When following Symfony2\'s validation documentation (http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/validation.html) the writer often refers to
src/Acme/BlogBundle/Reso
You don't have to load the validation.yml programmaticaly. You just modify the config.yml to enable validation and to disable annotations:
framework:
validation: { enabled: true, enable_annotations: false }
You need to load this in your Extension file src/Acme/BlogBundle/DependencyInjection/AcmeBlogExtension.php.
public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container)
{
//...
$yamlMappingFiles = $container->getParameter('validator.mapping.loader.yaml_files_loader.mapping_files');
$yamlMappingFiles[] = __DIR__.'/../Resources/config/validation.yml';
$container->setParameter('validator.mapping.loader.yaml_files_loader.mapping_files', $yamlMappingFiles);
}