set correctly routing in Symfony to have correct url and route

Question

I use Symfony 2.5 (latest version) for create a web application. I work with WAMP local server on windows 7 .

When I lauch the application, this is the url I get http://localhost/Symfony/web/ . In fact I would like to add /homepage .

I have the first bundle named WelcomeBundle with his controller: It concerns my application homepage : Gir/WelcomeBundle/Controller/HomePageController.php

<?php

namespace Gir\WelcomeBundle\Controller;

use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;

class HomePageController extends Controller
{
    public function indexAction()
    {
        return $this->render('GirWelcomeBundle:HomePage:index.html.twig');
    }
}

This is the routing file : Gir/WelcomeBundle/Ressource/config/routing.yml

GirWelcomeBundle_HomePage:
  pattern:  /
  defaults: { _controller: GirWelcomeBundle:HomePage:index }
  requirements:
    methods: GET
    schemes:  https

And this is the general routing file : app/config/routing.yml

GirWelcomeBundle:
    resource: "@GirWelcomeBundle/Resources/config/routing.yml"
    prefix:   /

gir_administration:
    resource: "@GirAdministrationBundle/Resources/config/routing.yml"
    prefix:   /

fos_user:
    resource: "@FOSUserBundle/Resources/config/routing/all.xml"

gir_user:
    resource: "@GirUserBundle/Resources/config/routing.yml"
    prefix:   /

So when I arrive first on the application, I have my HomePage , so it works perfectly. This is the url when I lauch the application: http://localhost/Symfony/web/

But if I want to add a path like this (I add /homepage on the path line): Gir/WelcomeBundle/Ressource/config/routing.yml

GirWelcomeBundle_HomePage:
  pattern:  /homepage
  defaults: { _controller: GirWelcomeBundle:HomePage:index }
  requirements:
    methods: GET
    schemes:  https

The application doesn't find the route , I have this error:

No route found for "GET /" (from "http://localhost/Symfony/")
404 Not Found - NotFoundHttpException
1 linked Exception: ResourceNotFoundException »

Someone know why?

Then, when I'm trying to lauch the administration page, the browser show me that the page is an unreachable web page like this .

I don't really understand. The bundle is named AdministrationBundle , this the controller code: Gir/AdministrationBundle/Controller/AdministrationController.php

<?php

namespace Gir\AdministrationBundle\Controller;

use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;

class AdministrationController extends Controller
{
    public function indexAction()
    {
        return $this->render('GirAdministrationBundle:Admin:index.html.twig');
    }
}

And this the routing file : Gir/AdministrationBundle/Ressource/config/routing.yml

gir_administration_homepage:
    pattern:  /administration
    defaults: { _controller: GirAdministrationBundle:Administration:index }
    requirements:
    methods: GET
    schemes:  https

Someone could help me and explain me why?

Update post: this the .htacess in web folder

DirectoryIndex app.php

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On


    # Determine the RewriteBase automatically and set it as environment variable.
    # If you are using Apache aliases to do mass virtual hosting or installed the
    # project in a subdirectory, the base path will be prepended to allow proper
    # resolution of the app.php file and to redirect to the correct URI. It will
    # work in environments without path prefix as well, providing a safe, one-size
    # fits all solution. But as you do not need it in this case, you can comment
    # the following 2 lines to eliminate the overhead.
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}::$1 ^(/.+)/(.*)::\2$
    RewriteRule ^(.*) - [E=BASE:%1]

    # Sets the HTTP_AUTHORIZATION header removed by apache
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ app_dev.php [QSA,L]

    # Redirect to URI without front controller to prevent duplicate content
    # (with and without `/app.php`). Only do this redirect on the initial
    # rewrite by Apache and not on subsequent cycles. Otherwise we would get an
    # endless redirect loop (request -> rewrite to front controller ->
    # redirect -> request -> ...).
    # So in case you get a "too many redirects" error or you always get redirected
    # to the start page because your Apache does not expose the REDIRECT_STATUS
    # environment variable, you have 2 choices:
    # - disable this feature by commenting the following 2 lines or
    # - use Apache >= 2.3.9 and replace all L flags by END flags and remove the
    #   following RewriteCond (best solution)
    RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} ^$
    RewriteRule ^app\.php(/(.*)|$) %{ENV:BASE}/$2 [R=301,L]

    # If the requested filename exists, simply serve it.
    # We only want to let Apache serve files and not directories.
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
    RewriteRule .? - [L]

    # Rewrite all other queries to the front controller.
    RewriteRule .? %{ENV:BASE}/app.php [L]
</IfModule>

<IfModule !mod_rewrite.c>
    <IfModule mod_alias.c>
        # When mod_rewrite is not available, we instruct a temporary redirect of
        # the start page to the front controller explicitly so that the website
        # and the generated links can still be used.
        RedirectMatch 302 ^/$ /app.php/
        # RedirectTemp cannot be used instead
    </IfModule>
</IfModule>

Answer 1

By your description, I guess your routing.yml looked something like this:

GirWelcomeBundle_HomePage:
    pattern:  /
    defaults: { _controller: GirWelcomeBundle:HomePage:index }
    requirements:
        methods: GET
        schemes:  https

GirWelcomeBundle_HomePage:
    pattern:  /homepage
    defaults: { _controller: GirWelcomeBundle:HomePage:index }
    requirements:
        methods: GET
        schemes:  https

The problem with this approach is that your GirWelcomeBundle_HomePage . Solution is simple: Name routes differently, eg: GirWelcomeBundle_Root and GirWelcomeBundle_Home .

Also viable soultion would be to just define it in a single route:

GirWelcomeBundle_HomePage:
    pattern:  /{homepage}
    defaults: { _controller: GirWelcomeBundle:HomePage:index, homepage: 'homepage' }
    requirements:
        methods: GET
        schemes:  https

Answer 2

Change your route back to /homepage , check php app/console router:debug -output and you'll see that there is no route for / but one for /homepage.

So you need another controller/route pair to redirect from / to /homepage.