Prompting PHP and Symfony for Web Development

Turn AI Prompts into Production-ready PHP and Symfony ApplicationsBook DescriptionMost PHP developers learn by reading documentation and memorizing syntax before touching a line of real code. Prompting PHP and Symfony for Web Development flips that entirely. You build immediately, with AI as your tutor, pair programmer, and reviewer, following one execution-first loop from the very first chapter: prompt, run, verify, and iterate.Every chapter extends the same real application - a Feedback Inbox - so you never work on isolated exercises that disappear the moment you close the chapter. You build one complete, production-grade Symfony 8 application progressively, chapter by chapter, covering domain modelling with Doctrine ORM 3, REST APIs, access control, authentication, PHPUnit testing, security, and observability.The final chapter delivers something no competing PHP or Symfony book offers - a portable prompt playbook covering planning, implementation, review, testing, debugging, and deployment that you keep and reuse across every project you build after this one. By the end, you will ship production-ready Symfony applications with the discipline, confidence, and workflow of an experienced developer.What you will learn Build a complete production-grade Symfony 8 application from first prompt to live deployment. Use AI assistants critically by prompting, running, verifying, and iterating on every code output. Model domains and relationships in Doctrine ORM 3 with test-verified implementation from day one. Ship REST APIs and authentication workflows in Symfony 8 using disciplined prompt engineering. Write PHPUnit tests that serve as truth, rather than treating AI-generated code as evidence. Deploy and maintain a reusable prompt playbook for planning, debugging, and production workflows.Table of Contents1. Working with AI as a Developer2. A Reproducible Setup3. Your First Feature4. Reading Symfony in Motion5. The Data Model and Workflows6. The API Contract and Access Control7. Tests as the Truth8. From Local to Production9. The Prompt PlaybookIndex