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Discover a practical guide to Symfony 7.1, written by an experienced developer with years in the IT industry. This ebook is your roadmap from the very first steps in Symfony to building advanced, scalable applications.

? What’s inside?

A clear and practical introduction to Symfony – without unnecessary theory.
Step-by-step instructions for building modern applications.
Code examples written in a clean and easy-to-understand way.
Chapters on code quality, testing, CI/CD, and integration with popular tools.
Tips and tricks useful for both beginners and experienced developers.

? Who is this ebook for?

Beginners who want to start learning Symfony the right way.
PHP developers looking to level up their skills and build top-quality applications.
Anyone searching for a practical, well-written guide instead of dry documentation.

? Why this book?

This ebook is not just theory – it’s a hands-on approach to programming. Written with humor, practical insights, and real-world examples from everyday development work.

Start your Symfony journey today and build applications you’ll be proud of!

Contents\t

1.\tINTRODUCTION

1.1.\tWORD FROM THE AUTHOR

1.2.\tABOUT THE AUTHOR

1.3.\tABOUT THE EBOOK : PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE

2.\tUNDERSTANDING OF SYMFONY

2.1.\tARCHITECTURE OF THE SYMFONY FRAMEWORK

2.2.\tSYMFONY KEY COMPONENTS

2.3.\tSYMFONY VS. OTHER PHP FRAMEWORKS

3.\tWORK ENVIRONMENT

3.1.\tSYMFONY INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION

3.1.1.\tSYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

3.1.2.\tXAMPP LOCAL SERVER

3.1.3.\tCOMPOSER AND SYMFONY CLI INSTALLATION

3.2.\tINTRODUCTION TO GIT AND GITLAB BASICS OF VERSIONING

3.2.1.\tCREATING A GITLAB REPOSITORY

3.2.2.\tPRINCIPLES OF TEAMWORK WITH GIT

4.\tBUILDING THE APPLICATION STEP BY STEP

4.1.\tAPPLICATION DESIGN : FROM CONCEPT TO ARCHITECTURE

4.1.1.\tCREATION OF FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS

4.1.2.\tDATA MODELS AND DATABASE STRUCTURE

4.2.\tSYMFONY CONFIGURATION : ROUTING, CONTROLLERS AND TEMPLATES

4.2.1.\tROUTING IN SYMFONY

4.2.2.\tCREATION OF THE FIRST CONTROLLER

4.2.3.\tTWIG TEMPLATE SYSTEM

4.3.\tDATABASE WORK

4.3.1.\tORM DOCTRINE: MODEL DEFINITIONS AND ENTITY MANAGEMENT

4.3.2.\tCREATING DATABASE MIGRATIONS

4.3.3.\tEXECUTING QUERIES WITH QUERYBUILDER

4.3.4.\tUSING ENTITIES IN PRACTICE

4.4.\tFORM HANDLING AND DATA VALIDATION

4.4.1.\tCREATING FORMS IN SYMFONY

4.4.2.\tVALIDATION OF USER DATA

4.5.\tUSER AUTHORIZATION AND AUTHENTICATION

4.5.1.\tCREATION OF LOGIN AND REGISTRATION SYSTEM

4.5.2.\tAPPLICATOION SECURITY

5.\tADVANCED SYMFONY FEATURES

5.1\tBUILDING A REST API IN SYMFONY

5.1.1.\tCREATING API ENDPOINTS

5.1.2.\tTESTING API WITH POSTMAN

5.2.\tSYMFONY POWER TOOLS: THE SUPERPOWERS YOU DIDIN'T KNOW YOU NEEDED

5.2.1.\tWORKING WITH SUBDOMAINS

5.2.2\tMESSENGER - QUEUES

5.2.3\tEVENT DISPATCHER

5.2.4\tCREATING CUSTOM LOGS IN SYMFONY

5.2.5\t.ENV VARIABLES IN THE CODE

5.2.6\tADVANCED ROUTING TRICKS IN SYMFONY

5.2.7\tENTITIES – NOT JUST DATABASE TABLES ANYMORE

5.3\tINTERNATIONALIZATION AND LOCALIZATION

5.3.1\tTRANSLATIONS IN SYMFONY

5.3.2\tSUPPORT FOR MULTIPLE LANGUAGES IN THE APPLICATION

5.3.3\tCURIOUS CASES

6.\tCODE QUALITY ANALYSIS

6.1\tLINT

6.2\tPHP CODESNIFFER

6.3\tPHPMD

6.4\tPHPSTAN

6.5\tRECTOR

6.6\tCS-FIXER

6.7\tEASY CODING STANDARD

6.8\tLOCAL PHP SECURITY CHECKER

7.\tTESTING AND DEBUGGING

7.1\tDEBUGGING IN SYMFONY DEBUG TOOLBAR

7.2\tUNIT TESTS

7.3\tTESTING OF CONTROLLERS AND SERVICES

7.4\tDATABASE INTEGRATION TESTS

7.5\tDATAPROVIDER IN TESTING

8.\tINTEGRATION WITH GITLAB AND CI/CD

8.1\tWHAT IS CI/CD? WHY IS IT WORTH USING?

8.2\tGITLAB CI CONFIGURATION FOR SYMFONY

8.3\tCI/CD IN PRACTICE – CREATING .gitlab-ci.yml

9.\tAPPLICATION DEPLOYMENT

9.1\tCHOICE OF PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT

9.2\tPRODUCTION SERVER CONFIGURATION

9.3\tRUNNING APPLICATIONS ON THE SERVER

9.4\tAPPLICATION MONITORING AND PERFORMANCE

10.\tFURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE APPLICATION

10.1\tMAINTAINING AND EVOLVING YOUR APP OVER TIME

10.2\tSYMFONY UPDATES

10.3\tREFACTORING – A DEVELOPER'S BEST FRIEND

11.\tAT THE END

11.1\tFAQ: COMMON SYMFONY PITFALLS AND HOW TO FIX THEM

11.2\tFURTHER LEARNING – RESOURCES WORTH EXPLORING

11.3\tPRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE ROAD AHEAD

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