📱 Symfony 7 + Firebase: Building Powerful Push Notifications

laurentmn

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Sep 13, 2025

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In this article I will develop the process how to implement a Mobile Notification from a back made with Symfony framework

This is the short promise of this article!

In fact, following the steps:

You will add push notifications to a Symfony 7 app.

You will support single-device sends, topic broadcasts, and large batches.

You will handle token rotation, errors, and background delivery.

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🧭 What this guide covers in detail

• Quick install and Firebase setup.
• How to send a push with Symfony Notifier bridge.
• How to build a production-ready sender with the Kreait PHP SDK.
• Batch sends, chunking, and error handling.
• Async delivery with Symfony Messenger.
• Device management and common use cases.

Key references. Symfony Notifier docs.

The Firebase Notifier bridge. Kreait PHP SDK docs.

FCM server limits and auth docs.

✅ Prerequisites