symfony Simplify your professional web development with PHP Francois Zaninotto http://www.symfony -project.com/ http://www.sensio.com/

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Professional Heavyweight, complex Very expensive Full Featured Performant Extensible Documented Supported Configurable Stable Easy to use Java Struts Microsoft .Net Symfony

Heavyweight, complex

Very expensive

Full Featured

Performant

Extensible

Documented

Supported

Configurable

Stable

Easy to use

Java Struts

Microsoft .Net

Symfony

PHP for professionals Stable Performant Documentation Object-oriented (as of PHP5) Cheap and efficient Hosts Support Libraries Developers for hire Easy Cheap Large Community

Stable

Performant

Documentation

Object-oriented (as of PHP5)

Cheap and efficient Hosts

Support

Libraries

Developers for hire

Easy

Cheap

Large Community

PHP for professionals Stable Performant Documentation Object-oriented (as of PHP5) Cheap and efficient Hosts Support Libraries Developers for hire Easy Cheap Large Community Bad reputation Spaghetti code Amateur coding Reinventing the wheel BC breaks Inconsistent syntax Bloated … PHP4

Stable

Performant

Documentation

Object-oriented (as of PHP5)

Cheap and efficient Hosts

Support

Libraries

Developers for hire

Easy

Cheap

Large Community

Develop faster Each line of code has a cost To write the line To test it To maintain it Write less code Architecture : contr o ller, ORM, … Configuration Autoloading Generators Helpers More time for business rules, edge cases, … less code  less complexity  less bugs  more productivity  more time

Each line of code has a cost

To write the line

To test it

To maintain it

Write less code

Architecture : contr o ller, ORM, …

Configuration

Autoloading

Generators

Helpers

More time for business rules, edge cases, …

Don’t reinvent the wheel Follow best practices Object orientation MVC Pattern : Model / View / Contr oller Object-Relational Mapping / Active Record Unit and functional tests Agile development simplify your life

Follow best practices

Object orientation

MVC Pattern : Model / View / Contr oller

Object-Relational Mapping / Active Record

Unit and functional tests

Agile development

Professionals need more than PHP alone a PHP framework?

a PHP framework?

Professionals need more than PHP alone a PHP framework?

a PHP framework?

Many of them lack… Tests Stability Support Security Examples Liberal license Documentation Critical user mass Multi-platformness DB engines support Not suitable for professionals

Tests

Stability

Support

Security

Examples

Liberal license

Documentation

Critical user mass

Multi-platformness

DB engines support

Not suitable for professionals

Sensio French Web Agency Founded 9 years ago 200 web projects 30 people Faith in open-source Demanding clients Objectives: Have fun Make money Webmarketing Open Source Technologies (Framework PHP) Web Technologies SENSIO Web Agency

French Web Agency

Founded 9 years ago

200 web projects

30 people

Faith in open-source

Demanding clients

Objectives: Have fun

Make money

The challenge Bring together the Enterprise world and the Open-Source world

Bring together

the Enterprise world

and the Open-Source world

symfony PHP 5 Web Framework Based on 9 years of Sensio experience Based on well-known projets (Mojavi, Propel, Prado) Open-Source Built for : Professional Websites Complex needs Demanding environments Licence MIT Bring together Entreprise World Open-Source World

PHP 5 Web Framework

Based on 9 years of Sensio experience

Based on well-known projets (Mojavi, Propel, Prado)

Open-Source

Built for :

Professional Websites

Complex needs

Demanding environments

What makes the difference Documentation Configurability XSS protection Debugging tools Functional tests Extensibility : Plugins Admin Generator ORM : Propel or Doctrine i18n / l10n 1.0 maintained for a long time Standard PHP 5 MVC Routing Cache

