Symfony: A Brief Introduction

Symfony: A brief introduction

Me
PHP Developer @ Teabag Studios
Magento, Zend Framework, Symfony
http://www.craig-willis.co.uk http://www.twitter.com/craig_willis

What is Symfony?
PHP MVC Framework
RoR, Mohavi
Goal
Speed up creation, maintenance/replace repetition
Robust enterprise applications
Full control of configuration

Symfony: History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symfony

Installation
Windows/Mac/Linux
Apache, PHP 5, MySQL, mod_rewrite
Command Line Interface (CLI)
http://www.symfony-project.org/installation/1_3
SVN: http://svn.symfony-project.com/branches/1.4

Installation: continued
PHP folder (/usr/share/php/symfony)
Symbolic Link – /usr/bin/

Installation: continued 2
Multiple versions
symfony14 -V, symfony10 -V

Project Setup
CLI

Project File/Folder Structure

Frontend/Admin
frontend_dev.php, admin_dev.php
Debug Toolbar – symfony 1 st to introduce
Logging/cache

http://localhost/craig_app/web/frontend_dev.php

Models
schema.yml, schema.xml
Autogenerate models
SQL
Fixtures (sample data)

schema.xml example

Building models

Models: continued
StaticPage.php
object represents single record of static_page
StaticPagePeer.php
static methods, collections of StaticPage objects
BaseStaticPage*
Autogenerated when re-build model
Parents of each model file
Both main (child) classes are empty by default

Examples

Actions - Modules
Index.php, frontend_dev.php -> actions
Create module

View
3 parts
Action
View
Route (optional for URL)
actions.class.php indexSuccess.php

Forms/Validation
Based on Propel/custom
Labels, widgets, defaults, validators
String, choice, file, boolean....

Widgets and Validators

Admin Generator
Quick/easy admin system
Modular
Based on Propel
3 Parts
generator.yml
actions.class.php
View tempates (optional)

Example

Plugins
Extend Symfony functionality easily
Extend existing libraries for Symfony
More configuration!

Community
Forum - http://forum.symfony-project.org
IRC – Freenode - #symfony
Google Groups - http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-community

Applications/Websites
Yahoo! Bookmarks
Yahoo! Answers
DailyMotion
Delicious

Where next?
http://www.symfony-project.org/gentle-introduction/1_4/en/
Jobeet
http://www.symfony-project.org/jobeet/1_2/Propel/en/
http://www.jobeet.org/en/
IRC/Forum

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Symfony: A Brief Introduction

by Craig Willis

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