Setting up Symfony2 to work with apache + php-fpm - apache

Question

How does one set up Symfony2 to work on Apache (Apache 2.4) combined with php-fpm?
The aim is to get rid of the .htaccess files and move everything into the apache config.
Without worrying about PHP-FPM, the config looks something like this:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName mysymfonyproject.com
ServerAlias www.mysymfonyproject.com
ErrorLog /path/to/logs/mysymfonyproject_error.log
CustomLog /path/to/logs/mysymfonyproject_access.log combined
DocumentRoot "/path/to/sites/mysymfonyproject/web"
<Directory "/path/to/sites/mysymfonyproject/web">
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
## Start directives copied from standard Sf .htaccess
DirectoryIndex app.php
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}::$1 ^(/.+)/(.*)::\2$
RewriteRule ^(.*) - [E=BASE:%1]
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} ^$
RewriteRule ^app\.php(/(.*)|$) %{ENV:BASE}/$2 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .*\.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule .? - [L]
RewriteRule .? %{ENV:BASE}/app.php [L]
</IfModule>
## End directives copied from standard Sf .htaccess
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
This thread is for me to post my own findings (and perhaps be corrected if I got it wrong!).

Answer 1

I prefer to just use ProxyPassMatch to make this work. By using this method, your rewrite rules in .htaccess don't need to be changed.
Here is my Apache2 vhost file:
<VirtualHost 192.168.100.51:80>
ServerName grae.labs.brainglove.com
ServerAlias www.grae.labs.brainglove.com
DocumentRoot /srv/symfony2/2.4.4/grae/web
DirectoryIndex app_dev.php
ProxyPassMatch ^/(.*\.php(/.*)?)$ fcgi://127.0.0.1:9001/srv/symfony2/2.4.4/grae/web/$1
<Directory /srv/symfony2/2.4.4/grae/web>
AllowOverride All
Options FollowSymLinks
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/grae.labs.brainglove.com_error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/grae.labs.brainglove.com_access.log combined
The only line you need to add is the ProxyPassMatch. Everything else stays the same.
Don't forget to change the IP address and path to your symfony2 web directory.

Answer 2

To pass a request through to PHPFPM, the suggested RewriteRule was:
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php(/.*)?)$ fcgi://uds=%2fpath%2fto%2fwww.sock/%{REQUEST_FILENAME} [P,END]
Here's what I ended up. It seems to be working so far, but perhaps there's a better way?
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName mysymfonyproject.com
ServerAlias www.mysymfonyproject.com
ErrorLog /path/to/logs/mysymfonyproject_error.log
CustomLog /path/to/logs/mysymfonyproject_access.log combined
DocumentRoot "/path/to/sites/mysymfonyproject/web"
<Directory "/path/to/sites/mysymfonyproject/web">
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
## Start directives copied from standard Sf .htaccess
DirectoryIndex app.php
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}::$1 ^(/.+)/(.*)::\2$
RewriteRule ^(.*) - [E=BASE:%1]
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} ^$
RewriteRule ^app\.php(/(.*)|$) %{ENV:BASE}/$2 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .*\.php
# Need to add the phpfpm call here so that php files (including app_dev.php) are passed to FPM
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php(/.*)?)$ fcgi://uds=%2fpath%2to%2fwww.sock/%{REQUEST_FILENAME} [P,END]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule .? - [L]
RewriteRule .? %{ENV:BASE}/app.php [L]
# The main phpfpm call is added at the end to pass php requests through to FPM
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php(/.*)?)$ fcgi://uds=%2fpath%2to%2fwww.sock/%{REQUEST_FILENAME} [P,END]
</IfModule>
## End directives copied from standard Sf .htaccess
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>