- Is denisyu-1/articulate-symfony compatible with Laravel?
- No. This package is a Symfony bundle for the Articulate ORM and does not provide Laravel service providers, Facades, Artisan commands, or Eloquent integration. Using Articulate in Laravel would require a custom bridge to register its EntityManager and Connection in Laravel’s container and map configuration. The TPM assessment rates Laravel integration as partial and moderate effort.
- How do I install denisyu-1/articulate-symfony?
- Run composer require denisyu-1/articulate-symfony. Symfony Flex may enable ArticulateSymfonyBundle automatically; if not, add it to config/bundles.php. Then create config/packages/articulate.yaml with your connection DSN, entity and migration paths, and cache settings. Finish by running bin/console articulate:init.
- What configuration does articulate-symfony need?
- The bundle uses config/packages/articulate.yaml. You configure connection.dsn (often %env(resolve:DATABASE_URL)%), user, password, persistent, entity and migration paths, cache pools, and logging. The DSN abstracts the database connection, but you still need to adapt it to your environment. The README includes a full example configuration block.
- Which Laravel versions does this package support?
- None. This is a Symfony bundle, so Laravel version constraints do not apply. There is no documented Laravel support matrix, and the package does not ship Laravel-specific configuration or commands. For Laravel, you would need to evaluate the underlying Articulate library separately and build an integration layer.
- Can I use Articulate ORM with Eloquent or replace Eloquent in Laravel?
- Not directly. Articulate is a context-bounded ORM with its own EntityManager, repositories, and migration commands. Replacing Eloquent would require rewriting repository patterns, migrations, and relationship handling. A hybrid approach, using Articulate for new bounded contexts and Eloquent for legacy code, is more realistic but still needs a custom Laravel bridge.
- What Symfony and PHP versions are supported by articulate-symfony?
- The README does not publish a support matrix, so check the package's composer.json for PHP and Symfony constraints before installing. It is built as a Symfony bundle and follows Flex and bundle conventions. Because adoption is low and the release is recent, verify compatibility in a staging app rather than assuming long-term support.
- How do I test a Symfony app using articulate-symfony?
- Use Symfony’s normal testing setup, such as PHPUnit or Pest, and inject the Articulate EntityManager into services under test. The bundle exposes Articulate\Connection for lower-level database work, so you can point tests at a dedicated test database DSN. The TPM assessment notes testing helper compatibility is unknown, so plan integration tests around migrations and repositories. Avoid assuming Eloquent-style factories.
- Is denisyu-1/articulate-symfony production-ready?
- It is a low-adoption package with a recent release and no community track record, so treat it as early-stage. The TPM assessment flags immaturity, unknown performance, and undocumented edge cases as risks. Benchmark Articulate against Doctrine or Eloquent for your workload and rehearse migrations. Use it in production only after thorough testing.
- What are alternatives to articulate-symfony for Symfony or Laravel?
- For Symfony, Doctrine ORM is the mature default; for Laravel, Eloquent is native. If you want Articulate’s context-bounded model, you can use the underlying Articulate library directly, but Laravel requires a custom bridge. Other alternatives include raw SQL, query builders, or lighter data mappers depending on your DDD needs. Evaluate maintenance and ecosystem support before choosing.
- How do Articulate migrations work in this bundle?
- The bundle provides bin/console articulate:init, articulate:validate, articulate:diff, articulate:migrate, and articulate:migrate --rollback. Command paths come from articulate.paths.entities and articulate.paths.migrations. These are Symfony console commands, not Laravel Artisan commands, so Laravel users would need to replicate the workflow. Configure migrations_namespace for your application.