My Favorite Symfony Console Commands

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Displays info about the current project. I use this command to check the version of symfony being used, the version of PHP being used, and whether or not Xdebug is enabled. I check Xdebug because when it is enabled, composer performance is greatly affected.

assetic:dump

Compiles and moves all assets managed by assetic (images, CSS, JS) to the filesystem. In my case, it compiles my LESS into CSS and moves it to the filesystem. I also use assetic to manage my JS files.

assetic:watch

Compiles and moves all assets managed by assetic (images, CSS, JS) to the filesystem as they are modified. I generally always have this command running when actively working in a LESS or JS file.

cache:clear

Clears the cache. This is particularly helpful and necessary when deploying changes to a Symfony production environment.

debug:router

Lists all available routes in the application. I use this to easily find a route name when generating a URL in a template or a controller.

doctrine:database:create

Creates a database using the default connection’s name. I use this command to initialize a database for my projects.

doctrine:generate:crud

Generates the create, read, update, and delete methods for a specified entity. I pretty much use this command for all of my entities as it is a huge time saver.

doctrine:generate:entities

Generates entity classes with attributes and methods bases on your database mapping information. I never manually create any class that maps to the database; I always create the database mapping first and use this console command to generate the entity class for me. This is a huge time saver.

doctrine:schema:update

Synchronize the database schema with the current mapping information. I use this command to quickly bring my database up to sync when, for instance, I add or remove an attribute from an entity. This command should only be used in pre-production versions of your app. For production environments, Doctrine Migrations should be used to change the database schema.

fos:user:change-password

Change the password of a user. I use this command to quickly change the password of a user for testing purposes.

fos:user:demote

Remove a role from a user. This command is extremely helpful when testing user permissions.

fos:user:promote

Add a role to a user. This command is extremely helpful when testing user permissions.

generate:bundle

Generates a new bundle. This command allows for quickly generating new bundles. I like it because it is interactive and therefore it is much less likely that I will forget a step when creating a new bundle. It can even register the new bundle in the AppKernel for you.

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