How to get the root dir of the Symfony2 application?

Question

What is the best way to get the root app directory from inside the controller? Is it possible to get it outside of the controller?

Now I get it by passing it (from param

Answer 1

You can also use regular expression in addition to this:

    $directoryPath = $this->container->getParameter('kernel.root_dir') . '/../web/bundles/yourbundle/';
    $directoryPath = preg_replace("/app..../i", "", $directoryPath);
    echo $directoryPath;