PHP Frameworks and Symfony

Symfony

What is Symfony?➔a web application framework for PHP5 projects.

- Opensource, MIT license

- OOP

- MVC

➔by Fabien Potencier, SensioLabs (France)

- 2005. first version was released

- 2007. symfony 1.0

- 2011. Symfony2

- ATM Symfony 2.3.4 (LTS)

Framework➔A software framework is a

universal, reusable software platform to develop applications, products and solutions.

➔Why?➔ Avoid “reinventing the

wheel”➔ Use proven, tested code➔ Maintainability

➔When?➔ general vs. specific needs

➔ packaged software➔ CMS (content

management system)➔ framework

MVC (Model–view–controller)

➔The model consists of application data, business rules, logic, and functions.

➔A view can be any output representation of data, such as a chart or a diagram.

➔The controller mediates input, converting it to commands for the model or view.

View

ModelController

some Symfony features...

Support for multiple platforms

Scaffolding - for CRUD templates

multilingualism and I18N support

Database Engine Independent

cache management

Reasons to use Symfony1. Reputation

2. Permanence

3. References

4. Innovation

5. Resources

6. Interoperability

Installation: www.symfony.com

Download, Extract, Start

http://www.symfony.com/

What is inside?

Console Commands

Welcome!

Creating Pages in Symfony2

1. Create a route2. Create a controller

Routing (smart URLs )

✗http://cusearch09.com/user/upload/imageThumb.php?id=5&width=320

✔http://cusearch09.com/user/image/5/320

Controller

class HelloController

{

public function indexAction($name)

{

return new Response('<html><body>Hello '.$name.'!</body></html>');

}

public function successAction()

{

return new Response('<html><body>Process succeeded!</body></html>');

}

}

Modelclass Product{ /** @ORM\Id @ORM\Column(type="integer") */ protected $id; /** @ORM\Column(type="string", length=100) */ protected $name; /** @ORM\Column(type="decimal", scale=2) */ protected $price;

/** @ORM\Column(type="text") */ protected $description;}

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