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
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. WORD FROM THE AUTHOR
1.2. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
1.3. ABOUT THE EBOOK : PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE
2. UNDERSTANDING OF SYMFONY
2.1. ARCHITECTURE OF THE SYMFONY FRAMEWORK
2.2. SYMFONY KEY COMPONENTS
2.3. SYMFONY VS. OTHER PHP FRAMEWORKS
3. WORK ENVIRONMENT
3.1. SYMFONY INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION
3.1.1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
3.1.2. XAMPP LOCAL SERVER
3.1.3. COMPOSER AND SYMFONY CLI INSTALLATION
3.2. INTRODUCTION TO GIT AND GITLAB BASICS OF VERSIONING
3.2.1. CREATING A GITLAB REPOSITORY
3.2.2. PRINCIPLES OF TEAMWORK WITH GIT
4. BUILDING THE APPLICATION STEP BY STEP
4.1. APPLICATION DESIGN : FROM CONCEPT TO ARCHITECTURE
4.1.1. CREATION OF FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
4.1.2. DATA MODELS AND DATABASE STRUCTURE
4.2. SYMFONY CONFIGURATION : ROUTING, CONTROLLERS AND TEMPLATES
4.2.1. ROUTING IN SYMFONY
4.2.2. CREATION OF THE FIRST CONTROLLER
4.2.3. TWIG TEMPLATE SYSTEM
4.3. DATABASE WORK
4.3.1. ORM DOCTRINE: MODEL DEFINITIONS AND ENTITY MANAGEMENT
4.3.2. CREATING DATABASE MIGRATIONS
4.3.3. EXECUTING QUERIES WITH QUERYBUILDER
4.3.4. USING ENTITIES IN PRACTICE
4.4. FORM HANDLING AND DATA VALIDATION
4.4.1. CREATING FORMS IN SYMFONY
4.4.2. VALIDATION OF USER DATA
4.5. USER AUTHORIZATION AND AUTHENTICATION
4.5.1. CREATION OF LOGIN AND REGISTRATION SYSTEM
4.5.2. APPLICATOION SECURITY
5. ADVANCED SYMFONY FEATURES
5.1 BUILDING A REST API IN SYMFONY
5.1.1. CREATING API ENDPOINTS
5.1.2. TESTING API WITH POSTMAN
5.2. SYMFONY POWER TOOLS: THE SUPERPOWERS YOU DIDIN'T KNOW YOU NEEDED
5.2.1. WORKING WITH SUBDOMAINS
5.2.2 MESSENGER - QUEUES
5.2.3 EVENT DISPATCHER
5.2.4 CREATING CUSTOM LOGS IN SYMFONY
5.2.5 .ENV VARIABLES IN THE CODE
5.2.6 ADVANCED ROUTING TRICKS IN SYMFONY
5.2.7 ENTITIES – NOT JUST DATABASE TABLES ANYMORE
5.3 INTERNATIONALIZATION AND LOCALIZATION
5.3.1 TRANSLATIONS IN SYMFONY
5.3.2 SUPPORT FOR MULTIPLE LANGUAGES IN THE APPLICATION
5.3.3 CURIOUS CASES
6. CODE QUALITY ANALYSIS
6.1 LINT
6.2 PHP CODESNIFFER
6.3 PHPMD
6.4 PHPSTAN
6.5 RECTOR
6.6 CS-FIXER
6.7 EASY CODING STANDARD
6.8 LOCAL PHP SECURITY CHECKER
7. TESTING AND DEBUGGING
7.1 DEBUGGING IN SYMFONY DEBUG TOOLBAR
7.2 UNIT TESTS
7.3 TESTING OF CONTROLLERS AND SERVICES
7.4 DATABASE INTEGRATION TESTS
7.5 DATAPROVIDER IN TESTING
8. INTEGRATION WITH GITLAB AND CI/CD
8.1 WHAT IS CI/CD? WHY IS IT WORTH USING?
8.2 GITLAB CI CONFIGURATION FOR SYMFONY
8.3 CI/CD IN PRACTICE – CREATING .gitlab-ci.yml
9. APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT
9.1 CHOICE OF PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT
9.2 PRODUCTION SERVER CONFIGURATION
9.3 RUNNING APPLICATIONS ON THE SERVER
9.4 APPLICATION MONITORING AND PERFORMANCE
10. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE APPLICATION
10.1 MAINTAINING AND EVOLVING YOUR APP OVER TIME
10.2 SYMFONY UPDATES
10.3 REFACTORING – A DEVELOPER'S BEST FRIEND
11. AT THE END
11.1 FAQ: COMMON SYMFONY PITFALLS AND HOW TO FIX THEM
11.2 FURTHER LEARNING – RESOURCES WORTH EXPLORING
11.3 PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE ROAD AHEAD
