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June 6, 2025 Imen Ezzine New

HTTP Verbs: Your Ultimate Guide

HTTP Verbs Explained: Learn the basics of GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, and more. This article explains how they work, their applications, and their security implications.

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April 29, 2025 Salsabile El-Khatouri

A Symfony Training at SensioLabs: Behind The Scenes

What does Symfony training at SensioLabs look like? Find out in this interview with Guillaume Loulier, a passionate developer and trainer, who tells us all about the official Symfony training courses.

April 25, 2025 Silas Joisten

Building AI-Driven Features in Symfony

AI is transforming web development — and with php-llm/llm-chain, PHP developers can easily add powerful LLM features to Symfony apps. This guide shows you how to get started with chatbots, smart assistants, and more.

April 18, 2025 Silas Joisten

Supercharging Symfony Testing with Zenstruck Foundry

Zenstruck Foundry has revolutionized the way we write tests in Symfony. In this post, you’ll learn how expressive factories, isolated test data, and a smoother developer experience helped us streamline our testing workflow and boost productivity.

April 11, 2025 Oskar Stark

Rewriting vs. Refactoring Legacy PHP: Finding the Right Balance

Discover when to rewrite legacy PHP applications from scratch versus incrementally refactoring them. Learn practical strategies for modernizing outdated codebases while maintaining business continuity.

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April 8, 2025 Elise Hamimi

SymfonyLive Paris 2025: talks, community and 20 years of Symfony

On March 27th and 28th, the French-speaking Symfony community gathered at the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris for another edition of SymfonyLive Paris. This year, in addition to inspiring conferences, great workshops and community time, Symfony enthusiasts kicked off the official celebration of Symfony's 20th anniversary.

April 2, 2025 Silas Joisten

Applying Domain-Driven Design in PHP and Symfony: A Hands-On Guide

Learn how to apply Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles in Symfony with practical examples. Discover the power of value objects, repositories, and bounded contexts.

March 26, 2025 Jules Daunay

Symfony and AI: the video is now available

What about Symfony and Artificial Intelligence (AI)? This was the theme of the exclusive event organized by SensioLabs in partnership with Codéin on October 3rd. With the added bonus of feedback from a development project combining Symfony and AI. If you missed the event, check out the video now available for free on our Youtube channel.

2025 a year of celebrations for PHP with windows about API Platform, PHP, AFUP and Symfony

March 24, 2025 Jules Daunay

2025: a year of anniversaries for PHP, AFUP, Symfony and API Platform

2025 is going to be a big year for anniversaries. We will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of Symfony, the 30th anniversary of PHP, the 25th anniversary of AFUP and the 10th anniversary of API Platform. For SensioLabs, this is a major milestone that proves the longevity of the technologies in our ecosystem. We are proud to celebrate these anniversaries with the community all year long.

March 23, 2025 Simon André

SymfonyDay Chicago 2025: A Celebration of Community

On March 17th, the Symfony community met in Chicago for SymfonyDay Chicago 2025. The event, held on St. Patrick's Day, was both a celebration of Symfony and a moment to support Ryan Weaver in his fight against cancer. It was more than just a conference — it was a gathering around a valued member of the community.

March 21, 2025 Imen Ezzine

Optimize Your PHP Code: 8 Functions You Need for Efficient Table Handling

If you want to become a good PHP developer, you must learn to work with arrays. Arrays are used a lot in PHP: temporarily store, organize, and process data before it's saved in a database. Knowing how to work with them efficiently will help you manage and process data more effectively.

February 20, 2025 Imen Ezzine

The DRY principle: striking the delicate balance between code reuse and clarity

This article explores the DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) principle and its impact on code quality. While emphasizing its importance in avoiding repetition and facilitating maintenance, it highlights the risks of excessive application of this principle, which can be detrimental to clarity and project evolution. The aim is to strike the right balance between reuse and simplicity.

February 4, 2025 Oskar Stark

Type-Safe Identifiers with Symfony and Doctrine: Using Dedicated ID Classes

Learn how to enhance type safety in Symfony and Doctrine by using dedicated ID classes like BookId and UserId instead of raw UUIDs. This approach prevents identifier mix-ups, improves code clarity, and ensures better integration with Symfony Messenger and repository methods. Explore practical examples and best practices for implementing type-safe identifiers in your Symfony applications.

February 3, 2025 Rémi Brière

Agility and the Cargo Cult - Part 1

Agility is more than just rituals and tools. In this first article of our Scrum series, we explore the Cargo Cult phenomenon and how blind imitation can hinder true Agile transformation.

