Easy backends with Symfony2 and the

SonataAdminBundle

Lineke Kerckhoffs-Willems @the_linie / lineke@phpassionate.com

http://joind.in/7062

About me

!   Over 9 years experience with PHP

!   Egeniq

!   Love conferences

!   Head of PHPWomen EU

!   Lead developer ProTalk

!   Mentor and writer

!   Mum of 2 beautiful daughters

!   @the_linie / lineke@phpassionate.com

The problem

Solutions

!   DIY (Do It Yourself)

! Admingenerator bundle

!   SONATA ADMIN BUNDLE

The bundle

Setup

!   Installation

!   Separate bundle

Setup - Configuration

Admin class

Dashboard

Features

List view

Create / edit view

Fields - Relations - 1

Fields - Relations - 2

Validation In the admin class

A bit more advanced

Tooltips In the admin class

Adding filtering to list view

In the admin class

Default ordering in list view

In the admin class

Batch actions - 1

The user interface

Batch actions - 2

In the admin class

Batch actions - 3

Create a controller

Translations - simple

!   Change default locale in parameters.ini

! Add messages.<language>.xliff in Resources/translations

Translations - strategies

!   Different strategies ! sonata.admin.label.strategy.native : DEFAULT

! sonata.admin.label.strategy.form_component

! sonata.admin.label.strategy.underscore

! sonata.admin.label.strategy.noop

!   In config.yml

Translations - domains

!   In the admin class

! Rename messages.<language>.xliff

There is more…

! Customize templates

!   ACL and Google authenticator

!   CLI

Conclusion

! Sonata Admin Bundle is a great bundle

! Lack of / unclear documentation

! Complexity of the bundle

!   Separate bundle needs controller directory

Questions?

Resources

!   http://sonata-project.org/

!   http://phpassionate.com/2012/05/22/how-to-use-the-symfony2-sonataadminbundle/

Thank you! http://joind.in/7062

@the_linie / lineke@phpassionate.com