulting/bcerrorpagesbundle dev-master;

Dev Env Route Installation (Optional)

Edit your app/config/routing.yml file and add the following code to import this bundle's routes. Note that this step is optional and only required if you desire to test the error pages manually.

app_bcerrorpages:    resource: "@BcErrorPagesBundle/Resources/config/routing_dev.yml"

Template Installation

Required only if not installed via composer

php bin/console bc:ep:install --relative

Asset Installation

Required only if not installed via composer

php bin/console assets:install web --symlink --relative

Clear the caches

Clear Symfony caches (Required).

php bin/console cache:clear;

Template Customization

Custom Template Overrides

If you need to customize the provided templates remember to do so within the bundle resources itself.

If needed you may find making a fork or variation based on this bundle suits your needs for further template customization.

Usage

The solution is configured to work virtually by default once properly installed.

Testing

The solution is configured to work once properly installed and configured.

Simply navigate to a route / url which is not defined to trigger a 404 error and view the new error page template.

Troubleshooting

Read the FAQ

Some problems are more common than others. The most common ones are listed in the the doc/FAQ.md

Support

If you have find any problems not handled by this document or the FAQ you can contact Brookins Consulting through the support system: http://brookinsconsulting.com/contact