Symfony2 Framework Certification

About the exam

• The exam currently covers the Symfony 2.1.x version.
• You must come with a valid ID card or passport when taking the certification exam.

PHP

• Object Oriented Programming
• Namespaces
• Interfaces
• Lambda / Closures
• Abstract classes

HTTP

• Client / Server interactions
• Request
• Response
• Status Codes

The Symfony2 Architecture

• Symfony2 Standard Edition
• Components
• Bundles
• Bridges
• Configuration
• Code organization
• Request handling

Standardization

• Naming conventions
• Coding standards
• Third party libraries integration
• Composer library support
• Best practices
• Overriding the framework

Bundles Best Practices

• Naming conventions
• Code organization
• Controllers
• Templates
• Resources

Controllers

• Naming conventions
• Reading the request
• Generating the response
• Cookies
• Sessions
• Flash messages
• Redirects
• Forwards
• Generating 404 pages

Routing

• Configuration (YAML / XML / PHP and annotations)
• Requirements
• Default parameters values
• Generating URLs
• Redirects

Twig

• Automatic escaping
• Template inheritance
• Functions
• Filters
• Template inclusion
• Control structures (loops and conditions)
• Generating urls
• Rendering an action
• Translating messages

Forms

• Designing a form
• Processing a form
• Built-in field types
• Rendering a form (Twig)
• CSRF protection

Validation

• PHP object validation
• Built-in constraints
• Constraints scopes
• Validation groups

Dependency Injection

• The service container
• Configuration parameters
• Built-in services
• Adding services
• Tags
• Semantic configuration

Security

• Authentication
• Authorization
• Configuration
• Providers
• Firewalls
• Users
• Encoders
• Roles
• Access control

HTTP Caching

• Kind of caches (browsers, proxies, reverse proxies)
• Expiration (Expires, Cache-Control)
• Validation (ETag, Last-Modified)
• Reverse proxy caching
• Edge Side Includes

Command Line Interface

• Built-in commands
• Custom commands
• Configuration
• Options and arguments
• Input and output

Automated testing

• Unit testing with PHPUnit
• Functional testing
• The Client object
• The Crawler object
• The Profile object
• Accessing internal objects
• Configuring the client
• Accessing the request and the response

Miscealleanous

• Errors management
• Debugging code