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Override the Cache Directory
----------------------------

You can change the default cache directory by overriding the ``getCacheDir()``
method in the ``Kernel`` class of your application::
Changing the cache directory can be achieved by overriding the
``getCacheDir()`` method in the ``Kernel`` class of your application::

// src/Kernel.php

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In this case you have changed the location of the cache directory to
``var/{environment}/cache/``.

This can also be achieved using a predefined environment variable named
``APP_CACHE_DIR``. Its value must be the full path of the cache folder.

.. caution::

You should keep the cache directory different for each environment,
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Override the Log Directory
--------------------------

Overriding the ``var/log/`` directory is the same as overriding the ``var/cache/``
directory. The only difference is that you need to override the ``getLogDir()``
method::
Overriding the ``var/log/`` directory is almost the same as overriding the
``var/cache/`` directory.

You can do it overriding the ``getLogDir()`` method in the ``Kernel`` class of
your application::

// src/Kernel.php

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Here you have changed the location of the directory to ``var/{environment}/log/``.

And you can also do it using the predefined ``APP_LOG_DIR`` environment variable.

.. _override-templates-dir:

Override the Templates Directory
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