Same here. I upgraded from 3.4.1.

Same here, fresh new installs

Could you please post a reproducer on github ? Because i've test both symfony-standard and flex (symfony-skeleton) on fresh install and they are both working.

• Fork the Symfony Standard Edition
• Do the minimum modification to reproduce the bug
• Post the link in here

In case you need some help you can read this blog post : https://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/code/reproducer.html

Here is all you need to do on your local development computer to reproduce the bug:

symfony new testapp 3.4.2
cd testapp
composer require symfony/web-server-bundle
./bin/console server:run

In your web browser address bar, type http://127.0.0.1:8000 and press Enter.

Same as flex :

#( 12/16/17@12:53PM )( hamza@MBP-de-Amrouche ):~/projet/contrib/symfony_reproducer
   cd testapp 
#( 12/16/17@12:53PM )( hamza@MBP-de-Amrouche ):~/projet/contrib/symfony_reproducer/testapp
   composer require symfony/web-server-bundle 
Using version ^4.0 for symfony/web-server-bundle
./composer.json has been updated
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
    Prefetch start: total: 1
    1/1:    https://codeload.github.com/symfony/web-server-bundle/legacy.zip/bd56cde308dc2b9d2aa6506ee740c0c3853aeb2f
    Finished: success:1, skipped:0, failure:0, total: 1
Package operations: 1 install, 0 updates, 0 removals
  - Installing symfony/web-server-bundle (v4.0.2): Loading from cache
Writing lock file
Generating autoload files
Changelogs summary:

 - symfony/web-server-bundle installed in version v4.0.2
   Release notes: https://github.com/symfony/web-server-bundle/releases/tag/v4.0.2

> Incenteev\ParameterHandler\ScriptHandler::buildParameters
Updating the "app/config/parameters.yml" file
> Sensio\Bundle\DistributionBundle\Composer\ScriptHandler::buildBootstrap
> Sensio\Bundle\DistributionBundle\Composer\ScriptHandler::clearCache

 // Clearing the cache for the dev environment with debug                       
 // true                                                                        

                                                                                
 [OK] Cache for the "dev" environment (debug=true) was successfully cleared.    
                                                                                

> Sensio\Bundle\DistributionBundle\Composer\ScriptHandler::installAssets

 Trying to install assets as relative symbolic links.

                                                                                
 [OK] No assets were provided by any bundle.                                    
                                                                                

> Sensio\Bundle\DistributionBundle\Composer\ScriptHandler::installRequirementsFile
> Sensio\Bundle\DistributionBundle\Composer\ScriptHandler::prepareDeploymentTarget
#( 12/16/17@12:53PM )( hamza@MBP-de-Amrouche ):~/projet/contrib/symfony_reproducer/testapp
   ./bin/console server:run 

                                                                                                                        
 [ERROR] The document root directory "/Users/hamza/projet/contrib/symfony_reproducer/testapp/public" does not exist.    
                                                                                                                        

By the way, if you use the symfony installer you don't need to require de web-server-bundle since it requires symfony/symfony (so the whole framework).

Event following what you said still cannot reproduce. I get an error, I can't run the server.

@Valix could you please send us the steps to get this error ? Are you using windows or linux ? Do you a have empty public folder ?

@Simperfit, why are you testing this under V4.0.2? The problem is in 3.4.2. The web server works perfectly in 3.4.1. It is broken in 3.4.2.

I'm not testing this under 4.0.2, it's using the composer it install 4.0.2, not using composer you have already the webserver installed and it works.

Here is what I do and what I get:

symfony new testapp 3.4.2
Downloading Symfony...
[snip]
Preparing project...
✔ Symfony 3.4.2 was successfully installed. Now you can:
* Change your current directory to /data/testapp
* Configure your application in app/config/parameters.yml file.

* Run your application:
    1. Execute the php bin/console server:run command.
    2. Browse to the http://localhost:8000 URL.

* Read the documentation at http://symfony.com/doc

Local1:data abzolv$ cd testapp
Local1:data abzolv$ ./bin/console server:run

[OK] Server listening on http://127.0.0.1:8000

// Quit the server with CONTROL-C.

PHP 7.0.16 Development Server started at Sat Dec 16 08:43:01 2017
Listening on http://127.0.0.1:8000
Document root is /data/testapp/web
Press Ctrl-C to quit.

In the web browser I get the error:

Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required 'index.php' (include_path='.:') in /data/testapp/vendor/symfony/symfony/src/Symfony/Bundle/WebServerBundle/Resources/router.php on line 42

Points to note:

• I have never installed V4, only V3.x
• This is on MacOS

@abzolv Thanks! With the version of PHP I can reproduce the bug. Ill try to look into this to understand why with this version of php the behaviour is wrong.

But if you print APP_FRONT_CONTROLLER from WebServerConfig, the enviroment variable is correct because it prints app_dev.php

Yes please check #25523. It fixes the bug

OK. Thank you

Checked and working

I want to ask a question here that's been bugging me for a few days.

Does this issue perhaps reveal an important gap in Symfony's quality assurance processes?

Most people would not use the leading or bleeding edge versions of either Symfony or PHP to develop large production systems. Most people would use the latest LTS versions.

This bug was caused by a combination of PHP and Symfony versions that were not the latest and greatest versions in the development cycles of either. And Symfony's QA processes missed it, even though the bug rendered the WebserverBundle completely inoperative.

So, the question is, going forward, how can it be assured that combinations of older versions get properly QA'd to prevent similar bugs from slipping through in versions that are likely used by most people for serious production work?

I wouldn't want to venture any recommendations because I'm not familiar with Symfony's existing QA procedures.

@abzolv WebServerBundle is a pure dev dependency. The thing that is broken is a helper that never runs at prod time. It may happen that this is less tested than the more critical parts of the code (every other part of the code base is more critical for sure.)

I have still the same issue.
It seems that symfony lts still indicates old dependencies which has a bug.

php: 7.0.0 / 7.2.0
os : windows 10

php symfony new project lts => 3.4.2

php bin/console server:run

Warning: require(index.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in ~\vendor\symfony\symfony\src\Symfony\Bundle\WebServerBundle\Resources\router.php on line 42

Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required 'index.php' (include_path='C:\wamp\php\PEAR') in ~\vendor\symfony\symfony\src\Symfony\Bundle\WebServerBundle\Resources\router.php on line 42

The PR solving this was not part of a release yet. You would need up to depend on 3.4@dev for now.

With Symfony 3.4, you can also run APP_FRONT_CONTROLLER=app.php php bin/console server:start instead of installing a not tagged version.

@cyx-veera like @damienalexandre said, or wait for a new release containing the patch.

This work for me

1. clear all cache (remove folder cache in var folder) and do clear:cache
2. restart server server:stop then make a new server:start

sorry if I was wrong :)

This work for me

$script = isset($_ENV['APP_FRONT_CONTROLLER']) ? $_ENV['APP_FRONT_CONTROLLER'] : 'app_dev.php';

Line 33 : app_dev.php instead of index.php