Documentation

Configurability

XSS protection

Debugging tools

Functional tests

Extensibility : Plugins

Admin Generator

ORM : Propel or Doctrine

i18n / l10n

1.0 maintained for a long time

Installation is a breeze PEAR $ pear channel-discover pear.symfony-project.com $ pear install symfony/symfony-1.0.0 SVN / symlink $ svn propedit svn:externals symfony http://svn.symfony-project.com/branches/1.0 Sandbox $ curl -O http://www.symfony-project.com/get/sf_sandbox-1.0.0.tgz $ tar zxpf sf_sandbox-1.0.0.tgz easy fast recommended

PEAR

$ pear channel-discover pear.symfony-project.com

$ pear install symfony/symfony-1.0.0

SVN / symlink

$ svn propedit svn:externals

symfony http://svn.symfony-project.com/branches/1.0

Sandbox

$ curl -O http://www.symfony-project.com/get/sf_sandbox-1.0.0.tgz

$ tar zxpf sf_sandbox-1.0.0.tgz

Directory structure generation $ mkdir ~/sfdemo $ cd ~/sfdemo $ symfony init-project sfdemo $ ./symfony init-app frontend Project  Application(s)  Module(s)  Action(s) Composant(s)  Template

$ mkdir ~/sfdemo

$ cd ~/sfdemo

$ symfony init-project sfdemo

$ ./symfony init-app frontend

Database connection settings # config/databases.yml prod : propel: param: password: PAssWD all : propel: class: sfPropelDatabase param: dsn: mysql://root:@localhost/sfdemo Environment support

# config/databases.yml

prod :

propel:

param:

password: PAssWD

all :

propel:

class: sfPropelDatabase

param:

dsn: mysql://root:@localhost/sfdemo

Database schema definition # config/schema.yml post: title: { type: varchar, size: 255 } content: { type: longvarchar } is_published: { type: boolean } author_id: { type: integer, foreignTable: author , foreignReference: id } created_at: ~ SQL abstraction

# config/schema.yml

post:

title: { type: varchar, size: 255 }

content: { type: longvarchar }

is_published: { type: boolean }

author_id: { type: integer, foreignTable: author ,

foreignReference: id }

created_at: ~

Test data # data/fixtures/data.yml Author: fabien : first_name: Fabien last_name: Potencier Post: first_post: author_id: fabien title: Xtech 2007

# data/fixtures/data.yml

Author:

fabien :

first_name: Fabien

last_name: Potencier

Post:

first_post:

author_id: fabien

title: Xtech 2007

Generate the thing $ ./symfony propel-build-all-load frontend 1) Creates model classes 2) Converts schema to SQL 3) Creates tables 4) Loads test data

$ ./symfony propel-build-all-load frontend

Model // lib/model/Author.php class Author extends BaseAuthor { function getFullName() { return $this -> getFirstName(). ' ' .$this -> getLastName(); } } $author = new Author(); $author -> setFirstName( 'Fabien' ); $author -> setLastName( 'Potencier' ); $author -> save(); $post = new Post(); $post -> setAuthor($author); $post -> setPublishedOn( '12:00 tomorrow' ); $post -> isPublished( true ); $post -> save(); $posts = PostPeer :: doSelect(new Criteria()); ORM Object Relationship Mapping Propel / Doctrine

// lib/model/Author.php

class Author extends BaseAuthor

{

function getFullName()

{

return $this -> getFirstName(). ' ' .$this -> getLastName();

}

}

$author = new Author();

$author -> setFirstName( 'Fabien' );

$author -> setLastName( 'Potencier' );

$author -> save();

$post = new Post();

$post -> setAuthor($author);

$post -> setPublishedOn( '12:00 tomorrow' );

$post -> isPublished( true );

$post -> save();

$posts = PostPeer :: doSelect(new Criteria());

Backend creation Automatic creation of an Administration Backend, ready for production Lists Pagination Sorting $ ./symfony propel-init-admin frontend post Post Filters Validation CRUD 1) Creates a post module 2) Generates configuration Generated code is MVC and customizable Configuration file Contr oller Templates

