// Symfony 2
public function updateAction($id)
{
  $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getEntityManager();
  $product = $em->getRepository('AcmeStoreBundle:Product')->find($id);

  if (!$product) {
    throw $this->createNotFoundException('No product found for id '.$id);
  }

  $product->setName('New product name!');
  $em->flush();

  return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl('homepage'));
}

# Django
def updateAction(request, id):
    product = Product.objects.get(pk=id)
    # Product.DoesNotExist exception raised if not found
    product.name = u"New product name!"
    product.save()
    return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('homepage'))

6 Comments on “The more Symfony2 learn, the more I like Django”

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1. Schneck says:

   The title could also be “The more PHP-Frameworks I learn, the more I like Django”

   Posted on October 14, 2011 at 4:40 pm.

2. Carlos Escribano says:

   True, but I must admit that of all the frameworks I’ve tried, Symfony2 is the best. We are using it for the new version of Siwapp but is a big effort to learn how it works!

   Posted on October 15, 2011 at 11:58 am.

3. Carlos Escribano says:

   Definitely I like Django more than Symfony. I think the problem is the complexity of Doctrine and its tight integration with Symfony. Once upon a time an ORM that was powerful and not so complicated called Doctrine…

   Posted on December 29, 2011 at 11:15 am.

4. Carlos Escribano says:

   Of course, if I need a PHP framework I will use Symfony.

   Posted on December 29, 2011 at 11:16 am.

5. Alvaro Marcos says:

   Hi,
   We were on the road to symfony2 siwapp. Is there any work in progress? WE would like to collaborate.
   Thank you in advance…

   Posted on February 7, 2012 at 8:44 pm.

6. Carlos Escribano says:

   Álvaro, puedes acudir directamente a y unirte a los grupos de Google de usuarios y desarrolladores (sobre todo este último) y si ves que puedes aportar código, ideas, etc… adelante.

   Posted on February 9, 2012 at 11:35 am.