symfony-basic

title	Symfony Basic Setup
description	Symfony framework with PostgreSQL and Messenger queue worker
weight	4

Symfony Basic Setup

Full Symfony setup with PostgreSQL database and Messenger queue worker.

Quick Start

# Create new Symfony project
composer create-project symfony/skeleton .

# Or webapp for full-stack
composer create-project symfony/webapp-pack .

# Start containers
docker compose up -d

# Install dependencies
docker compose exec app composer install

# Create database
docker compose exec app php bin/console doctrine:database:create
docker compose exec app php bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate

# Visit http://localhost:8080

Services

Service	Purpose	Port
app	Web application	8080
worker	Messenger consumer	-
postgres	PostgreSQL 16	5432

Common Commands

# Symfony console
docker compose exec app php bin/console

# Clear cache
docker compose exec app php bin/console cache:clear

# Run migrations
docker compose exec app php bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate

# Create entity
docker compose exec app php bin/console make:entity

# Restart queue worker after code changes
docker compose restart worker

# View worker logs
docker compose logs -f worker

Messenger Configuration

In config/packages/messenger.yaml:

framework:
    messenger:
        transports:
            async: '%env(MESSENGER_TRANSPORT_DSN)%'
        routing:
            'App\Message\MyMessage': async

Production Notes

For production:

• Set APP_ENV=prod
• Set APP_DEBUG=0
• Use strong database password
• Consider Redis for Messenger transport
• Scale workers: docker compose up -d --scale worker=3