The definitive guide of Symfony 1.2

Table of contents

Chapter 1. Introducing Symfony
1.1. Symfony in Brief
1.2. Fundamental Concepts
1.3. Summary
Chapter 2. Exploring Symfony's Code
2.1. The MVC Pattern
2.2. Code Organization
2.3. Common Instruments
2.4. Summary
Chapter 3. Running Symfony
3.1. Installing the Sandbox
3.2. Installing the symfony Libraries
3.3. Setting Up an Application
3.4. Configuring the Web Server
3.5. Troubleshooting
3.6. Source Versioning
3.7. Summary
Chapter 4. The Basics Of Page Creation
4.1. Creating a Module Skeleton
4.2. Adding a Page
4.3. Linking to Another Action
4.4. Getting Information from the Request
4.5. Summary
Chapter 5. Configuring Symfony
5.1. The Configuration System
5.2. Overview of the Configuration Files
5.3. Environments
5.4. The Configuration Cache
5.5. Accessing the Configuration from Code
5.6. Tips for Getting More from Configuration Files
5.7. Summary
Chapter 6. Inside The Controller Layer
6.1. The Front Controller
6.2. Actions
6.3. Accessing the Request
6.4. User Session
6.5. Action Security
6.6. Validation and Error-Handling Methods
6.7. Filters
6.8. Module Configuration
6.9. Summary
Chapter 7. Inside The View Layer
7.1. Templating
7.2. Code Fragments
7.3. View Configuration
7.4. Component Slots
7.5. Output Escaping
7.6. Summary
Chapter 8. Inside The Model Layer
8.1. Why Use an ORM and an Abstraction Layer?
8.2. Symfony's Database Schema
8.3. Model Classes
8.4. Accessing Data
8.5. Database Connections
8.6. Extending the Model
8.7. Extended Schema Syntax
8.8. Don't Create the Model Twice
8.9. Summary
Chapter 9. Links And The Routing System
9.1. What Is Routing?
9.2. URL Rewriting
9.3. Link Helpers
9.4. Routing Configuration
9.5. Dealing with Routes in Actions
9.6. Summary
Chapter 10. Forms
10.1. Form Helpers
10.2. Form Helpers for Objects
10.3. Form Validation
10.4. Complex Validation
10.5. Summary
Chapter 11. Ajax Integration
11.1. Basic JavaScript Helpers
11.2. Prototype
11.3. Ajax Helpers
11.4. Remote Call Parameters
11.5. Creating Visual Effects
11.6. JSON
11.7. Performing Complex Interactions with Ajax
11.8. Summary
Chapter 12. Caching
12.1. Caching the Response
12.2. Removing Items from the Cache
12.3. Testing and Monitoring Caching
12.4. HTTP 1.1 and Client-Side Caching
12.5. Summary
Chapter 13. I18n And L10n
13.1. User Culture
13.2. Standards and Formats
13.3. Text Information in the Database
13.4. Interface Translation
13.5. Summary
Chapter 14. Admin Generator
14.1. Code Generation Based on the Model
14.2. Administration
14.3. Generator Configuration
14.4. Modifying the Presentation of Generated Modules
14.5. Summary
Chapter 15. Unit And Functional Testing
15.1. Automated Tests
15.2. Unit Tests
15.3. Functional Tests
15.4. Test Naming Practices
15.5. Special Testing Needs
15.6. Summary
Chapter 16. Application Management Tools
16.1. Logging
16.2. Debugging
16.3. Using symfony outside of a web context
16.4. Populating a Database
16.5. Deploying Applications
16.6. Summary
Chapter 17. Extending Symfony
17.1. Events
17.2. Factories
17.3. Integrating with Other Framework's Components
17.4. Plug-Ins
17.5. Summary
Chapter 18. Performance
18.1. Tweaking the Server
18.2. Tweaking the Model
18.3. Tweaking the View
18.4. Tweaking the Cache
18.5. Deactivating the Unused Features
18.6. Optimizing Your Code
18.7. Summary
Chapter 19. Mastering Symfony's Configuration Files
19.1. Symfony Settings
19.2. Extending the Autoloading Feature
19.3. Custom File Structure
19.4. Understanding Configuration Handlers
19.5. Summary