Sports Event Management Platform

The challenge

Local sports communities needed a platform to organize events, manage teams, track statistics, and share achievements.

What I built

Built a comprehensive sports event management platform with Symfony backend and Angular frontend, featuring social media capabilities for local sports enthusiasts.

Results

• Social media platform for local sports communities
• Event organization and team management system
• Statistics tracking and performance analytics
• Social sharing and community engagement features

Tech stack

• Symfony
• Angular
• MySQL
• PHP
• REST API

Code sketch

A simplified illustration of the core logic, not production code.

// Sports Event Management Controller
<?php
namespace App\Controller;

use App\Entity\Event;
use App\Entity\Team;
use App\Service\StatisticsService;
use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\AbstractController;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;

class EventController extends AbstractController
{
    private $statisticsService;
    
    public function __construct(StatisticsService $statisticsService)
    {
        $this->statisticsService = $statisticsService;
    }
    
    /**
     * @Route("/api/events", methods={"POST"})
     */
    public function createEvent(Request $request): Response
    {
        $data = json_decode($request->getContent(), true);
        
        $event = new Event();
        $event->setName($data['name']);
        $event->setDate(new \DateTime($data['date']));
        $event->setSport($data['sport']);
        $event->setLocation($data['location']);
        $event->setOrganizer($this->getUser());
        
        // Add participating teams
        foreach ($data['teams'] as $teamData) {
            $team = $this->getDoctrine()
                ->getRepository(Team::class)
                ->find($teamData['id']);
            $event->addTeam($team);
        }
        
        $entityManager = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
        $entityManager->persist($event);
        $entityManager->flush();
        
        return $this->json([
            'success' => true,
            'event_id' => $event->getId(),
            'message' => 'Event created successfully'
        ]);
    }
    
    /**
     * @Route("/api/events/{id}/results", methods={"POST"})
     */
    public function updateEventResults(int $id, Request $request): Response
    {
        $event = $this->getDoctrine()
            ->getRepository(Event::class)
            ->find($id);
            
        $results = json_decode($request->getContent(), true);
        
        // Update event results
        $event->setResults($results);
        $event->setStatus('completed');
        
        // Update team statistics
        $this->statisticsService->updateTeamStats($event, $results);
        
        // Create social media post
        $this->createSocialPost($event, $results);
        
        $entityManager = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
        $entityManager->flush();
        
        return $this->json(['success' => true]);
    }
}