Development with Symfony
Master the leading enterprise PHP framework and build professional, robust web applications
Presentation
This training immerses you in the world of Symfony, the PHP framework most widely used by companies and web agencies around the world. You will learn to design structured, secure and maintainable web applications by applying professional development best practices.
Through progressive exercises and a running project, you will master Symfony's architecture, database management with Doctrine ORM, security, forms and REST API development. By the end of this module, you will be ready to work on real Symfony projects in a company or as a freelancer.
What you will learn
- Symfony's MVC architecture and its ecosystem (Composer, Flex, bundles)
- Routing, controllers and Twig templates
- Database management with Doctrine ORM (entities, migrations, relationships)
- Creating and validating forms with the Form Component
- Security: authentication, role and permission management
- Building a REST API with JSON serialisation and JWT tokens
- Deploying a Symfony application on a VPS server
- Best practices: testing, debugging, performance optimisation
Why take this course?
Symfony is the reference choice for demanding technical teams. It structures the way you code, enforces best practices and prepares you to work on large-scale projects — locally and internationally.
Without Symfony, it is hard to:
- Join a professional PHP development team
- Build robust and scalable backend applications
- Understand and contribute to enterprise-level PHP projects
- Develop solid REST APIs consumable by front-end applications
This course is for you if:
- You are proficient in Object-Oriented Programming in PHP
- You want to work on professional, well-structured PHP projects
- You want to build complete web applications and REST APIs
- You are targeting a backend or full-stack PHP developer role in a company or as a freelancer
- You like to understand the architecture behind the code
This course is not for you if:
- You have not yet mastered OOP in PHP (start with the OOP module)
- You are specifically looking for a Laravel course
- You only want to do front-end development or build WordPress sites without coding
Openings
- E-consultant
- IT Project Manager
- PHP developer
- Backend developer
- Symfony developer
What you will learn in this program
Module 1 — Introduction to Symfony
Module 2 — Templates and user interface
Module 3 — Doctrine ORM and database
Module 4 — Forms and validation
Module 5 — Security and authentication
Module 6 — REST API
Module 7 — Testing and best practices
Module 8 — Professional project and deployment
Frequently asked questions
You must be proficient in Object-Oriented Programming in PHP: classes, objects, inheritance, interfaces, namespaces and Composer. If that is not yet the case, we recommend you take our "OOP in PHP" module first.
This module covers the Symfony phase of the programme, without the PHP Basics and OOP stages. It is intended for people who already have those prerequisites. The full programme starts from scratch and includes a 2-month internship.
Indirectly, yes. The MVC architecture, advanced OOP, Composer and patterns you learn here are fully transferable to Laravel. Moving to Laravel after this module will require little adaptation.
Yes, a running project accompanies you throughout the module. You will build a complete Symfony application by progressively applying the concepts learned at each stage.
The training uses Symfony 7.x, the latest LTS (Long Term Support) version, with PHP 8.x.
Yes. You pay the registration fee before the start, then you have the option to pay the remaining balance in 2 monthly instalments.