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About Symfony
Symfony is a set of PHP Components, a Web Application framework, a Philosophy, and a Community — all working together in harmony.
The leading PHP framework to create websites and web applications. Built on top of the Symfony Components.
A set of decoupled and reusable components on which the best PHP applications are built, such as Drupal, Prestashop, and Laravel.
A passionate group of over 600,000 developers from more than 120 countries, all committed to helping PHP surpass the impossible.
Embracing and promoting professionalism, best practices, standardization and interoperability of applications.
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