I am using Symfony 2.8.8. framework and am quite hooked onto it for developing my first web application. The symfony book is very useful. I am on the database and doctrine chapter.
The question I have is: Is there a simple way to know that the database is functional and symfony is able to connect to the database before writing the doctrine class files that generate the database/entities?
I am using the following environment:
PHP: 5.5.38 cli,
SYMFONY: 2.8.8,
DATABASE: mariadb 10.0.17 installed through XAMPP v5.6.23. launched using XAMPP control panel 3.2.2,
WEBSERVER: php internal web server with loading of php.ini file.
INI:php.ini uncommented extension=php_mysql.dll, extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll. Updated parameters.yml to point to hosted mariadb.Updated config.yml to use pdo_mysql driver
OS: windows 7