Unless you specify a different folder for Volt to compile its templates, the folder where the view file is located will be used to create the relevant compiled file.
You can change this behavior by setting the proper option when you register your service as such:
use \Phalcon\Mvc\View as PhView;
use \Phalcon\Mvc\View\Engine\Volt as PhVolt;
...
public function initView($options = array())
{
$config = $this->di['config'];
$di = $this->di;
$this->di['volt'] = function ($view, $di) use ($config) {
$volt = new PhVolt($view, $di);
$volt->setOptions(
array(
'compiledPath' => $config->app_volt->path,
'compiledExtension' => $config->app_volt->extension,
'compiledSeparator' => $config->app_volt->separator,
'stat' => (bool) $config->app_volt->stat,
)
);
return $volt;
};
/**
* Setup the view service
*/
$this->di['view'] = function () use ($config, $di) {
$view = new PhView();
$view->setViewsDir($config->app_path->views);
$view->registerEngines(array('.volt' => 'volt'));
return $view;
};
}
The $config
will store all the information you need. By using the compiledPath
you instruct Volt to compile the templates there and then serve them to the front end. That folder needs to be writeable for the user that runs your web server www-data
or other and can be outside your public folder.
The file structure I usually use is:
app
\controllers
\models
\views
public
\js
\css
\img
var
\volt
\logs
\config
\cache