Troubleshooting "require_once(../bootstrap.php.cache): failed to open stream: No such file or directory" - symfony-2.1

Question

I am trying to redeploy a Symfony 2.1x project I have been working on and app_dev.php is failing because it can't find app/bootstrap.php.cache. This file is omitted from the project's git repository because I used Symfony2's recommend .gitignore file:
# .gitignore
/app/bootstrap*
Am I correct in thinking that app/bootstrap.php.cache is generated during the $ php composer.phar install process? If this is the case then I will include for you my composer.json:
// composer.json
{
"name": "symfony/framework-standard-edition",
"description": "The \"Symfony Standard Edition\" distribution",
"autoload": {
"psr-0": { "": "src/" }
},
"require": {
"php": ">=5.3.3",
"symfony/symfony": "2.1.*",
"doctrine/orm": "2.2.*",
"doctrine/doctrine-bundle": "dev-master",
"twig/extensions": "dev-master",
"symfony/assetic-bundle": "dev-master",
"symfony/swiftmailer-bundle": "dev-master",
"symfony/monolog-bundle": "dev-master",
"sensio/distribution-bundle": "dev-master",
"sensio/framework-extra-bundle": "dev-master",
"sensio/generator-bundle": "dev-master",
"jms/security-extra-bundle": "1.1.*",
"jms/di-extra-bundle": "1.0.*",
"ddeboer/guzzle-bundle": "dev-master",
"mopa/bootstrap-bundle": "dev-master",
"twitter/bootstrap": "master",
"knplabs/knp-paginator-bundle": "dev-master",
"knplabs/knp-menu-bundle": "dev-master",
"craue/formflow-bundle": "dev-master"
},
"repositories": [
{
"type": "package",
"package": {
"version": "master",
"name": "twitter/bootstrap",
"source": {
"url": "https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap.git",
"type": "git",
"reference": "master"
},
"dist": {
"url": "https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/zipball/master",
"type": "zip"
}
}
}
],
"scripts": {
"post-install-cmd": [
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::buildBootstrap",
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::clearCache",
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::installAssets",
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::installRequirementsFile"
],
"post-update-cmd": [
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::buildBootstrap",
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::clearCache",
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::installAssets",
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::installRequirementsFile"
],
"post-install-cmd": [
"Mopa\\Bundle\\BootstrapBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::postInstallSymlinkTwitterBootstrap"
],
"post-update-cmd": [
"Mopa\\Bundle\\BootstrapBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::postInstallSymlinkTwitterBootstrap"
]
},
"config": {
"bin-dir": "bin"
},
"minimum-stability": "dev",
"extra": {
"symfony-app-dir": "app",
"symfony-web-dir": "web"
}
}
How can I generate bootstrap.php.cache?

Answer 1

Just go to your project and generate it with composer like
php /path/to/composer/composer.phar install

Answer 2

Just run the following command.
php composer.phar install
Source: http://symfony.com/doc/master/book/performance.html#use-bootstrap-files

Answer 3

You have duplicated post-install-cmd and post-updated-cmd while you should have added MopaBootstrapBundle scripts to existing keys. Try the following composer.json and re-run php composer.phar install
{
"name": "symfony/framework-standard-edition",
"description": "The \"Symfony Standard Edition\" distribution",
"autoload": {
"psr-0": { "": "src/" }
},
"require": {
"php": ">=5.3.3",
"symfony/symfony": "2.1.*",
"doctrine/orm": "2.2.*",
"doctrine/doctrine-bundle": "dev-master",
"twig/extensions": "dev-master",
"symfony/assetic-bundle": "dev-master",
"symfony/swiftmailer-bundle": "dev-master",
"symfony/monolog-bundle": "dev-master",
"sensio/distribution-bundle": "dev-master",
"sensio/framework-extra-bundle": "dev-master",
"sensio/generator-bundle": "dev-master",
"jms/security-extra-bundle": "1.1.*",
"jms/di-extra-bundle": "1.0.*",
"ddeboer/guzzle-bundle": "dev-master",
"mopa/bootstrap-bundle": "dev-master",
"twitter/bootstrap": "master",
"knplabs/knp-paginator-bundle": "dev-master",
"knplabs/knp-menu-bundle": "dev-master",
"craue/formflow-bundle": "dev-master"
},
"repositories": [
{
"type": "package",
"package": {
"version": "master",
"name": "twitter/bootstrap",
"source": {
"url": "https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap.git",
"type": "git",
"reference": "master"
},
"dist": {
"url": "https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/zipball/master",
"type": "zip"
}
}
}
],
"scripts": {
"post-install-cmd": [
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::buildBootstrap",
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::clearCache",
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::installAssets",
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::installRequirementsFile",
"Mopa\\Bundle\\BootstrapBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::postInstallSymlinkTwitterBootstrap"
],
"post-update-cmd": [
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::buildBootstrap",
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::clearCache",
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::installAssets",
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::installRequirementsFile",
"Mopa\\Bundle\\BootstrapBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::postInstallSymlinkTwitterBootstrap"
]
},
"config": {
"bin-dir": "bin"
},
"minimum-stability": "dev",
"extra": {
"symfony-app-dir": "app",
"symfony-web-dir": "web"
}
}

Answer 4

In my case, my composer version was 2.x and the required version was 1.x
so, first i needed to downgrade to version 1 and then i run composer install
sudo composer self-update --1 && composer install -v --prefer-dist