Edmonds Commerce - Symfony Code Audit & Review
Overview
Architecture review, security assessment, and performance profiling. Understand your codebase strengths and improve weaknesses systematically.
What We Do
Professional code audits for Symfony applications. We analyse your codebase comprehensively, identify issues and opportunities, and provide actionable recommendations with implementation strategies.
Audit Scope
Architecture Review
Evaluate your application architecture for scalability, maintainability, and alignment with requirements.
Architecture Assessment:
- Layering and separation of concerns
- Service decomposition
- Database schema design
- Dependency management
- Design pattern usage
- Technical debt identification
Code Quality Analysis
Assess code quality, standards compliance, and maintainability.
Code Quality Metrics:
- Cyclomatic complexity
- Code duplication
- Test coverage
- SOLID principle compliance
- Design pattern usage
- Convention adherence
Security Assessment
Identify security vulnerabilities and compliance gaps.
Security Review:
- Authentication implementation
- Authorization strategy
- Input validation
- Output encoding
- Encryption usage
- Dependency vulnerabilities
- OWASP Top 10 assessment
Performance Profiling
Identify performance bottlenecks and optimisation opportunities.
Performance Analysis:
- Database query analysis
- N+1 query identification
- Memory usage patterns
- Caching strategies
- Response time analysis
- Load test results
Compliance Validation
Verify compliance with standards and regulations.
Compliance Checks:
- GDPR compliance
- PCI DSS (for payment processing)
- HIPAA (for healthcare)
- SOC 2 requirements
- Industry standards
- Best practices
Our Audit Process
1. Preparation
Understand your application and requirements.
Information Gathering:
- Codebase analysis
- Documentation review
- Architecture diagrams
- Deployment environment
- Performance baselines
- Business requirements
2. Code Analysis
Systematic codebase review.
Analysis Tools:
- Static analysis tools (PHPStan, Psalm)
- Code quality tools (PHPMD, PHP_CodeSniffer)
- Security scanners (Symfony Security Checker)
- Dependency analysis
- Manual code review
3. Performance Analysis
Profile application performance.
Performance Testing:
- Database query analysis
- Application profiling
- Load testing
- API endpoint benchmarking
- Memory profiling
- Cache effectiveness
4. Security Testing
Identify security vulnerabilities.
Security Testing:
- Vulnerability scanning
- Penetration testing (optional)
- Authentication/authorization testing
- Input validation testing
- Output encoding verification
- Dependency vulnerability checking
5. Reporting
Comprehensive audit report with findings and recommendations.
Report Includes:
- Executive summary
- Detailed findings
- Risk assessment
- Prioritised recommendations
- Implementation roadmaps
- Resource estimates
6. Remediation Support
Help implement audit recommendations.
Support Services:
- Architecture refactoring
- Security hardening
- Performance optimisation
- Code cleanup
- Technical debt reduction
Audit Deliverables
Executive Summary
High-level overview for non-technical stakeholders.
Covers:
- Overall health assessment
- Critical risks
- Major opportunities
- Business impact
- Resource requirements
- Timeline
Detailed Audit Report
Comprehensive technical findings.
Includes:
- Current state assessment
- Detailed findings by category
- Risk severity ratings
- Impact analysis
- Root cause analysis
- Recommendations
Recommendations with Roadmap
Prioritised improvement plan.
Features:
- Categorised by type (security, performance, quality)
- Prioritised by impact and effort
- Implementation sequence
- Resource requirements
- Timeline estimates
- Success metrics
Remediation Support
Hands-on support implementing improvements.
Services:
- Architecture refactoring
- Code cleanup
- Performance optimisation
- Security hardening
- Testing strategy
Common Audit Findings
N+1 Queries: Inefficient relationship loading leading to excessive database queries.
Missing Indexes: Database queries scanning full tables instead of using indexes.
Security Issues: Input validation gaps, insecure authentication, encryption weaknesses.
Code Duplication: Repeated logic that should be extracted into reusable components.
Test Coverage Gaps: Untested critical paths and edge cases.
Performance Bottlenecks: Slow endpoints or resource-intensive operations.
Architectural Issues: Tight coupling, violation of SOLID principles, poor separation of concerns.
Audit Technologies
- PHPStan for static analysis
- Psalm for type checking
- PHPMD for code metrics
- PHP_CodeSniffer for standards
- Symfony Security Checker for vulnerabilities
- New Relic for performance analysis
- BlackFire for profiling
- OWASP ZAP for security scanning
Target Audiences
After Acquisition: Understand what you've acquired. Identify risks and improve trajectories.
Before Scaling: Validate that architecture can handle growth.
Before Major Refactoring: Establish baseline before making changes.
Compliance Preparation: Prepare for compliance audits (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA).
Performance Issues: Diagnose and fix performance problems systematically.
Risk Levels
Critical: Security vulnerabilities, compliance violations, data loss risk. Immediate action required.
High: Architecture issues, significant performance problems, technical debt. Plan remediation.
Medium: Code quality issues, maintainability concerns. Plan systematic improvement.
Low: Best practice opportunities, nice-to-have improvements. Consider for next phase.
Improvement Timeline
Immediate (Weeks): Critical security fixes, compliance violations.
Short-term (1-3 months): High-priority architectural improvements, performance optimisation.
Medium-term (3-6 months): Code quality improvements, refactoring projects.
Long-term (6+ months): Major architectural changes, framework upgrades.
Related Services
Symfony Development: Implement audit recommendations and improvements.
Performance Optimisation: Specialised performance tuning beyond audit scope.
Security Hardening: Comprehensive security implementation.
Team Augmentation: Senior developers to guide improvement implementation.
Contact
Based in the UK, serving global clients. Schedule your code audit, discuss security concerns, or plan performance improvements.