Drupal: Theme Local Settings

Drupal Theme Local Settings.md

Drupal Local Theme Settings

Local Theme Development Setup

1. Create Local Settings

   Copy and rename the sites/example.settings.local.php to be sites/default/settings.local.php

   sudo cp web/sites/example.settings.local.php web/sites/default/settings.local.php
   

2. Disable Cache

   Uncomment these lines to Disable the Render and Page Cache:

   # Disable the render cache
   69 settings['cache']['bins']['render'] = 'cache.backend.null';
   
   # Disable Internal Page Cache
   91 settings['cache']['bins']['page'] = 'cache.backend.null';
   
   # Disable Dynamic Page Cache
   100 settings['cache']['bins']['dynamic_page_cache'] = 'cache.backend.null';
   

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Local Site Settings

1. Site Settings

   Optional - Cleanup settings.php by removing all comments.

2. Enable Local Settings

   Uncomment these lines in settings.php to include settings.local.php:

   if (file_exists(__DIR__ . '/settings.local.php')) {
     include __DIR__ . '/settings.local.php';
   }
   

3. Local Site Database

   Move databse array to settings.local.php

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Configuration Management Files Directory

Config files are saved in the sites/default/files/ directory

1. Move the config files outside the site root directory

   sites/default/settings.php

   $config_directories['sync'] = '../config/sync';
   

2. Delete config directory located in the /sites/default/files/ directory

   $rm -rf sites/default/files/config...
   

3. Export the config files with drush

   $drush config-export
   

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Disable Twig Cache

1. Add Twig Config Parameters

   Open sites/development.services.yml and add the following block

   parameters:
     http.response.debug_cacheability_headers: true
     twig.config:
       debug: true
       auto_reload: true
       cache: false
   services:
     cache.backend.null:
       class: Drupal\Core\Cache\NullBackendFactory
   

2. Rebuild Drupal Cache

   Rebuild the Drupal cache

   $drush cr
   

   or by visiting the following URL

   http://yoursite/core/rebuild.php