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# Symfony 3 certification guide



Collections of links based on the topics included in the Symfony 3.0 certification exam.



More info: https://sensiolabs.com/en/symfony/certification.html



Inspired by the Symfony 2.3 certification guide of [jmolivas] (https://github.com/jmolivas/symfony-certification-guide)



#### **PHP**

* Object Oriented Programming  

http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.php

* Namespaces  

http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.php  

https://knpuniversity.com/screencast/php-namespaces-in-120-seconds/namespaces

* Interfaces  

http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.interfaces.php

* Anonymous functions and closures  

http://www.php.net/manual/en/functions.anonymous.php

* Abstract classes  

http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.abstract.php

* Exception and error handling  

https://secure.php.net/manual/en/class.exception.php  

http://php.net/manual/en/language.exceptions.php

* Traits  

http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.traits.php

* PHP extensions  

http://php.net/manual/en/extensions.php

* SPL  

http://php.net/manual/en/book.spl.php

* Web security (XSS, CSRF, etc.)  

http://php.net/manual/en/security.php



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#### **HTTP**

* Client / Server interaction  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/http_fundamentals.html

* Status codes  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes

* HTTP request  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/http_foundation/introduction.html#request

* HTTP response  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/http_foundation/introduction.html#response

* HTTP methods

https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html

* Cookies  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/http_foundation/introduction.html#setting-cookies

* Caching  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/http_cache.html

* Content negotiation  

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Content_negotiation  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/http_foundation/introduction.html#accessing-accept-headers-data

* Language detection  



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#### **Symfony Architecture**

* Symfony Standard Edition  

http://symfony.com/distributions  

https://github.com/symfony/symfony-standard

* License  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/contributing/code/license.html

* Components  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/index.html

* Bundles  

http://symfony.com/doc/bundles/  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/bundles/best_practices.html  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/quick_tour/the_architecture.html#understanding-the-bundle-system

* Bridges  

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11888522/what-are-symfony-bridges-bundles-and-vendor

* Configuration  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/quick_tour/the_architecture.html  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/configuration/index.html  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/bundles/best_practices.html#configuration  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/bundles/extension.html

* Code organization  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/quick_tour/the_architecture.html#understanding-the-directory-structure

* Request handling  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/http_fundamentals.html#the-journey-from-the-request-to-the-response

* Exception handling  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/controller/error_pages.html

* Event dispatcher and kernel events  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/event_dispatcher/introduction.html  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/http_kernel/introduction.html

* Official best practices  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/best_practices/index.html

* Release management  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/contributing/community/releases.html

* Backward compatibility promise  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/contributing/code/bc.html

* Deprecations best practices  

http://symfony.com/blog/paving-the-way-for-symfony-3-with-the-deprecation-detector-tool



---



#### **Standardization**

* Release management and roadmap schedule  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/contributing/community/releases.html

* Framework interoperability and PSRs  

http://www.php-fig.org/psr/

* Naming conventions  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/contributing/code/standards.html#naming-conventions

* Coding standards  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/contributing/code/standards.html

* Third-party libraries integration  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/bundles/installation.html

* Composer packages handling  

https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#introduction  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/composer.html

* Development best practices  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/deployment/tools.html

* Framework overloading  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/configuration/override_dir_structure.html  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/bundles/inheritance.html  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/bundles/override.html

* Semantic versioning  

http://semver.org/



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#### **Bundles**

* Naming conventions  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/bundles/best_practices.html#bundle-name

* Code organization  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/bundles/best_practices.html#directory-structure

* Controllers  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/controller.html  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/bundles/best_practices.html#controllers

* The views  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/quick_tour/the_view.html

* The resources  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/best_practices/web-assets.html

* Overriding default error pages  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/controller/error_pages.html

* Bundle inheritance  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/bundles/inheritance.html

* Event dispatcher and kernel events  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/event_dispatcher/event_listener.html

* Semantic configuration and compiler passes  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/service_container/compiler_passes.html  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/dependency_injection/compilation.html



