bravesheep/live-reload-bundle

Automatically include the live reload script in Symfony

BravesheepLiveReloadBundle

A Symfony bundle that automatically includes a link to the livereload script in any html response (based on configuration)., _(*1)

Inspired by the KunstmaanLiveReloadBundle., _(*2)

Installation and configuration

Using Composer add the bundle to your dependencies using the require command. This command adds the bundle only for development purposes:, _(*3)

composer require --dev bravesheep/live-reload-bundle

Add the bundle to your AppKernel

Add the bundle in your app/AppKernel.php. To add it to just your development bundles:, _(*4)

public function registerBundles()
{
    // ...

    if (in_array($this->getEnvironment(), ['dev', 'test'])) {
        // ...
        $bundles[] = new Bravesheep\LiveReloadBundle\BravesheepLiveReloadBundle();
    }
    // ...
}

Configure the bundle

The bundly does not need any configuration and should work right away. However you can customize some settings, you can adjust the default configuration as shown below:, _(*5)

bravesheep_live_reload:
    enabled: yes
    host: ~
    port: 35729

You may want to parameterize the enabled flag to allow individual developers to pick whether or not to enable livereload:, _(*6)

bravesheep_live_reload:
    enabled: %livereload%

And in your app/config/parameters.yml:, _(*7)

parameters:
    livereload: yes