Installation

Run this command to install and enable this bundle in your application:

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$ composer require --dev symfony/maker-bundle

Usage

This bundle provides several commands under the make: namespace. List them all executing this command:

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$ php bin/console list make

 make:command            Creates a new console command class
 make:controller         Creates a new controller class
 make:entity             Creates a new Doctrine entity class

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 make:validator          Creates a new validator and constraint class
 make:voter              Creates a new security voter class

The names of the commands are self-explanatory, but some of them include optional arguments and options. Check them out with the --help option:

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$ php bin/console make:controller --help

Configuration

This bundle doesn't require any configuration. But, you can configure the root namespace that is used to "guess" what classes you want to generate:

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# config/packages/dev/maker.yaml
# create this file if you need to configure anything
maker:
    # tell MakerBundle that all of your classes live in an
    # Acme namespace, instead of the default App
    # (e.g. Acme\Entity\Article, Acme\Command\MyCommand, etc)
    root_namespace: 'Acme'

Creating your Own Makers

In case your applications need to generate custom boilerplate code, you can create your own make:... command reusing the tools provided by this bundle. To do that, you should create a class that extends AbstractMaker in your src/Maker/ directory. And this is really it!

For examples of how to complete your new maker command, see the core maker commands. Make sure your class is registered as a service and tagged with maker.command. If you're using the standard Symfony services.yaml configuration, this will be done automatically.

Overriding the Generated Code

Generated code can never be perfect for everyone. The MakerBundle tries to balance adding "extension points" with keeping the library simple so that existing commands can be improved and new commands can be added.

For that reason, in general, the generated code cannot be modified. In many cases, adding your own maker command is so easy, that we recommend that. However, if there is some extension point that you'd like, please open an issue so we can discuss!