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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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Discover when to rewrite legacy PHP applications from scratch versus incrementally refactoring them. Learn practical strategies for modernizing outdated codebases while maintaining business continuity.
Learn how to apply Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles in Symfony with practical examples. Discover the power of value objects, repositories, and bounded contexts.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
As the creator of Symfony, SensioLabs has been advocating in favor of PHP for many years. To keep up with the breathless pace of innovation in PHP, you need to implement a modern, robust framework like Symfony. That is the story SensioLabs and Smile tell you in their new joint white paper.
The Symfony framework continues to evolve. In this blog post, let’s find out how to perform a smooth Symfony migration with our advice.
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