Create your own Symfony2 bundle

Tutorial of creating your own Symfony2 bundle

How to do?

1. Install Symfony

http://symfony.cn/docs/quick_tour/the_big_picture.html

2. Create a new empty symfony project

symfony new DemoBundle 2.3 

(2.3 is my symfony version)

3. Enter into the project directory

cd DemoBundle

4. Generate a new bundle

php app/console generate:bundle

this will ask you to answer questions. For Bundle namespace set to DataSpring/DemoBundle (CompanyName / BundleName).

5. Enter into the bundle directory

cd src/DataSpring/DemoBundle

6. Init your github repository

Create a new repository in your github first then run the following command lines:

git init 
touch README.md
git add .
git commit -m "initial commit"
git remote add origin [email protected]:YourAccount/DemoBundle.git
git push -u origin master

7. Add a composer.json file

In the src/DataSpring/DemoBundle/ folder, manually add a composer.json file.

or run

composer init

to get a simpliest file before changing it.

A composer.json file would look like so:

{
    "name": "dataspring/demo-bundle",
    "description": "Demo Bundle",
    "type": "symfony-bundle",
    "keywords": ["dataspring"],
    "license": "MIT",
    "homepage": "http://github.com/guobinqiu/DemoBundle",
    "authors": [
        {
            "name": "Guobin",
            "email": "[email protected]"
        }
    ],
    "require": {
        "php": "~5.3"
    },
    "autoload": {
        "psr-4": {
            "DataSpring\\DemoBundle\\": ""
        }
    },
    "extra": {
        "branch-alias": {
            "dev-master": "0.1.x-dev"
        }
    }
}

8. Add a MIT license file

In the src/DataSpring/DemoBundle/ folder, add a LICENSE file

https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

Your can borrow from the above licence reference as your own license content. Also see LICENSE

9. Create a controller and its routing

Controller Code:

<?php

namespace Dataspring\DemoBundle\Controller;

use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;

class DefaultController extends Controller
{
    public function indexAction()
    {
        return $this->render('DataSpringDemoBundle:Default:index.html.twig');
    }
}

In the src/Resources/config/routing.yml to add:

demo_index:
    path:      /index
    defaults:  { _controller: DataSpringDemoBundle:Default:index }

Notice that when creating your own bundle, Annotation way is not supported!

10. Tag/Release it in the Github

git tag -a VERSION -m "MESSAGE"
git push origin VERSION

or Release in Github

11. Put it in the Packagist

• Getting Started

• Submit your own bundle

• Install GitHub Service Hook to ensure that your package will always be updated instantly when you push to GitHub

Use it in another project

1. Add Composer Dependencies

Add it to the composer.json file:

{
    ...,
    "require": {
        ...,
		"dataspring/demo-bundle": "^0.1.4"
    }
}

Update the dependency

php composer.phar update dataspring/demo-bundle

or update all dependencies

php composer.phar update

or you can do this in one command:

php composer.phar require dataspring/demo-bundle

2. Enable the Bundle

class AppKernel extends Kernel
{
    public function registerBundles()
    {
        $bundles = array(
        	...,
            new DataSpring\DemoBundle\DataSpringDemoBundle()
        );
        ...
    }
}

3. Add into your project main routing file

data_spring_demo:
    resource: "@DataSpringDemoBundle/Resources/config/routing.yml"
    prefix:   /demo

4. Finally

Typing http://YourDomain:port/demo/index in your web browser to access!