There are plenty of other
frameworks in the sea PHP + Symfony

FINDOLOGIC GMBH
GEORG M. SORST
G.SORST@FINDOLOGIC.COM
WebDev Meetup 20.11.2013
FINDOLOGIC

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Search for online stores
>100M queries / month
A dozen servers
One of Salzburg’s most successful startups
Business
LAN
BBQ
Trachty Friday
We’re hiring

DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS!
History

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Born in the web 20 years ago
Form interpreter to replace perl
Core is backed by a company (Zend)
1M to 100M hostnames in 10 years
Stack Overflow tags

Source: http://hewgill.com/~greg/stackoverflow/stack_overflow/tags/
W3Techs

Source: http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/programming_language/all
Usage

◼ eCommerce: osCommerce, Zen Cart,
Magento, PrestaShop, OpenCart, Oxid,
xtCommerce, Shopware
◼ CMS: Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal
◼ Other: Wikipedia, Digg, Facebook
The good

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Dead simple: <?php echo “Hello
world”;
Runs everywhere
Documentation, Community, Extensions
The good

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Image processing, databases, mails,
character encoding, XML built-in
Few keywords and operators, high
readability
The bad

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Spaghetti code
Very loose typing: null == false ==
"" == 0 == "0" == array()
Inconsistent code base: strpos(),
str_rot13(), library not OO
Arbitrary filesystem structure
The getting better

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OO; Closures, Iterators, Generators
Standard PHP Library (SPL): queues,
stacks, lists, iterators
Tools: PHPUnit, PHPDocumentor, Mess
Detector, Checkstyle
Example

$numbers = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
$divisor = 3;
Old school

$numbers = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
$divisor = 3;

$filtered = array();
foreach ($numbers as $number) {
if ($number % $divisor == 0) {
$filtered[] = $number;
}
}
Middle school

$numbers = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
$divisor = 3;

$filter = create_function('$number', “return
($number % $divisor == 0);”);
$filtered = array_filter($numbers, $filter);
New school

$numbers = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
$divisor = 3;

$filter = function($number) use ($divisor) {
return ($number % $divisor == 0);
};
$filtered = array_filter($numbers, $filter);
Questions?
PHP Frameworks

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MVC
OO
ORM
Templates
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Symfony

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MVC, OO
Created by Sensio labs
Documentation, Community, Events
Symfony

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URL Conventions
CRUD generators
Doctrine ORM, Twig templates
Loosely coupled components
Dependency injection
Demo Time
Summary

“PHP is the Nickelback of programming
languages”
- Jeff Atwood, Stack Exchange
Summary

“The only conclusion I can draw is that
building a compelling application is far
more important than choice of language”
- Jeff Atwood, Stack Exchange
Thanks!
Backup: Install instructions
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Change user: sudo su - www-data -s /bin/bash
Download Symfony 2.3 Standard Edition (without Vendors): http://symfony.com/download
Setup git repository: http://symfony.com/doc/current/cookbook/workflow/new_project_git.html
Install composer: curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
Install libraries: php composer.phar install
Configure: http://localhost/~georg/webdev/web/config.php
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pdo_sqlite
db path: %kernel.root_dir%/data/example.db

c. no password
Generate bundle: php app/console generate:bundle
Generate entity: php app/console generate:doctrine:entity
Drop the old DB schema: php app/console doctrine:schema:drop --force
Generate DB schema: php app/console doctrine:schema:create
Generate CRUD: php app/console generate:doctrine:crud
http://localhost/~georg/webdev/web/app_dev.php/post/
Add pretty CRUD bundle: https://github.com/jordillonch/CrudGeneratorBundle
Install new bundle: php composer.phar update
Delete the old CRUD: rm -fr src/FINDOLOGIC/ExampleBundle/Resources/views/Post/
src/FINDOLOGIC/ExampleBundle/Controller/PostController.php
src/FINDOLOGIC/ExampleBundle/Form/PostType.php
src/FINDOLOGIC/ExampleBundle/Tests/Controller/PostControllerTest.php
Generate new CRUD: php app/console jordillonch:generate:crud
Fill created_at automatically: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17321893/automatic-values-for-updated-atcreated-at-in-doctrine

a. Remove created_at from src/FINDOLOGIC/ExampleBundle/Form/PostType.php
18. http://localhost/~georg/webdev/web/app_dev.php/post/

