Question

In Symfony 2 i have a yml file like this:

my_application:
  application:
      name: "Hello World"
      version: { major: 1, minor: 0, build: 4, stage: BETA }

If i want to fetch Hello World -for example- i use this command:

echo $container->getParameter('my_application.application.name');

Prints:

"Hello World"

Now, what if i want to get the whole application? Within inside of arrays?

print_r($container->getParameter('my_application.application'));

Gives me an error:

ParameterNotFoundException: You have requested a non-existent parameter "my_application.application".

But it exist. All i want to do is fetch the whole node. As array.

Is it possible, if yes, how? If no, why again?

– Obviously, symfony tells me that this is not a single parameter but a bag (maybe) but how can i fetch it as array? –

Answer 1

yes – because it maps config into flat structure. You can see exactly how data is stored in that way:

var_dump($container->parameters)