title: Symfony 2 web directory rename
body: <p>I have a Symfony 2 project and I cant rename the web dir for some reasons. I am trying to rename it to public.</p>
  
  <p>According to the manual, I am suppose to change the composer.json and make sure the links in app.php and app_dev.php is correct. </p>
  
  <p>But when I run app/console server:run, it shows</p>
  
  <pre><code> The given document root directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/xxx/app/../web" does nto exists.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have changed the composer.json, run composer install and composer update but still no luck. Here is my composer.json , as you can see I have already added "symfony-web-dir": "public" to the file.</p>
  
  <p>If I rename my public folder to web, then everything is fine, but for certain reasons I can't do that.</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
  "name": "symfony/framework-standard-edition",
  "license": "MIT",
  "type": "project",
  "description": "The \"Symfony Standard Edition\" distribution",
  "autoload": {
      "psr-0": { "": "src/" }
  },
  "require": {
      "php": "&gt;=5.3.3",
      "symfony/symfony": "~2.4",
      "doctrine/orm": "~2.2,&gt;=2.2.3",
      "doctrine/doctrine-bundle": "~1.2",
      "twig/extensions": "~1.0",
      "symfony/assetic-bundle": "~2.3",
      "symfony/swiftmailer-bundle": "~2.3",
      "symfony/monolog-bundle": "~2.4",
      "sensio/distribution-bundle": "~2.3",
      "sensio/framework-extra-bundle": "~3.0",
      "sensio/generator-bundle": "~2.3",
      "incenteev/composer-parameter-handler": "~2.0",
      "richsage/rms-push-notifications-bundle": "dev-master",
      "friendsofsymfony/user-bundle": "~1.3",
      "ircmaxell/password-compat": "~1.0.3"
  },
  "scripts": {
      "post-install-cmd": [
          "Incenteev\\ParameterHandler\\ScriptHandler::buildParameters",
          "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": [
          "Incenteev\\ParameterHandler\\ScriptHandler::buildParameters",
          "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::buildBootstrap",
          "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::clearCache",
          "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::installAssets",
          "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::installRequirementsFile"
      ]
  },
  "config": {
      "bin-dir": "bin"
  },
  "extra": {
      "symfony-app-dir": "app",
      "symfony-web-dir": "public",
      "incenteev-parameters": {
          "file": "app/config/parameters.yml"
      },
      "branch-alias": {
          "dev-master": "2.4-dev"
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>}</p>