How to remove “web/app_dev.php” from Symfony2 URLs?

Question

I just created my first Symfony2 project. But the \"/web/app_dev.php\" part in the URL annoys me. It should be possible to do this without Virtual hosts...

Answer 1

If you use an apache virtual host, you can get it working the way you desire. Here is an example virtual host from my xampp:

    ServerName myurl.local

    # Basic stuff
    DocumentRoot "C:/path/to/symfony/web"
    DirectoryIndex app.php
    
        AllowOverride All
        Allow from All
    

After restarting your apache, you can access the project through http://myurl.local (don't forget to configure your hosts file under C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts!). If you want to have the dev environment (app_dev.php) not showing up in the url, change the DirectoryIndex to app_dev.php.