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#### **Controllers**

* Naming conventions  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/routing.html#controller-string-syntax

* The base Controller class  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/controller.html#the-base-controller-class

* The request  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/http_foundation/introduction.html#request  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/controller.html#the-request-object

* The response  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/http_foundation/introduction.html#response  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/controller.html#the-response-object

* The cookies  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/http_foundation/introduction.html#setting-cookies

* The session  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/controller.html#managing-the-session  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/http_foundation/sessions.html

* The flash messages  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/controller.html#flash-messages  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/http_foundation/sessions.html#flash-messages

* HTTP redirects  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/controller.html#redirecting

* Internal redirects  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/controller.html#forwarding-to-another-controller

* Generate 404 pages  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/controller.html#managing-errors-and-404-pages  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/controller/error_pages.html#customizing-the-404-page-and-other-error-pages

* File upload  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/controller/upload_file.html

* Built-in internal controllers  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/controller.html#the-base-controller-class



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#### **Routing**

* Configuration (YAML / XML / PHP & annotations)  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/routing.html#basic-route-configuration

* Restrict URL parameters  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/routing.html#routing-with-placeholders

* Set default values to URL parameters  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/routing.html#required-and-optional-placeholders

* Generate URL parameters  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/routing.html#generating-urls

* Trigger redirects  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/controller.html#redirecting  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/routing/redirect_in_config.html

* Special internal routing attributes  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/routing/extra_information.html

* Domain name matching  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/routing/hostname_pattern.html

* Conditional request matching  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/routing.html#completely-customized-route-matching-with-conditions

* HTTP methods matching  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/routing/method_parameters.html

* User's locale guessing  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/reference/forms/types/locale.html

* Router debugging  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/routing.html#visualizing-debugging-routes



---



#### **Templating with Twig**

* Auto escaping  

http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/tags/autoescape.html  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/templating.html#output-escaping-in-twig

* Template inheritance  

http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/tags/extends.html  

http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/templates.html#template-inheritance  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/templating.html#template-inheritance-and-layouts

* Global variables  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/templating/global_variables.html

* Filters and functions  

http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/filters/index.html  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/templating/twig_extension.html

* Template includes  

http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/tags/include.html

* Loops and conditions  

http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/tags/for.html  

http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/tags/if.html

* Urls generation  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/routing.html#generating-urls-from-a-template  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/templating.html#linking-to-pages

* Controller rendering  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/templating.html#embedding-controllers

* Translations and pluralization  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/translation.html#translations-in-templates

* String interpolation  

http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/templates.html#string-interpolation

* Assets management  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/best_practices/web-assets.html

* Debugging variables  

http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/functions/dump.html



---



#### **Forms**

* Forms creation  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/forms.html#creating-a-simple-form

* Forms handling  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/forms.html#handling-form-submissions  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/best_practices/forms.html#handling-form-submits

* Form types  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/forms.html#creating-form-classes  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/forms.html#built-in-field-types

* Forms rendering with Twig  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/forms.html#rendering-a-form-in-a-template

* Forms theming  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/form/form_customization.html#what-are-form-themes  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/forms.html#form-theming

* CSRF protection  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/forms.html#csrf-protection

* Handling file upload  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/controller/upload_file.html  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/reference/forms/types/file.html

* Built-in form types  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/reference/forms/types.html

* Data transformers  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/form/data_transformers.html

* Form events  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/form/form_events.html  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/form/dynamic_form_modification.html

* Form type extensions  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/form/create_form_type_extension.html



---



#### **Data Validation**

* PHP object validation  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/validation.html#the-basics-of-validation

* Built-in validation constraints  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/reference/constraints.html

* Validation scopes  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/validation/custom_constraint.html#class-constraint-validator

* Validation groups  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/validation.html#validation-groups

* Group sequence  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/validation.html#group-sequence

* Custom callback validators  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/validation/custom_constraint.html  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/reference/constraints/Callback.html  

https://knpuniversity.com/screencast/question-answer-day/custom-validation-property-path

* Violations builder  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/validation/custom_constraint.html#creating-the-validator-itself



