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Random things on PHP, Symfony and web development
The Drupal project announced way back in 2012 that they are adopting Symfony Components. At that stage the Symfony2 project was less than a year old. Today Symfony stands as one of the initiators of the contemporary PHP culture we have today, but the launch of Drupal in 2015 will push Symfony mainstream.
Drupal on avoimen lähdekoodin sisällönhallintajärjestelmä. Sen versiota 8 on työstetty pitkään. Se julkaistaan vihdoin marraskuun 19. päivä 2015.
Symfony is a collection of software components. It's also a framework to tying these components together to provide a base for all kinds of applications. As a backend framework the Symfony Standard Edition does not come with a default UI, but there are a number of options to create these.
A Micro Kernel was merged to the Symfony 2.8 branch on November 5th. This is an alternative to the traditional AppKernel used in applications built with the Symfony Standard Edition (SE) Distribution.
Let's study what is the difference between these Kernels and how they relate to PHP microframeworks like Silex, Slim and Lumen.
November of 2015 is shaping up to be an exciting month for developers working with the PHP language. Four significant projects are expected to be launched in the next thirty days: PHP 7.0.0, Symfony3, eZ Platform and Drupal 8.
Search is an integral part of many web applications today. In addition to displaying search results, many content listings and other key functionalities are nowadays powered by search technology. These functionalities are often provided by separate search engine software, a daemon that is running in the background.