Caching in the prod Environment Only
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Login SubscribeWe absolutely need to cache our markdown processing. But what if we need to tweak how the markdown renders? In that case, we don't want caching. Could we somehow disable caching in the dev environment only?
Yes! Copy the doctrine_cache from config.yml and paste it into config_dev.yml. Next, change type from file_system to array:
| // ... lines 1 - 46 | |
| doctrine_cache: | |
| providers: | |
| my_markdown_cache: | |
| type: array |
The array type is basically a "fake" cache: it won't ever store anything.
Yea, that's it! Head back to the browser and refresh. This is definitely not caching: it takes an entire second because of the sleep(). Try again. Still not caching! Now, change to the prod environment and refresh. Beautiful, this is still really, really fast. Well that was easy.
Clearing prod Cache
Ok, this did work, but there's a small gotcha we're not considering. In config.yml, change that thousands_separator back to a comma:
| // ... lines 1 - 35 | |
| # Twig Configuration | |
| twig: | |
| // ... lines 38 - 39 | |
| number_format: | |
| thousands_separator: ',' | |
| // ... lines 42 - 79 |
Try this first in the dev environment: Yep! No problems. Now refresh in the prod environment. Huh, it's still a period. What gives?
Here's the thing: the prod environment is primed for speed. And that means, when you change any configuration, you need to manually clear the cache before you'll see those changes.
How do you do that? Simple: in the terminal, run:
./bin/console cache:clear --env=prod
You see, even the console script executes your app in a specific environment. By default it uses the dev environment. Normally, you don't really care. But for a few commands, you'll want to switch using this flag.
Ok, back to the browser. Refresh in prod. Boom! There's our comma!
The other Files: services.yml, security.yml, etc
Alright, what about all of these other configuration files. It turns out, there all part of the exact same configuration system we've just mastered. So where is parameters.yml loaded? Well, at the top of config.yml its imported, along with security.yml and services.yml:
| imports: | |
| - { resource: parameters.yml } | |
| - { resource: security.yml } | |
| - { resource: services.yml } | |
| // ... lines 5 - 79 |
The key point is that all of the files are just loading each other: it's all the same system.
In fact, I could copy all of security.yml, paste it into config.yml, completely delete security.yml and everything would be fine. In fact, the only reason security.yml even exists is because it feels good to keep that stuff in its own file. The same goes for services.yml - a big topic we'll talk about in the future.
Now, parameters.yml is a little special. Let's find out why.
Hi, in my config.yml there is no doctrine cache section. It stops at spool: {type: memory}
If I write it in that place it shows me:
What I'm missing?
thank you