xm/starter_symfony_4

Starter for creating Symfony 4/5/6 sites at XM Media

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README

Used to create new projects using Symfony 7 at XM Media.

Dev: https://symfonystarter.lndo.site @todo-symfony
Staging: @todo-symfony
Production: @todo-symfony

Setting Up a New Site

Note: Make sure your git configuration is set to use the correct line endings: git config --global core.autocrlf input && git config --global core.eol lf

  1. Create a new project: 
    composer create-project xm/starter_symfony_4 project-name --stability=dev --no-install --remove-vcs
    To run this, Composer needs to be installed globally. If you don't have Composer installed, follow the instructions at getcomposer.org/download.
  2. Copy .env.local-default to .env.local and update the values where there are @todo-symfony comments.
  3. Update composer.json: name, license (likely private) and description
  4. Update package.json: name, version, git.url, license (probably delete), private
  5. Update the port in vite.config.js (server.port and server.origin)
  6. Remove or update the LICENSE file.
  7. Composer install & update: lando composer install && lando composer update (or remove lando to run without Lando or without memory limit: php -d memory_limit=-1 /usr/local/bin/composer update)
  8. Run yarn && yarn up -R "**".
  9. Run yarn dev or yarn build (for production) to compile JS & CSS files.
  10. Give executable perms to bin dir: chmod u+x bin/* (helpful, but optional)
  11. Run/Start Lando site: lando start
  12. Create database with event streams & projections tables from db_create.sql using lando db-import db_create_sql.
    • If possible, set database collation to utf8mb4_bin: ALTER DATABASE <database_name> CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin;
  13. Create the required event streams with the command: bin/console event-store:event-stream:create user && bin/console event-store:event-stream:create auth (or if using lando: lando console event-store:event-stream:create user && lando console event-store:event-stream:create auth).
  14. Run all projections once: bin/console event-store:projection:run user_projection -o && bin/console event-store:projection:run auth_projection -o (or if using lando: lando console event-store:projection:run user_projection -o && lando console event-store:projection:run auth_projection -o).
  15. Create a user bin/console app:user:add (select role ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN) (or if using lando: lando console app:user:add).
  16. Find and make changes near @todo-symfony comments throughout the site.
  17. Delete starter files: README.md (or update) and TEMPLATES.md.
  18. Optional: Run composer test – will install PHPUnit & run PHP tests
  19. Create new favicons: realfavicongenerator.net
  20. Copy (use "Push to another server") or recreate the templates in Postmark. The templates are referenced by the aliases.
  21. Optional: Run bin/console app:graphql:dump-schema <username> to update the GraphQL schema file where username is the email of an admin user.
  22. Optional: Rename the project in PhpStorm.
  23. Optional: Run npx @sentry/wizard@latest -i sourcemaps to configure Sentry to upload source maps for the frontend.

Local dev site can be accessed at: https://[domain]/

Setting Up Starter

  1. Checkout the repo.
  2. Copy .env.local-default to .env.local and update the values where there are @todo-symfony comments.
  3. Run/Start Lando site: lando start
  4. Composer install: lando composer install or composer install to run without Lando.
  5. Ensure correct node version: nvm use
  6. Run yarn.
  7. Run yarn dev or yarn build (for production) to compile JS & CSS files.
  8. Give executable perms to bin dir: chmod u+x bin/* (helpful, but optional)
  9. Create database with event streams & projections tables from db_create.sql using lando db-import db_create_sql.
    • If possible, set database collation to utf8mb4_bin: ALTER DATABASE <database_name> CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin; This can be done through PhpMyAdmin (link provided by lando start command above or lando info)
  10. Create the required event streams with the command: bin/console event-store:event-stream:create user && bin/console event-store:event-stream:create auth (or if using Lando: lando console event-store:event-stream:create user && lando console event-store:event-stream:create auth).
  11. Run all projections once: bin/console event-store:projection:run user_projection -o && bin/console event-store:projection:run auth_projection -o (or if using lando: lando console event-store:projection:run user_projection -o && lando console event-store:projection:run auth_projection -o).
  12. Create a user bin/console app:user:add (select role ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN) (or if using Lando: lando console app:user:add).
  13. Optional: Run composer test – will install PHPUnit & run PHP tests – or lando composer test if using Lando.
  14. Run bin/check to run all code tests/checks.

**Local dev site can be accessed at: https://symfonystarter.lndo.site

System Requirements

Server

  • PHP 8.3
  • MySQL 8.0

Locally for Development

Commands

  • Check all code: bin/check
  • Production JS/CSS build: yarn build
  • Dev JS/CSS build: yarn dev (recommended command: nvm use && yarn && yarn dev)
  • Preview production JS/CSS build: yarn preview
  • JS Tests (Jest): yarn test:unit
  • Linting:
    • JS (ESLint): yarn lint:js or yarn lint:js:fix
    • CSS: yarn lint:css or yarn lint:css:fix
  • Install PHP packages: lando composer install or composer install
  • Install JS packages: yarn
  • PHP Tests (PhpUnit):
    • lando composer test or composer test
    • no memory limit php -d memory_limit=-1 bin/phpunit
    • with coverage (HTML) composer test:coverage
    • show deprecations composer test:deprecations
  • PHP CS: (must be installed first)
    • Dry run: lando composer cs or composer cs
    • Fix: lando composer cs:fix or composer cs:fix
  • PHP Static Analysis (PHPStan): lando composer static or composer static
  • Projections:
    • Show all commands: bin/console event-store:projection
    • Run once: bin/console event-store:projection:run user_projection -o
  • Makers (PHP):
    • Make aggregate root/model: bin/console make:model
    • Make projection: bin/console make:projection
  • Upgrade JS packages: yarn up -R "**"
    • Upgrade a specific package: yarn up -R "package-name"
    • Upgrade major versions: yarn upgrade-interactive (ctrl+c to exit without changes)

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