Symfony Console App for Automated Invoice Generation
Build a command-line tool using the Symfony Console component that reads client and billing data, renders invoice templates with Twig, and generates PDF invoices with DomPDF, suitable for scheduled batch runs. Learners practice Symfony's console component, Twig templating outside a full web app, and PDF generation in PHP.
- Estimate
- ~8.5h
- Steps
- 5
- Completed by
- 0
- Proposed by
- codeseed.app
Symfony Console · Twig · DomPDF
Project roadmap
- 01
Set up the console application
~1.5hScaffold a Symfony Console app with a GenerateInvoices command.
- 02
Load billing data
~1.5hRead client and line-item data from a database or CSV source.
- 03
Build the invoice Twig template
~2hDesign an HTML invoice template rendered with Twig, injecting client and billing data.
- 04
Generate PDFs with DomPDF
~2hRender the Twig HTML output through DomPDF to produce a PDF file per invoice.
- 05
Add batch mode and logging
~1.5hSupport generating invoices for all due clients in one run, logging successes and failures.
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