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Wednesday November 04 2026
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Coming from Symfony Updated Markdown page
A guide for Symfony developers - what maps directly (front controller, kernel events, console, Twig-like templates, bundles) and what does not (container, routing, Doctrine, Forms, Security), the habits to keep and to…
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Concept dictionary: framework terms in Exponential Updated Markdown page
A lookup table from the words of Symfony, Laravel, Django, Rails, Express and Spring to the Exponential term, the class or setting that implements it, and the page that explains it - including the concepts that have no…
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Configuration: INI files instead of YAML, PHP arrays or .env Updated Markdown page
How Exponential is configured, for developers used to config/*.yaml, config/*.php, settings.py or application.properties - INI files in layers (defaults, extensions, siteaccesses, override), the order in which they win…
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Controllers: module views Updated Markdown page
Where a framework has controllers and actions, Exponential has module views - a view script or an Exponential\Runnable\ModuleView class that receives the address parameters and returns a result array - how to write one…
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Debugging, logging and errors Updated Markdown page
The Exponential counterparts of the Symfony profiler, Laravel Telescope and Debugbar, Django Debug Toolbar and framework loggers - debug output and the Exp debug bar, template path comments, eZDebug and eZLog, the log…
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Dependency injection and services: what exists Updated Markdown page
An honest answer to "where is the service container?" - the legacy kernel has none of its own; classes are found through a generated class map, singletons and handler classes named in INI settings; how to write testable…
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Environments and secrets: EXP_ENV and settings/override Updated Markdown page
The Exponential counterpart of APP_ENV, .env files, Rails credentials and Spring profiles - the EXP_ENV constant in config.env.php, settings variants per environment, what the environment name changes, where secrets…
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Events and listeners: ezpEvent Updated Markdown page
The in-process event bus of Exponential compared with Symfony's EventDispatcher, Laravel events, Django signals and Spring application events - notify and filter events, registering listeners in site.ini, the events the…
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Exponential for web framework developers Updated Markdown page
What Exponential is when you look at it with the eyes of a Symfony, Laravel, Django or Rails developer - a PHP application framework with a content model, permissions, templates and a server built in - which parts feel…
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Extension points: handlers, INI registration and overrides Updated Markdown page
Where framework developers register services, tags, listeners and plugins, Exponential registers extension points in INI settings, directories and designs - the nine registration mechanisms, a map of the most used…
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Getting data into templates: fetch functions and operators Updated Markdown page
Where a framework passes view models from the controller, Exponential templates can also pull data themselves - fetch functions declared in function_definition.php, template operators for formatting, and variables set…
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Forms and CSRF protection Updated Markdown page
How forms work in Exponential for developers used to form components, form requests and CSRF middleware - templates that write the form, module actions that read it, eZHTTPTool for input, ezformtoken's automatic token…
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Glossary for web framework developers Updated Markdown page
The Exponential terms a framework developer meets, in alphabetical order, each with a one-line definition, the nearest framework word and the page that explains it - from action and attribute to workflow and wash.
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Headless and decoupled front ends Updated Markdown page
Using Exponential as the content back end of a front end written in another framework - Next.js, Nuxt, a Laravel or Django site, a mobile app - what stays in Exponential, which API to read, rich text and images…
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HTTP caching and reverse proxies Updated Markdown page
HTTP-level caching in Exponential for developers who know Symfony's HttpCache, Varnish setups, Laravel response caching or Django's cache middleware - page headers for anonymous visitors from settings, the role-aware…
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Translations, locales and right-to-left Updated Markdown page
Internationalization in Exponential for developers used to Symfony Translation, Laravel's lang files, gettext in Django and Rails I18n - interface strings in Qt Linguist .ts catalogues, the i18n operator and…
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Middleware: request rules, input and output listeners Updated Markdown page
What takes the place of middleware, before and after filters and request listeners in Exponential - request rules that allow, deny, redirect, rewrite or log after URL translation and policies, the request/input and…
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Migrations and seed data: .dba schema files and packages Updated Markdown page
What replaces migration classes, seeders and fixtures in Exponential - database-neutral .dba schema files, ezsqldumpschema and ezsqlinsertschema, an idempotent install command, upgrade steps you ship, db_data.dba seed…
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Mixing Exponential and a framework Updated Markdown page
Patterns for projects that use Exponential and another framework together - Exponential as the content back end of a framework site, a framework service called from Exponential, Exponential inside Symfony through the…
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ORM and active record: eZPersistentObject Updated Markdown page
The Exponential answer to Eloquent, Doctrine, the Django ORM and ActiveRecord for your own tables - eZPersistentObject with a definition() array, fetchObject, fetchObjectList, count, store and remove, function…