Example of a "play" script in Symfony 1.4

play.php

<?php
// web/play.php

// guarantee that we're load and proud
ini_set('display_errors', true);
error_reporting(E_ALL);

require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/../config/ProjectConfiguration.class.php');

$configuration = ProjectConfiguration::getApplicationConfiguration('frontend', 'dev', true);
$context = sfContext::createInstance($configuration);

// down here you can do anything

// create some object
$reportingObj = new WhateverReportingClass('foo');

// grab some stuff from the db
$product = Doctrine_Core::getTable('Product')->createQuery('p')->fetchOne();

var_dump($reportingObj->reportOnSomething($product));