Getting Started with Symfony 7 (SF7START)
3 days
€ 1,590.00
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This training is the best starting point to prepare you for the advanced tools and uses of the Symfony 7 framework with its creators. SensioLabs University has designed the best Symfony training experience by combining face-to-face and e-learning. In addition to face-to-face training, access to our online review platform for 1 month allows you to combine different learning practices, test your skills, follow your progress and stay in touch with your trainer on throughout the duration of the program. This course is not only designed to get you started with Symfony 7, it is also the ideal course for learning "Official Good Practices" and the best tips from Symfony experts.
Level: Beginner
Duration: 3 days
Available languages: English, French, German
Prerequisites: Good knowledge of PHP and Object Oriented Programming
Goals: In just 3 days, the objective of this training is to introduce you to the Symfony 7 framework for creating your website. You will create a new Symfony 7 from scratch project, where you will discover the structured organization of its directories / files, to which you will apply an MVC pattern. You will also learn how to build your first web pages with the Twig rendering engine and the Webpack Encore asset manager. All this, along with Symfony forms and object persistence via Doctrine. Finally, our trainers will focus on official good practices and tips from Symfony.
Evaluation Method:
A control of knowledge in the form of multiple choice questions is carried out during and at the end of the training. It allows to validate and take back the points not assimilated.
A certificate of successful completion of a training action is sent to the learner.
A copy of the attendance sheet is transmitted.
Day 1 — Symfony Foundations
Symfony architecture and ecosystem: components, bundles, versioning, and the release roadmap
Installation and the Symfony CLI: creating and running a project locally
Project structure: understanding the directory layout and configuration conventions
Environments: differentiating development and production setups
Controllers and routes: handling HTTP requests and returning responses
Twig templating: syntax, template inheritance, blocks, and layout composition
Asset management: integrating CSS and JavaScript with AssetMapper
Day 2 — Dynamic Pages & Data Persistence
Route parameters: capturing dynamic URL segments and passing them to controllers
Twig in depth: loops, conditionals, filters, and template variables
Doctrine ORM overview: entities, the entity manager, and the database abstraction layer
Database configuration and connection setup
Creating entities: mapping PHP classes to database tables with attributes
Migrations: versioning and applying schema changes safely
Fixtures: populating the database with realistic development data
Day 3 — Relationships & User Input
Entity relationships: modelling associations between objects (ManyToOne, OneToMany, ManyToMany)
Repositories: writing custom query methods beyond the built-in finders
Symfony Forms: defining form types, rendering forms in Twig, and handling submission
Field types and data binding: mapping form fields to entity properties
Validation: applying constraints and displaying error messages
CSRF protection and secure form processing
Global average : 8.4/10
Educational rating : 8.8/10
Content rating : 8.5/10
Pace rating : 7.3/10
Success rate : 88%
The ratings are the synthesis of the cumulative assessments of our trainees from 01/01/2025 to 31/12/2025
Registration can only be made using the registration form available on our website or via the training team e-mail.
Registration will be completed only after receiving the signed agreement and the full payment before the start of the training.
Meet our trainers
Stiven Llupa
Technical Expert
Stiven Llupa is a developer with over 15 years of experience working almost exclusively with PHP and more than 10 years with the Symfony framework. Beyond coding, Stiven is pretty easy-going and loves connecting with fellow developers, especially from the PHP and Symfony communities.
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Guillaume Loulier
Technical Expert
Symfony-certifed (3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8) developer working at SensioLabs, Guillaume Loulier has been a speaker at technical conferences for many years. He is also training developers on Symfony and a former OCFrance Mentor. He loves motorsport.
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Benjamin Zaslavsky
PHP and Symfony Trainer
Benjamin Zaslavsky is a self-taught developer who is now certified in Symfony 6 and 7. He is passionate about sharing knowledge and mentoring to make life easier for developers.
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Mathieu Santostefano
Technical Expert
As a developer for almost 15 years, Mathieu Santostefano works with Symfony on a daily basis. Having worked with almost every version since Symfony 1.4, he has followed the evolution of the entire PHP ecosystem. He eventually became an active contributor and joined the Symfony Core Team in 2021. Still passionate about this community and its enthusiasm, Mathieu enjoys sharing his experience on stage at conferences such as Forum PHP, SymfonyLive, SymfonyCon, and API Platform Con.
See details : Mathieu SantostefanoWhy SensioLabs?
I’d been stuck in vanilla PHP for a year and felt overwhelmed. This course was the perfect fast-forward button. The trainer showed me the commands and explained the logic behind the framework. I went from being intimidated to building a functional CRUD app by day two. It’s very useful for professional PHP developers.
Bram van der Meer
Junior Backend Developer- A SaaS Startup
Coming from another framework, I expected a struggle with configuration. Instead, this course built my confidence layer by layer. We covered everything from HTTP basics to Doctrine and the Profiler—which is a total game-changer for debugging. The Symfony mindset is exactly what I was missing to start writing clean, standardized code. Don't waste weeks on random tutorials; just go straight to the source with SensioLabs.
Lukas Schenk
Web Developer- A Regional Tech Agency
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