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Notes on senior PHP engineering, maintainable backend systems, Laravel, Symfony, Filament, Livewire, and practical business software.

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Symfony Routing and Controllers: A Beginner-Friendly Guide for PHP Developers

Routing and controllers are the foundation of every Symfony application. This beginner-friendly guide explains how Symfony maps URLs to controller methods, how to use route attributes, route parameters, HTTP methods, requests, responses, redirects, and JSON endpoints.

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Symfony for PHP Developers: Understanding the Framework and Project Structure

Symfony can feel different from other PHP frameworks at first, especially for developers coming from Laravel or custom PHP projects. This beginner-friendly guide explains what Symfony is, how its project structure works, and how to understand the main folders and files in a Symfony application.

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