Kernel

__construct(string $environment, bool $debug)

Parameters

string	$environment	The environment
bool	$debug	Whether to enable debugging or not

__clone()

boot()

Boots the current kernel.

reboot(string|null $warmupDir)

Reboots a kernel.

The getCacheDir() method of a rebootable kernel should not be called while building the container. Use the %kernel.cache_dir% parameter instead.

Parameters

string|null

$warmupDir

pass null to reboot in the regular cache directory

terminate(Request $request, Response $response)

Terminates a request/response cycle.

Should be called after sending the response and before shutting down the kernel.

Parameters

Request	$request
Response	$response

shutdown()

Shutdowns the kernel.

This method is mainly useful when doing functional testing.

Response handle(Request $request, int $type = HttpKernelInterface::MASTER_REQUEST, bool $catch = true)

Handles a Request to convert it to a Response.

When $catch is true, the implementation must catch all exceptions and do its best to convert them to a Response instance.

Parameters

Request	$request	A Request instance
int	$type	The type of the request (one of HttpKernelInterface::MASTERREQUEST or HttpKernelInterface::SUBREQUEST)
bool	$catch	Whether to catch exceptions or not

Return Value

Response

A Response instance

Exceptions

Exception

When an Exception occurs during processing

BundleInterface[] getBundles()

Gets the registered bundle instances.

Return Value

BundleInterface[]

An array of registered bundle instances

BundleInterface|BundleInterface[] getBundle(string $name, bool $first = true)

Returns a bundle and optionally its descendants by its name.

The second argument is deprecated as of 3.4 and will be removed in 4.0. This method will always return an instance of BundleInterface in 4.0.

Parameters

string	$name	Bundle name
bool	$first	Whether to return the first bundle only or together with its descendants

Return Value

BundleInterface|BundleInterface[]

A BundleInterface instance or an array of BundleInterface instances if $first is false

Exceptions

InvalidArgumentException

when the bundle is not enabled

string|array locateResource(string $name, string $dir = null, bool $first = true)

Returns the file path for a given resource.

A Resource can be a file or a directory.

The resource name must follow the following pattern:

"@BundleName/path/to/a/file.something"

where BundleName is the name of the bundle and the remaining part is the relative path in the bundle.

If $dir is passed, and the first segment of the path is "Resources", this method will look for a file named:

$dir/<BundleName>/path/without/Resources

before looking in the bundle resource folder.

Parameters

string	$name	A resource name to locate
string	$dir	A directory where to look for the resource first
bool	$first	Whether to return the first path or paths for all matching bundles

Return Value

string|array

The absolute path of the resource or an array if $first is false

Exceptions

InvalidArgumentException	if the file cannot be found or the name is not valid
RuntimeException	if the name contains invalid/unsafe characters

string getName()

Gets the name of the kernel.

Return Value

string

The kernel name

string getEnvironment()

Gets the environment.

Return Value

string

The current environment

bool isDebug()

Checks if debug mode is enabled.

Return Value

bool	true if debug mode is enabled, false otherwise

string getRootDir()

Gets the application root dir (path of the project's Kernel class).

Return Value

string

The Kernel root dir

string getProjectDir()

Gets the application root dir (path of the project's composer file).

Return Value

string

The project root dir

ContainerInterface getContainer()

Gets the current container.

Return Value

ContainerInterface

A ContainerInterface instance

loadClassCache(string $name = 'classes', string $extension = '.php') ^deprecated

^deprecated

since version 3.3, to be removed in 4.0. The class cache is not needed anymore when using PHP 7.0.

Loads the PHP class cache.

This methods only registers the fact that you want to load the cache classes. The cache will actually only be loaded when the Kernel is booted.

That optimization is mainly useful when using the HttpCache class in which case the class cache is not loaded if the Response is in the cache.

Parameters

string	$name	The cache name prefix
string	$extension	File extension of the resulting file

setClassCache(array $classes) ^deprecated

^deprecated

since version 3.3, to be removed in 4.0.

Parameters

array

$classes

setAnnotatedClassCache(array $annotatedClasses)

Parameters

array

$annotatedClasses

int getStartTime()

Gets the request start time (not available if debug is disabled).

Return Value

int	The request start timestamp

string getCacheDir()

Gets the cache directory.

Return Value

string

The cache directory

string getLogDir()

Gets the log directory.

Return Value

string

The log directory

string getCharset()

Gets the charset of the application.

Return Value

string

The charset

static string stripComments(string $source)

Removes comments from a PHP source string.

We don't use the PHP phpstripwhitespace() function as we want the content to be readable and well-formatted.

Parameters

string

$source

A PHP string

Return Value

string

The PHP string with the comments removed

serialize()

unserialize($data)

Parameters

$data