---



#### **Dependency Injection**

* Service container  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/service_container.html

* Built-in services  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/service_container.html#debugging-services

* Configuration parameters  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/dependency_injection/parameters.html  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/dependency_injection/introduction.html#setting-up-the-container-with-configuration-files

* Services registration  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/service_container.html#creating-configuring-services-in-the-container

* Tags  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/service_container.html#tags  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/reference/dic_tags.html

* Semantic configuration  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/bundles/extension.html

* Factories  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/dependency_injection/factories.html

* Compiler passes  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/service_container/compiler_passes.html  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/dependency_injection/compilation.html

* Services autowiring  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/dependency_injection/autowiring.html



---



#### **Security**

* Authentication  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/security/authentication.html  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/security.html#how-security-works-authentication-and-authorization

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/security/index.html#authentication-identifying-logging-in-the-user

* Authorization  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/security/authorization.html  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/security.html#authorization

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/security/index.html#authorization-denying-access

* Configuration  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/reference/configuration/security.html

* Providers  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/security.html#where-do-users-come-from-user-providers

* Firewalls  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/security.html#firewalls-authentication  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/security/firewall.html

* Users  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/security.html#users

* Passwords encoders  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/security.html#encoding-the-user-s-password

* Roles  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/security/authorization.html#roles  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/security.html#roles

* Access Control Rules  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/security.html#access-control-in-templates  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/security.html#access-control-in-controllers

* Guard authenticators  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/security/guard-authentication.html  

https://knpuniversity.com/screencast/guard

* Voters and voting strategies  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/security/authorization.html  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/security/voters.html



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#### **HTTP Caching**

* Cache types (browser, proxies and reverse proxies)  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/http_cache.html#types-of-caches

* Expiration (Expires, Cache-control)  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/http_cache.html#expiration

* Validation (ETag, Last-Modified)  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/http_cache.html#validation

* Client side caching  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/http_cache.html#types-of-caches

* Server side caching  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/http_cache.html#gateway-caches

* Edge Side Includes  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/http_cache.html#using-edge-side-includes



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#### **Console**

* Built-in commands  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/console/usage.html#built-in-commands

* Custom commands  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/console.html#creating-a-console-application

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/console.html

* Configuration  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/console.html#configuring-the-command

* Options and arguments  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/console/input.html#using-command-arguments

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/console/input.html#using-command-options

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/console/console_arguments.html

* Input and Output objects  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/console.html#console-input

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/console.html#executing-the-command

* Built-in helpers  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/console/helpers/index.html

* Console events  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/console/events.html

* Verbosity levels  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/console/verbosity.html



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#### **Automated tests**

* Unit tests with PHPUnit  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/testing.html#the-phpunit-testing-framework

* Functional tests with PHPUnit  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/testing.html#functional-tests

* Client object  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/testing.html#working-with-the-test-client

* Crawler object  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/testing.html#the-crawler

* Profile object  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/testing.html#accessing-the-profiler-data  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/testing/profiling.html

* Framework objects access  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/testing.html#accessing-internal-objects  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/testing.html#accessing-the-container

* Client configuration  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/testing.html#testing-configuration

* Request and response objects introspection  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/book/testing.html#accessing-internal-objects

* PHPUnit bridge  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/phpunit_bridge.html

* Handling legacy deprecated code  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/phpunit_bridge.html#mark-tests-as-legacy



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#### **Miscellaneous**

* Error handling  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/controller/error_pages.html

* Code debugging  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/debugging.html

* Deployment best practices  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/deployment/tools.html

* Process  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/process.html

* Serializer  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/serializer.html  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/components/serializer.html

* Data collectors  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/cookbook/profiler/data_collector.html

* Web Profiler and Web Debug Toolbar  

http://symfony.com/blog/new-in-symfony-2-8-redesigned-web-debug-toolbar  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/reference/configuration/web_profiler.html

* Internationalization and localization  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/translation.html  

http://symfony.com/doc/3.0/best_practices/i18n.html