yiisoft/yii2 · error · yii\console\Exception

Unknown configuration option: $name

Error message

Unknown configuration option: $name

What it means

Error "Unknown configuration option: $name" thrown in yiisoft/yii2.

Source

Thrown at framework/console/controllers/AssetController.php:231

        if ($this->deleteSource) {
            $this->deletePublishedAssets($bundles);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Applies configuration from the given file to self instance.
     * @param string $configFile configuration file name.
     * @throws \yii\console\Exception on failure.
     */
    protected function loadConfiguration($configFile)
    {
        $this->stdout("Loading configuration from '{$configFile}'...\n");
        $config = require $configFile;
        foreach ($config as $name => $value) {
            if (property_exists($this, $name) || $this->canSetProperty($name)) {
                $this->$name = $value;
            } else {
                throw new Exception("Unknown configuration option: $name");
            }
        }

        $this->getAssetManager(); // check if asset manager configuration is correct
    }

    /**
     * Creates full list of source asset bundles.
     * @param string[] $bundles list of asset bundle names
     * @return \yii\web\AssetBundle[] list of source asset bundles.
     */
    protected function loadBundles($bundles)
    {
        $this->stdout("Collecting source bundles information...\n");

        $am = $this->getAssetManager();
        $result = [];
        foreach ($bundles as $name) {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at framework/console/controllers/AssetController.php:231 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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