Code snippets

You will find here 10 code snippets I find useful so I don't have to Google ™ or Stackoverflow ™ them when I need. There are also code snippets I always forget! 😁 Sometimes, related links to the code will be available. The main difference with other random snippets you will find on the web is that in most cases (for the Symfony related ones) you will be able to run them directly from this website to check the output so you can verify it works as expected ™.

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Manual validation of an object with the Symfony validator component

In a previous snippet, we saw how to validate an array using the existing validator service manually. In this snippet, we manuall...

Symfony

Published on 2023-08-09 • Modified on 2023-08-09

Symfony Validation component assertions

Generating a random token for a mail confirmation link using PHP and Symfony

This snippet shows how to generate a random token for a mail confirmation link using PHP and Symfony. The final length of the gene...

PHP

Published on 2023-07-01 • Modified on 2023-07-01

PHP Symfony Email bin2hex random string string-component PHP 8.2 randomizer

Using the Symfony string component to get the singular or plural of a word

This snippet shows how to use the Symfony string component to get the singular or plural of a word. It isn't easy to do this as th...

Symfony

Published on 2022-10-15 • Modified on 2022-10-15

Symfony PHP string word singular plural component

Generating a slug with the Symfony string component

This snippet shows how to generate a slug with the Symfony string component. Usually, when using the Symfony string component, we ...

Symfony

Published on 2022-10-11 • Modified on 2022-10-11

Symfony PHP string slug Doctrine gedmo extension component

Checking if a string contains another string with PHP

This snippet shows how to check if a string contains another string with PHP. This is a kind of tribute to our "old" PHP. The str...

PHP

Published on 2022-04-15 • Modified on 2022-04-15

PHP string string-component Symfony

Trimming a word at the start of a string with PHP

This snippet shows how to trim a word (or string) at the start of a string with PHP or Symfony. In the following example, we can't...

PHP

Published on 2022-03-05 • Modified on 2022-03-05

PHP string string-component Symfony

Extracting the domain of an email with PHP

In this snippet, we see how to extract the domain of an email with PHP. First, a solution with plain PHP, then with the Symfony st...

PHP

Published on 2022-01-27 • Modified on 2022-01-27

PHP Email string string-component strpos substr

Trimming the first word of a string with PHP

In this snippet, we see how to trim the first word of a string with PHP. In the following example, we can't use a simple replace f...

PHP

Published on 2021-11-28 • Modified on 2021-12-03

PHP string Symfony component

Generating a random string with the Symfony string component

In this snippet, we see how to generate a random string with the Symfony string component. There is this static function fromRando...

Symfony

Published on 2021-11-21 • Modified on 2021-11-21

Symfony string random component PHP

Getting the first character of a string with PHP

In this snippet, we see how to get the first character of a string with PHP and Symfony. In the first part, we see how to use the ...

PHP

Published on 2021-11-12 • Modified on 2021-11-12

PHP string utf8 Symfony component