Automatic creation of an Administration Backend, ready for production

Lists

Pagination

Sorting

$ ./symfony propel-init-admin frontend post Post

Filters

Validation

CRUD

Configurability Module level # apps/frontend/modules/post/config/generator.yml generator: class: sfPropelAdminGenerator param: model_class: Post list : display: [ =title , author, created_at] filters : [title, author_id, published_on] max_per_page: 5 Application level # apps/frontend/config/security.yml default: is_secure: on credentials: admin $ ./symfony plugin-install http://plugins.symfony-project.com/ sfGuardPlugin Configuration Framework Project Application Module LOC : 0

Module level

# apps/frontend/modules/post/config/generator.yml

generator:

class: sfPropelAdminGenerator

param:

model_class: Post

list :

display: [ =title , author, created_at]

filters : [title, author_id, published_on]

max_per_page: 5

Application level

# apps/frontend/config/security.yml

default:

is_secure: on

credentials: admin

$ ./symfony plugin-install http://plugins.symfony-project.com/ sfGuardPlugin

Admin Generator – list view

Admin Generator – edit view __toString() widgets m2m relationship

Extensibility Module extension class postActions extends autoPostActions { protected function addFiltersCriteria($c) { parent :: addFiltersCriteria($c); $c -> add(PostPeer :: IS_PUBLISHED, true ); } } Template customization Generated module _edit_* : actions, footer, form, header, messages _list_* : footer, header, messages, td_actions, t(d|h)_stacked, t(d|h)_tabular _filters, editSuccess, listSuccess

Module extension

class postActions extends autoPostActions

{

protected function addFiltersCriteria($c)

{

parent :: addFiltersCriteria($c);

$c -> add(PostPeer :: IS_PUBLISHED, true );

}

}

Template customization

Frontend Creation Routing <?php echo link_to( $post -> getTitle(), '@post?id=’ .$post -> getId() ) ?> post : param: { module: blog, action: show } requirements: id: d+ url: /blog/:id.html <?php echo url_for( '@homepage' ) ?> homepage : param: { module: blog, action: recent } url: / homepage : param: { module: blog, action: list } url: / recent : param: { module: blog, action: recent } url: /recent /blog/1.html / / /recent

Routing

Functional Tests Simulate navigation and make smart assertions // test/functional/frontend/blogActionsTest.php $browser = new sfTestBrowser(); $browser -> initialize(); $browser -> get( '/blog/1.html' ) -> isStatusCode( 200 ) -> checkResponseElement( 'h1.title' , '/XTech 2007/' ); $ ./symfony test-functional frontend # get / ok 1 - status code is 200 not ok 2 - response selector h1 does not match regex /XTech 2007/ # Looks like you failed 1 tests of 2 1..2 TDD Test Driven Development CSS Selector

Simulate navigation and make smart assertions

// test/functional/frontend/blogActionsTest.php

$browser = new sfTestBrowser();

$browser -> initialize();

$browser ->

get( '/blog/1.html' ) ->

isStatusCode( 200 ) ->

checkResponseElement( 'h1.title' , '/XTech 2007/' );

$ ./symfony test-functional frontend

# get /

ok 1 - status code is 200

not ok 2 - response selector h1 does not match regex /XTech 2007/

# Looks like you failed 1 tests of 2

1..2

Our first line of code # apps/frontend/modules/blog/actions/actions.class.php class blogActions extends sfActions { function executeShow() { $id = $this -> getRequestParameter( 'id' ); $this -> post = PostPeer :: retrieveByPk($id); $this -> forward404Unless($this -> post); } } # apps/frontend/modules/post/templates/showSuccess.php <h1 class= &quot;title&quot; ><?php echo $post -> getTitle() ?></h1> <h2>par <?php echo $post -> getAuthor() -> getFullName() ?></h2> <p><?php echo $post -> getHtmlContent(ESC_RAW) ?></p> MVC Model / View / Contr oller XSS Secure by default shortcut

# apps/frontend/modules/blog/actions/actions.class.php

class blogActions extends sfActions

{

function executeShow()

{

$id = $this -> getRequestParameter( 'id' );

$this -> post = PostPeer :: retrieveByPk($id);

$this -> forward404Unless($this -> post);

