Tag: symfony

Dynamic Form Validation in Symfony using Ajax

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Symfony has a great form validation system. The only downside is that it requires the form to be submitted in order to check for any constraint violations. And sometimes, that means that user experience will suffer. And other times, a form submission only for error detection is just not possible. For example, I like to open small forms in modal windows. In this case, submitting the form means closing the modal. And detecting the error and re-opening the same modal with the new information is a painful process. In order to handle all these cases elegantly, I have a small Ajax routine which dynamically checks form constraints while the user completes the form. I still have server-side Symfony validation in place, because one can easily get around JavaScript verification. Read More

Creating and Using Services in Symfony

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Services are little useful bricks that can be used almost everywhere in your Symfony application. If an object needs to be used in various Controllers then it should be written as a Service. In this short tutorial I am going to describe a simple implementation of Services, explain how to access the entity manager and other Symfony components inside a Service, and show a few examples of how Services can be called and used in Controllers and in Commands. Read More

Twig Macros

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Macros are to Twig what functions are to PHP. They help the developer reuse certain repeatable elements, and they give an additional clean and organized look to the final code. So here is a quick an easy Macro tutorial for Twig.

Aims of this tutorial :

  • Create a simple twig macro
  • Include it and use it in a template
  • Create a second macro that makes use of the first one

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Easy Multiple File Upload in Symfony using the CollectionType Field

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File uploads have always been tricky, and handling them gracefully and painless is a challenging task. Avoid duplicates, handle removal and replacing without leaving orphan files somewhere in the database or on the server, showing a nice interface to the user, avoiding the ugly standard grey upload button … a lot of things need to be taken into account when working with file uploads. Luckily, Symfony has some great mechanisms which allow easing the task. In this tutorial I will be describing how I handle multiple file uploads using doctrine events and collection type form fields. Read More