Could not save project: unknown macro $PROJECT_CONFIG_DIR$ in storage spec $PROJECT_CONFIG_DIR$/symfony2.xml

[mtal]

Idea 12 after activating plugin constantly throws message "Could not save project: unknown macro $PROJECT_CONFIG_DIR$ in storage spec $PROJECT_CONFIG_DIR$/symfony2.xml"

[Haehnchen]

mmh.. looks like a broken ide installation. reinstall possible, which version of phpstorm or IntelliJ?

[mtal]

Idea 12.1.5 (build 129.961).
It's not an IDE bug. The problem persists in the latest build IDEA 13 build 130.1365 clean installation with installed php-plugin and php-symfony2-plugin.

It is easy to reproduce.

1. Install the latest 64-bit JRE if not already installed.
2. Download zip archive from http://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/IDEADEV/IDEA+13+EAP, unzip it, run idea64.exe
3. Install php-plugin and php-symfony2-plugin
4. Restart IDE
5. Open any project, make changes to any text file and try to save

[fadorator]

I can confirm this for IDEA 12.1.4. But it does not happen with every project. I noticed it after opening a grails project. I don't think the dialog appears after opening a symfony2 project with active symfony2 plugin.

BTW: @Haehnchen Nice name/image combination. :)

[mtal]

@fadorator, no it happens with symfony2 projects too.

@Haehnchen, I suspect the error occurs only with file-based format project.
IDEA has two types of project's configuration storage: directory-based (.idea directory with files) and file-based (single .ipr file).

The fault is on 13-18 lines of https://github.com/adrienbrault/idea-php-symfony2-plugin/blob/master/src/fr/adrienbrault/idea/symfony2plugin/Settings.java

@State(
       name = "Settings",
       storages = {
               @Storage(id = "default", file="$PROJECT_CONFIG_DIR$/symfony2.xml", scheme = StorageScheme.DIRECTORY_BASED)
       }
)

This code is not support file-based storage for settings.

[mtal]

@Haehnchen please read this http://devnet.jetbrains.com/thread/275801

[fadorator]

@mtal I think you could be right, this grails project I was talking about is file-based too. My symfony2 projects are directory-based and they work fine.

[mtal]

The solution is

@State(
    name = "Settings",
    storages = {
      @Storage(id = "default", file = StoragePathMacros.PROJECT_FILE),
      @Storage(id = "dir", file = StoragePathMacros.PROJECT_CONFIG_DIR + "/symfony2.xml", scheme = StorageScheme.DIRECTORY_BASED)
    }
)

[Haehnchen]

thx for support

[mtal]

@Haehnchen storage name "Settings" is not good for file-based format. It must be unique.
It's name of the component and may be overlapped by another component .

Now section of the php-symfony2-plugin configuration in .ipr looks like:

 <component name="Settings">
    <option name="pathToUrlGenerator" value="app/cache/dev/appDevUrlGenerator.php" />
    <option name="pathToTranslation" value="app/cache/dev/translations" />
    <option name="directoryToWeb" value="web" />
    <option name="directoryToApp" value="app" />
    <option name="pluginEnabled" value="true" />
    <option name="containerFiles">
      <list>
        <container_file path="app/cache/dev/appDevDebugProjectContainer.xml" />
      </list>
    </option>
  </component>

I suppose you should rename "Settings" to something like "Symfony2PluginSettings" or "fr.adrienbrault.idea.symfony2plugin.Settings" or something related to plugin name.