Category: Web Development
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Why I hate Python so much!!!
Python is all the rage these days for young hipster programmers. Somehow all of these companies have been fooled into using this HORRIBLE language for EVERYTHING. At this point Python is being ABUSED. Python is a cancer for software development. Python was never meant to do all of the things everyone is trying to force […]
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Linux cp command how to copy files to a directory excluding current directory name
So you want to copy files from one directory to another including all sub directories and files. It sounds simple at first. Say you have a directory with files named /directory1 and you want to move the files and directories within that directory to another named /directory2. How do you do this with the cp […]
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How to add a fulltext index in Doctrine with Symfony 5+
I had to google to find this answer on Stackexchange because I can’t find anything in the docs. Apparently this is something new so you don’t have to jump through the old circus hoops of the past. Apparently you can add a flags section like this to one of the index definitions of your Entity […]
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Symfony 5+ how to view dump output with AJAX requests
So the idea is to be able to use the Symfony VarDumper component to be able to dump values when sending an AJAX request and view them for debugging while in development mode, but not in production mode. Create a new directory To do this you will need to create an event subscriber and listen […]
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How to update Symfony minor versions
This is a work in progress. I’ll keep updating it with time. Most of my articles are for me so I can remember what I did and the problems I had and how I solved them. I’d suggest updating your composer packages more often than just when you are moving to a newer version of […]
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How to set application values for easy reuse in Symfony 5+
This article is a work in progress and will be further updated much more in the future. I don’t feel it is complete yet, I’d like to cover more details, more screenshots etc.. So how do you set/configure a value like an upload directory in one location in Symfony so that you can easily use […]
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Symfony Messenger vs EventDispatcher learn more
So maybe you are looking into how to use Symfony in a more Event Driven way. Or maybe you want to speed up your apps response time to users. Or maybe the article title sounds interesting so you are reading this. Under the hood Symfony has something called an EventDispatcher system. You can see this […]
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How to fix Composer GitHub API limit (0 calls/hr) is exhausted … errors
Programming Joke. How does a mechanic start their day? They go to work. They get their tools and start working. How does a carpenter start their day? They go to work. They pick up their tools and begin where they left off the previous day. How does a web developer start their day? They go […]
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How does Symfony decide what content type to return in a response?
This isn’t a real article it is a link to an article that explains this process. This way I can find this information again later when I need it and also google can find this question for others in the future and they can find the Symfony cast with the info they need. And…. this […]
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Why can only Symfony controller methods be auto-wired and not other services methods?
So when I first encountered this issue with Symfony I was baffled. Why can you auto-wire Symfony Controller methods but with Services (aka your other classes under src) why do you have to auto-wire only the constructor. I couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t auto-wire to the methods instead. Well, while working on deciding how […]