David Buchmann

David Buchmann works at Liip AG as lead developer and Symfony coach. He is an open source enthusiast, co-author of PSR-18 and Httplug, maintainer of FOSHttpCache and contributor to the Symfony framework. When he is not coding, he enjoys travelling with his girlfriend, music and boardgames.

Montreal 2026 sessions

Building PHP Applications with the Symfony Framework in 2025

English session - Beginner

PHP and Symfony both evolved a lot in the last couple of years. I want to show you how I build applications in Symfony, touching various new functionalities of PHP and Symfony. With hands-on examples, I will demonstrate step by step setting up useful tools and building a modern PHP application, leveraging Symfony components.

Simultaneous editing: Easy with Symfony UX

English session - Beginner

You no longer need to build a separate frontend application in Javascript to build fast interactive web applications. Hotwire Turbo loads HTML and fragments asynchronously and with Turbo Streams you can even push changes from the backend to the frontend. Hotwire Stimulus complements Turbo with a neat tool to implement Javascript logic for the places where you still need it.

These tools are ready to use in Symfony with the Symfony UX component.