January 31, 2025 Silas Joisten

SemVer vs. CalVer: Which Versioning Strategy is Right for You?

SemVer ensures stability for libraries, while CalVer aligns projects with release cycles. Learn the key differences and best use cases to optimize your versioning strategy.

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December 17, 2024 Oskar Stark

Introducing PIE: The Modern PHP Extension Installer

Discover PIE, the new PHP Installer for Extensions, a modern tool that simplifies managing PHP extensions with a Composer-like workflow. Say goodbye to PECL complexities and streamline your development process with PIE.

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December 17, 2024 Jules Daunay

An Unforgettable SymfonyCon in Vienna

For the first time ever, SymfonyCon was held in the beautiful city of Vienna on December 5-6th. The much-anticipated flagship conference of the Symfony ecosystem, SymfonyCon Vienna 2024, brought together over a thousand eager framework enthusiasts in the Austrian capital. Let's take a moment to look back at the largest PHP conference of the year!

October 28, 2024 Silas Joisten

SensioLabs Goes Headless: Unleashing Content Flexibility with Storyblok

SensioLabs has embraced the power of Storyblok, a leading headless CMS, to unlock greater content flexibility and scalability. By integrating Storyblok into our workflows, we empower both developers and content creators to deliver seamless, dynamic experiences across multiple platforms.

October 21, 2024 Silas Joisten

Outdated Composer Dependencies: The Risks You Can’t Afford to Ignore?

In this post, we’ll explore the risks of neglecting to update your Composer dependencies and how it can lead to serious security vulnerabilities, compatibility issues, and missed opportunities for performance and feature improvements.

October 21, 2024 Silas Joisten

Understanding Domain-Driven Design: A Practical Approach for Modern Software Architecture

Explore Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles and patterns like Ubiquitous Language, Aggregates, and Bounded Contexts. Learn how DDD fits seamlessly into PHP and Symfony projects, helping you align software with business needs.

June 28, 2024 Salsabile El-Khatouri

This Summer, Stand on Top of the Symfony Podium

Summer is going to be a blast with the Euro Cup and the Paris 2024 Olympics. While you’re enjoying the sports, why not challenge yourself with the latest versions of Symfony and PHP? Throughout the summer, SensioLabs is offering the tools you need to level up your performance and make your mark as a top Symfony developer. Ready, set, go!

May 22, 2024 Jules Daunay

SensioLabs Germany Announces New Managing Director: Oskar Stark

Oskar Stark, a member of the Symfony Core team, has been appointed Managing Director of SensioLabs Germany. This new addition to the team will foster the growth of SensioLabs Germany, the official subsidiary of SensioLabs in Germany, to the benefit of German-speaking Symfony users.

April 16, 2024 Jules Daunay

SymfonyLive Paris 2024: Two Days of Conference and Fun.

On March 28th and 29th, the SensioLabs team and the French-speaking Symfony community gathered at the Cité Internationale Universitaire in Paris for SymfonyLive Paris 2024. Were you not at this must-attend event? We’ll summarize it for you, but only because it’s you!

March 26, 2024 Jules Daunay

Discover our Symfony events in February 2024

February was a busy month for SensioLabs regarding events related to Symfony. We attended Symfony meetups and conferences in France, Switzerland, England and finally Canada. We invite you to join us in this article for our review of February. Enjoy reading!

February 27, 2024 Salsabile El-Khatouri

Symfony 7 Courses Are Now Available!

Symfony 7 has been released in November 2023. As the creator of Symfony, SensioLabs provides the official training courses on this new version of the framework. Discover our new Symfony 7 training programs in this article.

February 1, 2024 Elise Hamimi

SensioLabs and Symfony in Mallorca for the Ibexa 2024 conference

Last week, the SensioLabs & Symfony team was in Palma de Mallorca for a 2-day conference at the Ibexa Global Partner Conference. Read our review of the event in this article.

Crowd raising hands in the main auditorium at SymfonyCon Brussels 2023

December 28, 2023 Elise Hamimi

Back to Brussels for our recap of SymfonyCon 2023

On the 7th and 8th of December we were in Brussels for the long-awaited SymfonyCon Brussels 2023. This year the fantastic international Symfony community gathered in the Belgian capital for another conference full of inspiring talks and two days of fun. Relive it with us!

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November 29, 2023 Jules Daunay

Interview: Symfony 7 in a Nutshell with Nicolas Grekas

Symfony 7 was released today, and as per tradition, SensioLabs interviewed Nicolas Grekas, one of the key contributors to the Symfony Core Team. Find out about the new latest features in Symfony 7 and what you should prepare for when upgrading to it.

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