Last blog posts
API Platform
Published on 2020-12-31 • Modified on 2020-12-31
In this post, we will see how to secure an API with JWT and API-Platform. We will generate JWT security tokens thanks to the lexik/jwt-authentication-bundle, and we will take advantage of the new property security parameter introduced in API Platform 2.6.
Symfony
Published on 2020-12-03 • Modified on 2020-12-03
In this post, we will see how API Platform can help us to document and migrate manual endpoints in a Symfony application. We will see concrete examples related to this blog application.
Symfony
Published on 2020-10-15 • Modified on 2020-10-15
In this post, we will see how to use an expression for disabling the security of a Symfony administration in the dev environment. We won't use an IP based test like the documentation explains, but we will use the application's environment instead.
Symfony
Published on 2020-07-23 • Modified on 2020-07-23
In this post, we will see how to add a custom data collector in the Symfony debug bar. The debug bar, also called profiler, is one of the most useful components as it is of great help when developing. We will see a concrete case to help us improving the SEO of a website by displaying meta-information about the current page.
xdebug
Published on 2020-06-21 • Modified on 2020-10-18
In this post, we will see how to do step by step debugging with Xdebug, Symfony and PHPStorm. We will do a basic example where we will stop the execution of the Symfony code just before rendering a template to check the data passed to it.
Symfony
Published on 2020-05-15 • Modified on 2020-12-05
In this post, I will introduce you to Cw which is an acronym for "Cache Watcher". Cw is a small Go (Golang) program that watches your Symfony files and warms your cache when needed, so you don't have to wait when refreshing your browser.
Symfony
Published on 2020-03-28 • Modified on 2020-03-28
In this post, we will see how to set up a CI/CD workflow for a Symfony project thanks to the GitHub actions. It will cover from configuring PHP on the runner host to launching the unit and functional tests of the Symfony application.
Doctrine
Published on 2020-02-19 • Modified on 2020-03-14
In this post, we will see how to use Doctrine repositories as services without adding additional configuration to the services.yaml file.
Symfony
Published on 2019-12-31 • Modified on 2019-12-31
In this post, we will see how to use the Symfony AbstractController that was introduced in Symfony 3.3/4.1. We will review what we used to do before and the evolutions that were done from symfony 1 to Symfony 5, especially how services were declared and used. Eventually, we will try to understand why this new "Base controller" was introduced.
Symfony
Published on 2019-12-22 • Modified on 2020-08-18
In this post, we will check all the Symfony best practices listed in the official documentation. For each one, I will say if I agree with it or not and why.