}

}

# apps/frontend/modules/post/templates/showSuccess.php

<h1 class= &quot;title&quot; ><?php echo $post -> getTitle() ?></h1>

<h2>par <?php echo $post -> getAuthor() -> getFullName() ?></h2>

<p><?php echo $post -> getHtmlContent(ESC_RAW) ?></p>

Debugging tools – The web debug toolbar

Debugging tools – Meaningful error messages

Deployment $ ./symfony test-all functional/frontend/postActionsTest...................... ok All tests successful. Files=1, Tests=2 # config/properties.ini [production] host= 1.2.3.4 user= fabien dir= /var/www/sfblog type= rsync $ ./symfony sync production go $ ./symfony freeze

$ ./symfony test-all

functional/frontend/postActionsTest...................... ok

All tests successful.

Files=1, Tests=2

# config/properties.ini

[production]

host= 1.2.3.4

user= fabien

dir= /var/www/sfblog

type= rsync

$ ./symfony sync production go

Once it is in production Optimized for speed and stability Internals never shown Logs rotation Data dumping 404/500 error logging Incremental updates (via rsync)

Optimized for speed and stability

Internals never shown

Logs rotation

Data dumping

404/500 error logging

Incremental updates (via rsync)

Community Plugins Hooks in the symfony code allow for easy extension New plugins are created every week Doctrine : Full Doctrine ORM support UJS : Unobtrusive JavaScript PropelActAsNestedSetBehavior : Nested sets for Propel PropelActAsTaggableBehavior : Easy tags for Propel SuperCache : HTML pages cache ControlPanel : Web management for symfony projects ErrorLogger : All 404 and 500 logging in a table Guard : Authentication and authorization features Feed2 : Web feeds management (read&write) PokaYoke : Client side validation

Hooks in the symfony code allow for easy extension

New plugins are created every week

Doctrine : Full Doctrine ORM support

UJS : Unobtrusive JavaScript

PropelActAsNestedSetBehavior : Nested sets for Propel

PropelActAsTaggableBehavior : Easy tags for Propel

SuperCache : HTML pages cache

ControlPanel : Web management for symfony projects

ErrorLogger : All 404 and 500 logging in a table

Guard : Authentication and authorization features

Feed2 : Web feeds management (read&write)

PokaYoke : Client side validation

A Professional Web Framework Built from experience Clean, modular and customizable code 1.0 stable, maintained with commercial support Growing community Developpers in more than 80 countries 100 000 visitors per month on symfony-project.com Open-Source Documentation The book (450 pages - GFDL) Askeet Tutorial (250 pages)

Built from experience

Clean, modular and customizable code

1.0 stable, maintained with commercial support

Growing community

Developpers in more than 80 countries

100 000 visitors per month on symfony-project.com

Open-Source Documentation

The book (450 pages - GFDL)

Askeet Tutorial (250 pages)

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What’s next? Forge : www.symfony-forge.com New features for symfony 1.1 More hooks for plugins More modularity Official Doctrine support Unobstrusive JavaScript support New form and validation framework Book translation 中文 , Deutsch, Español, Français Polski, Russian, 日本語 , Italiano, …

Forge : www.symfony-forge.com

New features for symfony 1.1

More hooks for plugins

More modularity

Official Doctrine support

Unobstrusive JavaScript support

New form and validation framework

Book translation

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Training

Code auditing

Consulting

Web development

If you are looking for a job in France, we're hiring

SENSIO S.A. 26, rue Salomon de Rothschild 92 286 SURESNES cedex FRANCE Tél. : +33 1 40 99 80 80 Fax : +33 1 40 99 83 34 Contact Francois Zaninotto http://www.sensio.com/ http://www.symfony-project.com/

SENSIO S.A.

26, rue Salomon de Rothschild

92 286 SURESNES cedex

FRANCE

Tél. : +33 1 40 99 80 80

Fax : +33 1 40 99 83 34

Contact

Francois Zaninotto

http://www.sensio.com/ http://www.symfony-project.com/