Symfony doesnt find css file - symfony

I've just done a fresh install of the latest Symfony version. Inside my templates folder I've created a new folder called website which contains a base.html.twig and a home.html.twig.
File structure: templates/website/base.html.twig
Inside my public directory I've created the following css/app.css. Now in my base I've done:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ asset('css/app.css') }}" type="text/css">
Inside my stylesheet I'm just setting the body background colour to red so I know it works. For whatever reason it isn't loading my css. When I view source it appears as:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/app.css" type="text/css">
and clicking the href I just get a Symfony 404. I cannot figure out why it isn't loading my static CSS file.
I don't want to use Symfony Encore as thats overcomplicating things for my project. I have also tried assets:install command and nothing installed or changed.
UPDATE:
I installed and done a basic setup with Symfony Encore in the hope I could at least get some CSS working. Still get the exact same issue.

If you want to use the asset funtion you have to install the component first with the following command:
composer require symfony/asset
That is really all there is to it if you do not wish to use webpack encore.
Optional: If you happen to use PHPStorm with the Symfony plugin, go to settings > symfony and change Web Directory from app to public for the new directory that Symfony 4 uses. This gives you all the autocomplete goodness and your references will work.

You should store your static files inside the assets directory at the root of your project. So just place the css-folder with the app.css-file in <root>/assets/css/app.css
Source: https://symfony.com/doc/current/best_practices/web-assets.html

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assets in Symfony6 - manifest.json missing

I'm learning Symfony, following a tuto. Problem is, it is with Symfony5 and i'm using Symfony6.
The tuto says to create an assets folder in public directory, which I did :
When I use Twig to call my bootstrap.css like this :
<link href="{{ assets('assets/css/bootstrap.min.css' )}}" rel="stylesheet">
I get this error :
An exception has been thrown during the rendering of a template ("Asset manifest file "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/laboutiquefr/public/build/manifest.json" does not exist. Did you forget to build the assets with npm or yarn?").
My questions are :
How do I fix this manifest.json error ?
I see an assets folder with Symfony6, which is not on the tuto with Symfony5. Should I use this folder instead ?
Thank you very much.
You need to build asset when updating css/js/images by using the command:
yarn encore dev --watch when using yarn or npm run watch when using npm.
This should build your assets (and create a manifest.json referencing those assets).

I'm having issues with my style in laravel

I'm getting crazy with this matter and seems i can't find a solution.
I started a laravel project and i'm unable to get the css working correctly.
I have created a new file named style.css in my resources/css, than i have linked that file to my app.css with #import 'style.css';.
The app.css is linked in my app.blade.php with <link href="{{ asset('css/app.css') }}" rel="stylesheet">
Everything seems fine to my eyes, but the css in style.css doesn't work.
I've tried any solution that i know, and also looked several web pages and other older projects done but everything seems correct, probably is just because i'm really tired.
Does any one can help me to solve it?
Thank you
The path of the method asset() ends in the public folder
you need to compile app.css by run this command "npm run dev"
if don't install npm before run "npm install" first

Linking CSS file in Laravel 5.5 does not work

I created a new project using Laravel 5.5 and I am trying to link my CSS but it does not work. When I put some CSS codes nothing happens to my page. I already tried clearing my cache. I do not know whats wrong, please help. Here is how I linked my css in my app.blade.php
<link href="{{ asset('css/style.css') }}" rel="stylesheet">
Here is my css code:
body{
background-color: black;
}
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
If you put the css inside a css file in your resource folder, you need to build it with NPM:
npm install
then
npm run watch
If you directly put it in the public folder, have you checked to make sure you're linking the right file? Also, try ctrl + f5 to hard refresh
The file style.css must be there in the required location. By default it will be:
/public/css/style.css
Otherwise if you have changed the resource path to your web server root, then it could be:
/css/style.css

replacing local css with CDN url in usemin

I am using grunt build to copy files from production to build. While working I am using local bootstrap css, however in build I need CDN url to be replaced for bootstrap.
<!--build:css http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="assets/css/bootstrap.min.css" />
<!-- endbuild-->
First of all is this possible? Grunt build is giving error for http path while using usemin.
Thanks.
Got temporary solution to this.
My grunt build was perfect except http:// url for bootstrap. So i used --force (grunt build --force) command to build my project.
This gave me warning but build the project as per my requirements and CDN url for bootstrap.

Symfony2:css, images and assetic

I've put a css file in MyDirectoryBundle/Resources/public/css.
I then linked to it using:
<link href="{{ asset('css/main.css') }}" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
I checked if it worked
short test: body {color: #FF0000;}
Nothing changed.
The parent layout (layout.twig.html) is in app/Resources/views (3 level architecture).
I still don't understand why:
css does not work
why the command: php console assets:install web/ --symlink fails
-> answer: The target directory web does not exist. (it does exist, actually).
I am quite new to symfony2 (2 weeks practice only).
I am working on Windows - just in case this may explain something...
Thank you very much for your help!
If the file first lived in MyDirectoryBundle/Resources/public/css, it'll be copied to web/bundles/mydirectory/css. So you have to include it like: {{ asset('bundles/mydirectory/css/main.css') }}.
You should execute the command from the root of your project. As you're using php console, it seems like you're in the app/ directory when executing this command. In that case, app/web/ does not exists, so the error is completely valid.
As you're on Windows, there is a change that symlink is not allowed/available. I believe it's available for admins only since Windows vista.
As a side tip, if MyDirectoryBundle is your app bundle (a bundle tied to your app and not meant to be reused by other apps), I would recommend to put the CSS file in the web/ directory directly. There is no need to put it in the bundle in such a case (this is only related to bundles that are shared, so the CSS is shared as well).
use php app/console instead of php console

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