TemplateException: could not write compiled template - after git clone

Question

Anyone have any idea why I am getting this exception after getting the latest version of lithium?

( ! ) Fatal error:
  Uncaught exception 'lithium\template\TemplateException' with message
  'Could not write compiled template
  C:\Users\Master\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\PSER\PSER/resources/tmp/cache/templates/template_views_pages_index.html_0_1344056913_326.php
  to cache.' in
  C:\Users\Master\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\libraries\lithium\template\view\Compiler.php
  on line 81

( ! ) lithium\template\TemplateException:
  Could not write compiled template
  C:\Users\Master\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\PSER\PSER/resources/tmp/cache/templates/template_views_pages_index.html_0_1344056913_326.php
  to cache. in
  C:\Users\Master\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\libraries\lithium\template\view\Compiler.php
  on line 81

Call Stack

Time Memory Function Location

1 0.1070 331944 {main}( ) ..\index.php:0
2 0.2013 4387040 lithium\action\Dispatcher::run( ???, ??? ) ..\index.php:41
3 0.2013 4388248 lithium\core\StaticObject::filter( ???, ???, ???, ??? ) ..\Dispatcher.php:155
4 0.2013 4389784 lithium\util\collection\Filters::run( ???, ???, ??? ) ..\StaticObject.php:126
5 0.2014 4391752 {closure}( ???, ???, ??? ) ..\Filters.php:183
6 0.2015 4391752 lithium\util\collection\Filters->next( ???, ???, ??? ) ..\cache.php:46
7 0.2015 4391784 {closure}( ???, ???, ??? ) ..\Filters.php:202
8 0.2075 4427760 lithium\util\collection\Filters->next( ???, ???, ??? ) ..\action.php:51
9 0.2075 4427792 lithium\action{closure}( ???, ???, ??? ) ..\Filters.php:202
10 0.2198 4534776 lithium\core\StaticObject::invokeMethod( ???, ??? ) ..\Dispatcher.php:154
11 0.2198 4534808 lithium\action\Dispatcher::_call( ???, ???, ??? ) ..\StaticObject.php:75
12 0.2198 4535896 lithium\core\StaticObject::_filter( ???, ???, ???, ??? ) ..\Dispatcher.php:265
13 0.2198 4536152 lithium\action{closure}( ???, ???, ??? ) ..\StaticObject.php:119
14 0.2198 4536152 lithium\action\Controller->_invoke( ???, ???, ??? ) ..\Dispatcher.php:262
15 0.2199 4537752 lithium\core\Object->_filter( ???, ???, ???, ??? ) ..\Controller.php:198
16 0.2199 4538032 lithium\action{closure}( ???, ???, ??? ) ..\Object.php:238
17 0.2199 4538280 lithium\core\Object->invokeMethod( ???, ??? ) ..\Controller.php:184
18 0.2200 4538312 app\controllers\PagesController->view( ) ..\Object.php:165
19 0.2200 4538824 lithium\action\Controller->render( ??? ) ..\PagesController.php:32
20 0.2204 4541320 lithium\net\http\Media::render( ???, ???, ??? ) ..\Controller.php:266
21 0.2205 4550368 lithium\core\StaticObject::_filter( ???, ???, ???, ??? ) ..\Media.php:593
22 0.2206 4550616 lithium\net\http{closure}( ???, ???, ??? ) ..\StaticObject.php:119
23 0.2208 4553656 lithium\core\StaticObject::invokeMethod( ???, ??? ) ..\Media.php:590
24 0.2208 4553984 lithium\net\http\Media::_handle( ???, ???, ??? ) ..\StaticObject.php:75
25 0.2208 4555936 lithium\core\StaticObject::_filter( ???, ???, ???, ??? ) ..\Media.php:750
26 0.2209 4556184 lithium\net\http{closure}( ???, ???, ??? ) ..\StaticObject.php:119
27 0.2257 4579800 lithium\template\View->render( ???, ???, ??? ) ..\Media.php:746
28 0.2259 4583520 lithium\template\View->_step( ???, ???, ???, ??? ) ..\View.php:328
29 0.2259 4587040 lithium\core\Object->_filter( ???, ???, ???, ??? ) ..\View.php:389
30 0.2260 4587304 lithium\template{closure}( ???, ???, ??? ) ..\Object.php:238
31 0.2260 4587336 lithium\template\view\adapter\File->template( ???, ??? ) ..\View.php:386
32 0.2272 4588624 lithium\template\view\Compiler::template( ???, ??? ) ..\File.php:133

I'm pretty sure its not a problem with the slashes (forward or back) in the path. I created a quick little test script that proves forward and back slashes can coexist in a path on windows. The resulting path was:

C:/Users/Master/Documents/Visual Studio 2010/Projects/PHP Prototyping/PHP Prototyping\ABC\testFile.txt

The code sample is below:

<?php
    $myFile = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '\\ABC\\testFile.txt';
    $fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die('can\'t open file');
    $stringData = 'Bobby Bopper\n';
    fwrite($fh, $stringData);
    $stringData = 'Tracy Tanner\n';
    fwrite($fh, $stringData);
    fclose($fh);
?>

Answer 1

The problem is that the templates folder under cache didn't exist.

The directory didn't exist because I didn't add it to source control, since stuff under tmp shouldn't go from dev to prd anyway. The issue with writing to the templates cache was always there, but a recent change to the framework causes php to throw an error instead of black holing the error.

I've added some code to the template/view/Compiler.php to handle creation of the missing directory. The first line of the code block is 68, and was not changed. Similarly, the ending line is not changed so you can compare what got added to what was there before.

    $compiled = static::compile(file_get_contents($file));

    $pathIsWritable = is_writable($cachePath);      
    if(!$pathIsWritable){
        $exMessage = ' File not writable. ';
        if(!file_exists($cachePath)) {
            $exMessage .= 'Path to file invalid. ';
            $dirCreated = mkdir($cachePath, 0777, true);

            if($dirCreated) {
                $pathIsWritable = true;
            }
            else {
                $exMessage .= 'Attempt to create the directory path failed.';   
            }
        }           
    }

    if ($pathIsWritable && file_put_contents($template, $compiled) !== false) {
        foreach (glob("{$options['path']}/template_{$oname}_*.php") as $expired) {

Answer 2

Your resources directory isn't writable so Lithium can't write compiled templates to resources/tmp/cache/templates.

EDIT: Double check as well that the resourcesdirectory exists, since it shouldn't be versioned in a git repo.

You can use this snippet to create it on the fly, with the right permissions: https://gist.github.com/1009460 (config/bootstrap/libraries.php)