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Asked: 2026-05-31T03:12:36+00:00

Actually, this is two questions: What is the correct way to use the SCSS

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Actually, this is two questions:

  1. What is the correct way to use the SCSS filter in my Symfony project in Windows (in Twig templates) ?
    I mean, how do i use the scss binary in windows?

  2. Also, Do I necessarily need to use Compass? and “HOW” do i use compass if I have installed it?

Extension : Here is some configuration I have done:

In app/config/config.yml

assetic:
debug:          %kernel.debug%
use_controller: false
filters:
    scss:
        bin: "%kernel.root_dir%/Resources/libs/scss"
    compass:
        bin: "%kernel.root_dir%/Resources/libs/compass"

In my twig file:

{% stylesheets 
      '@PlaylyfeBaseBundle/Resources/public/css/base.scss'
      '@PlaylyfeBaseBundle/Resources/public/css/another.scss'
   filter='scss'
   output='css/compiled/total.css'
%}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ asset_url }}" />
{% endstylesheets %}

But, when i load the page, I get the following error (inside the css file)

[exception] 500 | Internal Server Error | RuntimeException
[message] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

[1] RuntimeException: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
at n/a
in C:\wamp\www\Symfony\vendor\assetic\src\Assetic\Filter\Sass\SassFilter.php line 162

at Assetic\Filter\Sass\SassFilter-&gt;filterLoad(object(Assetic\Asset\FileAsset))
in C:\wamp\www\Symfony\vendor\assetic\src\Assetic\Filter\FilterCollection.php line 62

at Assetic\Filter\FilterCollection-&gt;filterLoad(object(Assetic\Asset\FileAsset))
in C:\wamp\www\Symfony\vendor\assetic\src\Assetic\Asset\BaseAsset.php line 83

at Assetic\Asset\BaseAsset-&gt;doLoad(&#039
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  1. Editorial Team

    I can only speak for Compass since is what I use but the same issues/problems most likely relate to the SASS/SCSS filters as well.

    There are many known file path issues with Compass on Windows systems:

    … and also fixes proposed to Assetic to deal with them:

    I’ve found that doing the following was necessary for everything to work together…

    #1. Make sure %ruby%\bin is in your environment PATH variable:

    Example:
    PATH = "...;C:\Ruby\1.9.2\bin"

    #2. Edit %ruby%\bin\compass.bat to use absolute paths:

    @ECHO OFF
IF NOT "%~f0" == "~f0" GOTO :WinNT
@"C:\Ruby\1.9.2\bin\ruby.exe" "C:/Ruby/1.9.2/bin/compass" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
GOTO :EOF
:WinNT
@"C:\Ruby\1.9.2\bin\ruby.exe" "%~dpn0" %*

    #3. Revert 539f206 manually in compiler.rb @ line ~10:

    Note: This step may not be required on the latest Ruby/Compass versions. (Reference)

    Path: %ruby%\lib\ruby\gems\1.9.1\gems\compass-*\lib\compass\compiler.rb

    #      self.from, self.to = from.gsub('./', ''), to
      self.from, self.to = File.expand_path(from), to

    #4. Make sure Assetic is configured properly:

    Example (config.yml):

    assetic:
    debug:          %kernel.debug%
    use_controller: false
    filters:
        cssrewrite: ~
        compass:
            bin: %compass.bin%
        yui_js:
            jar: %kernel.root_dir%/Resources/java/yuicompressor-2.4.7.jar
        yui_css:
            jar: %kernel.root_dir%/Resources/java/yuicompressor-2.4.7.jar

    I use %compass.bin% in my parameters file so that I can ease the transition of the codebase between Windows and *nix systems, so my parameters.yml looks like this:

    # Assetic
compass.bin: C:\Ruby\1.9.2\bin\compass.bat

    #5. (Optional) Upgrade Assetic and AsseticBundle:

    I have Assetic and AsseticBundle tagged to the very last possible commit that works with Symfony 2.0.x in my deps file:

    [assetic]
    git=http://github.com/kriswallsmith/assetic.git
    version=ac71449e46bed22c276da26bf54ab2f733b3801d

[AsseticBundle]
    git=http://github.com/symfony/AsseticBundle.git
    target=bundles/Symfony/Bundle/AsseticBundle
    version=da4a46ce37557dcf3068b8493b12bdbbe47455e2

    Make sure to replace %ruby% in all of the paths above with your actual path to ruby.exe, mine being C:\Ruby\1.9.2.

    Steps #2 and #4 may or may not be required, but over the course of my time fighting with this issue, it is where I’ve ended up and my setup works (which is all I care about!).

    Good luck!

    Side question: Is your path to the SCSS/Compass binaries really in %kernel.root_dir%/Resources/libs?

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