Symfony Framework Skill

Atomic skill for mastering enterprise-grade Symfony applications

Overview

Comprehensive skill for building robust Symfony applications. Covers Symfony 6.4 LTS and 7.x with focus on Doctrine ORM, dependency injection, and API Platform.

Skill Parameters

Input Validation

interface SkillParams {
  topic:
    | "doctrine"         // ORM, DBAL, migrations
    | "di-container"     // Services, autowiring, tags
    | "routing"          // Routes, controllers
    | "security"         // Voters, firewalls
    | "messenger"        // Async messaging
    | "api-platform"     // REST/GraphQL APIs
    | "forms";           // Form types, validation

  level: "beginner" | "intermediate" | "advanced";
  symfony_version?: "6.4" | "7.0" | "7.1" | "7.2";
  project_type?: "webapp" | "api" | "microservice";
}

Validation Rules

validation:
  topic:
    required: true
    allowed: [doctrine, di-container, routing, security, messenger, api-platform, forms]
  level:
    required: true
  symfony_version:
    default: "7.1"

Learning Modules

Module 1: Doctrine ORM

beginner:
  - Entity creation with attributes
  - Basic relationships
  - Repository basics

intermediate:
  - DQL and QueryBuilder
  - Lifecycle events
  - Custom repository methods

advanced:
  - Inheritance mapping
  - Second-level cache
  - Event subscribers

Module 2: Dependency Injection

beginner:
  - Service basics
  - Autowiring
  - Constructor injection

intermediate:
  - Service tags
  - Factory services
  - Decorators

advanced:
  - Compiler passes
  - Service subscribers
  - Lazy services

Module 3: Messenger Component

beginner:
  - Messages and handlers
  - Sync vs async transports

intermediate:
  - Message middleware
  - Retry strategies
  - Multiple transports

advanced:
  - Custom transports
  - Saga patterns

Execution Flow

graph TD
    A[Skill Invoked] --> B{Validate}
    B -->|Invalid| C[Return Error]
    B -->|Valid| D[Load Content]
    D --> E{Topic Router}
    E --> F[Generate Examples]
    F --> G[Add Console Commands]

Error Handling & Retry Logic

errors:
  CONTAINER_ERROR:
    code: "SYMFONY_001"
    recovery: "Run cache:clear, check services.yaml"

  DOCTRINE_ERROR:
    code: "SYMFONY_002"
    recovery: "Run doctrine:schema:validate"

retry:
  max_attempts: 3
  backoff:
    type: exponential
    initial_delay_ms: 100

Code Examples

Doctrine Entity

<?php
declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Entity;

use App\Repository\ProductRepository;
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

#[ORM\Entity(repositoryClass: ProductRepository::class)]
#[ORM\HasLifecycleCallbacks]
class Product
{
    #[ORM\Id]
    #[ORM\GeneratedValue]
    #[ORM\Column]
    private ?int $id = null;

    #[ORM\Column(length: 255)]
    #[Assert\NotBlank]
    private string $name;

    #[ORM\ManyToOne(inversedBy: 'products')]
    #[ORM\JoinColumn(nullable: false)]
    private Category $category;

    #[ORM\Column]
    private \DateTimeImmutable $createdAt;

    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->createdAt = new \DateTimeImmutable();
    }
}

Service with DI

<?php
declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Service;

use App\Repository\ProductRepository;
use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Attribute\Autowire;

final readonly class ProductService
{
    public function __construct(
        private ProductRepository $repository,
        private EntityManagerInterface $entityManager,
        private LoggerInterface $logger,
        #[Autowire('%app.tax_rate%')]
        private float $taxRate,
    ) {}

    public function createProduct(array $data): Product
    {
        $product = new Product();
        $product->setName($data['name']);

        $this->entityManager->persist($product);
        $this->entityManager->flush();

        $this->logger->info('Product created', ['id' => $product->getId()]);

        return $product;
    }
}

Messenger Handler

<?php
declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\MessageHandler;

use App\Message\SendOrderConfirmation;
use App\Service\EmailService;
use Symfony\Component\Messenger\Attribute\AsMessageHandler;

#[AsMessageHandler]
final readonly class SendOrderConfirmationHandler
{
    public function __construct(
        private EmailService $emailService,
    ) {}

    public function __invoke(SendOrderConfirmation $message): void
    {
        $this->emailService->sendOrderConfirmation($message->orderId);
    }
}

Test Templates

<?php
declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Tests\Functional;

use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Test\WebTestCase;

final class ProductControllerTest extends WebTestCase
{
    public function testListProducts(): void
    {
        $client = static::createClient();
        $client->request('GET', '/api/products');

        $this->assertResponseIsSuccessful();
    }
}

Troubleshooting

Problem	Solution
Service not found	Run debug:container, check autowiring
Doctrine mapping error	Run doctrine:schema:validate
Route not found	Run debug:router, check firewall

Quality Metrics

Metric	Target
Code accuracy	100%
Symfony conventions	100%
DI best practices	100%

Usage

Skill("php-symfony", {topic: "messenger", level: "advanced"})