Building REST APIs with Symfony PHP Framework

Symfony Overview

Symfony is a PHP framework that provides reusable components and tools for building robust APIs.

Creating Symfony Project

# Install Symfony
composer create-project symfony/skeleton my-api

# Install API Platform
composer require api

Entity Definition

namespace AppEntity;

use ApiPlatformCoreAnnotationApiResource;
use DoctrineORMMapping as ORM;

#[ApiResource]
#[ORMEntity]
class User
{
    #[ORMId]
    #[ORMGeneratedValue]
    #[ORMColumn]
    private ?int $id = null;
    
    #[ORMColumn]
    private string $name;
}

Best Practices

• Use API Platform for rapid development
• Implement proper validation
• Use Doctrine ORM for database
• Implement security properly
• Use serialization groups