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Symfony 5: The Fast Track is the best book to learn modern Symfony development, from zero to production. +300 pages showcasing Symfony with Docker, APIs, queues & async tasks, Webpack, SPAs, etc.

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Form Types Reference

A form is composed of fields, each of which are built with the help of a field type (e.g. a text type, choice type, etc). Symfony comes standard with a large list of field types that can be used in your application.

Supported Field Types

The following field types are natively available in Symfony:

Text Fields

Date and Time Fields

Other Fields

Field Groups

Hidden Fields

Base Fields

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