Are there any best practices or recommended approaches for using Symfony 2 with Joomla?

When using Symfony 2 with Joomla, it is recommended to create a custom Joomla extension that integrates with Symfony components. This allows you to leverage the powerful features of Symfony while still maintaining the functionality and structure of Joomla. One approach is to create a custom plugin or module in Joomla that interacts with Symfony controllers and services. 

// Example of creating a custom Joomla plugin that uses Symfony components

defined('_JEXEC') or die;

use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Reference;

class plgCustomPlugin extends JPlugin
{
    public function onSomeEvent()
    {
        // Load Symfony components
        require_once JPATH_LIBRARIES . '/vendor/autoload.php';

        // Create Symfony container
        $container = new ContainerBuilder();

        // Register Symfony service
        $container->register('custom_service', 'Custom\Service')
                  ->addArgument(new Reference('some_dependency'));

        // Get Symfony service
        $service = $container->get('custom_service');

        // Use Symfony service
        $result = $service->doSomething();

        // Further logic using Symfony components
    }
}

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