This book introduces you to symfony, the leading framework for PHP developers, show you how to use many features to develop web applications faster and more efficient, even if you only know a little PHP. The book also covers framework installation and configuration, and shows you how to build pages, deal with templates, manage requests and sessions, and communicate with databases and servers. And because it is often the framework of improving the performance-related debate, this book will provide many tips and techniques to monitor and improve the performance of your applications, from caching to expert configuration tweaks. Always wanted to offer practical instruction, the author includes many code examples, expert tips, best practices, and illustrations in this book, with the aim of providing resources that meet the educational needs of symfony rapidly growing user community.