Write SOLID Code & Impress your Friends

Well hi there! This repository holds the code and script for the Write SOLID Code & Impress your Friends course on SymfonyCasts.

Setup

If you've just downloaded the code, congratulations!!

To get it working, follow these steps:

1) Download Composer dependencies

Make sure you have Composer installed and then run:

composer install

You may alternatively need to run php composer.phar install, depending on how you installed Composer.

2) Database Setup (with Docker)

The easiest way to set up the database is to use the docker-compose.yaml file that's included in this project. First, make sure Docker is downloaded and running on your machine. Then, from inside the project, run:

docker-compose up -d

Congrats! You now have a database running! And as long as you use the "symfony binary" web server (described below), the DATABASE_URL environment variable will automatically be exposed to your web server: no need to configure .env.

For more information about this approach, see https://symfonycasts.com/screencast/symfony5-doctrine

2 Alternative) Database Setup (without Docker)

If you do not want to use Docker, you can also just install and run MySQL manually. When you're done, open the .env file and make any adjustments you need - specifically DATABASE_URL. Or, better, you can create a .env.local file and override any configuration you need there (instead of changing .env directly).

3) Database Schema

To actually create the database and get some tables, run:

symfony console doctrine:database:create
symfony console doctrine:schema:update --force
symfony console doctrine:fixtures:load

This uses the symfony binary, but symfony console is identical to php bin/console, except that this allows the DATABASE_URL environment variable to be injected if you're using Docker.

If you get an error that the database exists, that should be ok. But if you have problems, completely drop the database (doctrine:database:drop --force) and try again.

4) Start the symfony web server

You can use Nginx or Apache, but Symfony's local web server works even better - especially if you're using Docker for the database.

To install the Symfony local web server, follow "Downloading the Symfony client" instructions found here: https://symfony.com/download - you only need to do this once on your system.

Then, to start the web server, open a terminal, move into the project, and run:

symfony serve -d

(If this is your first time using this command, you may see an error that you need to run symfony server:ca:install first).

Now check out the site at https://localhost:8000. Enjoy!

Have Ideas, Feedback or an Issue?

If you have suggestions or questions, please feel free to open an issue on this repository or comment on the course itself. We're watching both :).

Thanks!

And as always, thanks so much for your support and letting us do what we love!

<3 Your friends at SymfonyCasts