Salzburg WebDev Meetup PHP Symfony

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    There are plentyof other frameworks in the sea PHP + Symfony FINDOLOGIC GMBH GEORG M. SORST G.SORST@FINDOLOGIC.COM WebDev Meetup 20.11.2013
  • 2.
    FINDOLOGIC ◼ ◼ ◼ ◼ Search for onlinestores >100M queries / month A dozen servers One of Salzburg’s most successful startups
  • 3.
  • 4.
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  • 7.
  • 8.
    History ◼ ◼ ◼ ◼ Born in theweb 20 years ago Form interpreter to replace perl Core is backed by a company (Zend) 1M to 100M hostnames in 10 years
  • 9.
    Stack Overflow tags Source:http://hewgill.com/~greg/stackoverflow/stack_overflow/tags/
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    Usage ◼ eCommerce: osCommerce,Zen Cart, Magento, PrestaShop, OpenCart, Oxid, xtCommerce, Shopware ◼ CMS: Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal ◼ Other: Wikipedia, Digg, Facebook
  • 12.
    The good ◼ ◼ ◼ Dead simple:<?php echo “Hello world”; Runs everywhere Documentation, Community, Extensions
  • 13.
    The good ◼ ◼ Image processing,databases, mails, character encoding, XML built-in Few keywords and operators, high readability
  • 14.
    The bad ◼ ◼ ◼ ◼ Spaghetti code Veryloose typing: null == false == "" == 0 == "0" == array() Inconsistent code base: strpos(), str_rot13(), library not OO Arbitrary filesystem structure
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    The getting better ◼ ◼ ◼ OO;Closures, Iterators, Generators Standard PHP Library (SPL): queues, stacks, lists, iterators Tools: PHPUnit, PHPDocumentor, Mess Detector, Checkstyle
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    Example $numbers = array(1,2, 3, 4, 5); $divisor = 3;
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    Old school $numbers =array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5); $divisor = 3; $filtered = array(); foreach ($numbers as $number) { if ($number % $divisor == 0) { $filtered[] = $number; } }
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    Middle school $numbers =array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5); $divisor = 3; $filter = create_function('$number', “return ($number % $divisor == 0);”); $filtered = array_filter($numbers, $filter);
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    New school $numbers =array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5); $divisor = 3; $filter = function($number) use ($divisor) { return ($number % $divisor == 0); }; $filtered = array_filter($numbers, $filter);
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    Symfony ◼ ◼ ◼ MVC, OO Created bySensio labs Documentation, Community, Events
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    Symfony ◼ ◼ ◼ ◼ ◼ URL Conventions CRUD generators DoctrineORM, Twig templates Loosely coupled components Dependency injection
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    Summary “PHP is theNickelback of programming languages” - Jeff Atwood, Stack Exchange
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    Summary “The only conclusionI can draw is that building a compelling application is far more important than choice of language” - Jeff Atwood, Stack Exchange
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    Backup: Install instructions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Changeuser: sudo su - www-data -s /bin/bash Download Symfony 2.3 Standard Edition (without Vendors): http://symfony.com/download Setup git repository: http://symfony.com/doc/current/cookbook/workflow/new_project_git.html Install composer: curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php Install libraries: php composer.phar install Configure: http://localhost/~georg/webdev/web/config.php a. b. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. pdo_sqlite db path: %kernel.root_dir%/data/example.db c. no password Generate bundle: php app/console generate:bundle Generate entity: php app/console generate:doctrine:entity Drop the old DB schema: php app/console doctrine:schema:drop --force Generate DB schema: php app/console doctrine:schema:create Generate CRUD: php app/console generate:doctrine:crud http://localhost/~georg/webdev/web/app_dev.php/post/ Add pretty CRUD bundle: https://github.com/jordillonch/CrudGeneratorBundle Install new bundle: php composer.phar update Delete the old CRUD: rm -fr src/FINDOLOGIC/ExampleBundle/Resources/views/Post/ src/FINDOLOGIC/ExampleBundle/Controller/PostController.php src/FINDOLOGIC/ExampleBundle/Form/PostType.php src/FINDOLOGIC/ExampleBundle/Tests/Controller/PostControllerTest.php Generate new CRUD: php app/console jordillonch:generate:crud Fill created_at automatically: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17321893/automatic-values-for-updated-atcreated-at-in-doctrine a. Remove created_at from src/FINDOLOGIC/ExampleBundle/Form/PostType.php 18. http://localhost/~georg/webdev/web/app_dev.php/post/