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December 30, 2025 Rémi Brière

Giving Meaning to Agility with Evidence-Based Management

Agile frameworks, such as Scrum and Kanban, are well-known for helping teams focus more effectively on creating value and adapting to changes more easily. However, agility doesn't stop at the team level. Some approaches also address decision-makers and organizations. Evidence-Based Management is one such approach, offering a different perspective with its structured value and progress management based on concrete evidence.

November 20, 2025 Silas Joisten

Why Tests? Explained for Management

For business leaders: why testing matters for ROI, risk reduction, and agility explained in management language with numbers and real case studies.

November 14, 2025 Imen Ezzine

Code Review: Types, Organization, and Best Practices

Code review is an essential step in the software development cycle. It improves code quality, reduces bugs, and encourages knowledge sharing within the team. GitLab and GitHub, two of the most popular code management platforms, offer advanced features to facilitate this process. This article covers the various types of code reviews, how to organize them, and how to use templates and checklists to make PRs (pull requests) more efficient.

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October 31, 2025 Alexandre Nesson

Scrum Guide Expansion Pack (2025): Key Insights You Need to Know

A new building block has been added to the Scrum Guide to enrich it! Does it offer real value, or is it just window dressing? Read on to find out in this article written by one of our experts.

October 17, 2025 Oskar Stark

PHP 8.5's New URI Extension: A Game-Changer for URL Parsing

PHP 8.5 introduces a powerful new URI extension that modernizes URL handling. With support for both RFC 3986 and WHATWG standards, the new Uri class provides immutable objects, fluent interfaces, and proper validation - addressing all the limitations of the legacy parse_url() function. This guide shows practical before/after examples and explains when to use each standard.

October 16, 2025 Silas Joisten

The Tab Trap: Why Forcing New Tabs Is Bad UX

We’ve all done it — added target="_blank" to a link to “help users” stay on our site. But what feels like a harmless convenience often creates confusion, breaks accessibility, and introduces hidden security risks.

September 8, 2025 Mathieu Santostefano

Bring Your Own HTTP client

Break free from rigid dependencies in your PHP SDKs. Learn how to use PSR-7, PSR-17, and PSR-18 standards along with php-http/discovery to allow users to bring their favorite HTTP client, whether it's Guzzle, Symfony HttpClient, or another. A must-read for PHP and Symfony developers.

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August 1, 2025 Rémi Brière

Why Scrum Fails (and How to Fix It) - Part 2

Scrum is often seen as the obvious framework for structuring and energizing product development, especially digital products. However, its adoption doesn't automatically guarantee success. So, what does Scrum really enable? More importantly, what are the conditions necessary for its effectiveness? And, above all, what pitfalls should be avoided to ensure it becomes a real asset?

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July 25, 2025 Thibaut Chieux

How To Prioritize Messages When Building Asynchronous Applications With Symfony Messenger

Asynchronous processing offers benefits like decoupled processes and faster response times, but managing message priorities can become a challenge. When dealing with tasks ranging from password resets to complex exports, ensuring timely delivery of critical messages is essential. This article explores common asynchronous processing issues and provides solutions using Symfony Messenger, allowing you to optimize your application without extensive refactoring.

June 23, 2025 Oskar Stark

What's New in PHP 8.5: A Comprehensive Overview

PHP 8.5 will be released in November 2025 and brings several useful new features and improvements. This version focuses on developer experience enhancements, new utility functions, and better debugging capabilities.

June 20, 2025 Steven Renaux

Symfony Lazy Services with Style: Boost DX using Service Subscribers

Boost your Symfony app's performance and developer experience! Learn how to use Service Subscribers and traits for lazy service loading to reduce eager instantiation, simplify dependencies, and create modular, maintainable code.

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June 6, 2025 Imen Ezzine

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

October 11, 2022 Elise Hamimi

“In API Platform, personalized operations are essential”, our interview with Hubert and Jérémy

On September 15, Hubert Lenoir and Jérémy Jarrié, two SensioLabs experts, had the opportunity to give a speech at the API Platform Con 2022. After their talk, they share with us their experience as speakers at a tech conference, and they tell us more about their topic.

September 8, 2022 Elise Hamimi

Discover our new Symfony Success Stories: Gault & Millau and BSN Sports

Symfony has been increasingly popular among companies with new great web development success stories. SensioLabs, the creator of Symfony, has recently released inspirational business cases with Gault & Millau and BSN Sports. Learn more about the potential of Symfony for two businesses as different as a French gastronomic guide and a US custom sportswear manufacturer.

March 3, 2022 Elise Hamimi

Learn how to migrate to the PHP framework Symfony

SensioLabs and Smile released a joint white paper “PHP framework migration: from legacy to Symfony” explaining how to migrate to modern PHP frameworks like Symfony. Find a selection of the key information in this infographic design by SensioLabs.

February 23, 2022 Jules Daunay

The SensioLabs Tech Blog is online on Medium

The technical team of SensioLabs, the creator of Symfony, is now on the Medium platform with the publication The SensioLabs Tech Blog. Our experts share with you articles and thoughts on many topics, not limited to PHP and Symfony. The first articles are already available in the publication.

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