Hi, I’m Chris Hodgson, a Web Developer based near Sheffield. I mainly specialise in Symfony and Laravel projects but have also worked with ReactJs - see my skills & experience... In my spare time I like to go bog hopping in the Peak District.Url Formatter 26 Feb 2018
Format a string into a url and translate any characters based on a conversion table. Read full article …
Global Constants in Symfony 17 Jan 2018
Setting up a service to store global constants in Symfony. Read full article …
Bulk table updates using Doctrine DBAL via a Symfony Command 15 Jan 2018
Updating large numbers of records using Doctrine DBAL (not advisable using Doctrine ORM for performance reasons). Read full article …
Validation and persistence using Symfony and Doctrine 14 Jan 2018
Validating an entity using Symfony and persisting it using Doctrine. Read full article …
Pre-Persist Lifecycle Callbacks using Doctrine and Symfony 14 Jan 2018
Using a prePersist lifecycleCallback to automatically save the created at date when the entity is persisted for the first time. Read full article …
Accepting Arguments in Symfony Commands 03 Jan 2018
Passing optional and required arguments to a symfony command. Read full article …
Adding a User Confirmation step into a Symfony Command 03 Jan 2018
Symfony command requiring the user to confirm whether or not they wish to continue. Read full article …
Symfony Command Line Options 17 Dec 2017
Some useful command line options for the symfony console. Read full article …
Years and Months to Months Symfony Transformer 21 Nov 2017
Symfony transformer to convert between years and months entered via the form and months stored in the database. Read full article …
Twig extension to render Symfony Form Types 20 Nov 2017
Twig extension to render Symfony form types directly from a template. Read full article …
Validating Postcodes using a Symfony Constraint 16 Oct 2017
Symfony constraint validator to check a UK postcode and exclude British Forces postcodes. Read full article …