A week of symfony #439 (25-31 May 2015)

This week, the long-awaited Symfony 2.7.0 LTS version was released. In addition to including more than 100 new features and enhancements, it also provides early support for the PSR-7 recommendation about HTTP message interfaces.

Symfony2 development highlights

2.3 changelog:

• b6e0a92: [HttpKernel] check whether bundle's extension implements ExtensionInterface
• 64e9584: [HttpKernel] (CVE-2015-4050) do not call the FragmentListener if _controller is already defined
• 41adf22: [DependencyInjection] avoid unnecessary calls to strtolower()
• a3ee1c5: [TwigBundle] reverted refresh twig paths when resources change because of its performance impact

2.6 changelog:

• 504548e: [DebugBundle] fixed config XSD
• 415c79e: avoid using the app global variable in the profiler templates to make them usable outside the fullstack framework (for instance in Silex)

2.7 changelog:

• 266d53e: [Serializer] AbstractNormalizer::instantiateObject allow default values when not optional
• d546080: [Serializer] AbstractNormalizer::instantiateObject avoid null rejection
• e374274: added notes about deprecated warnings in 2.7

2.8 changelog:

• 0573f28: [Serializer] added support for array denormalization

Newest issues and pull requests

• [2.7] templating.helper.router is non-existent
• Symfony 2.6.8 Always Starting Session
• [Profiler] Keep only action name in the toolbar icon
• Embedded controller throws 404 for profiler
• [Security] Custom RememberMeServices 'template'
• Move debug:container command from FrameworkBundle to DependencyInjection component
• [Process] Start method returns null
• [FrameworkBundle] Separating Client- and Kernel-Testhelper from PHPUnit

They talked about us

• Why PHP and Symfony, and not Java?
• PHP and Symfony: Structure, Stability and Flexibility
• How to force file download from controller using BinaryFileResponse
• phpBB at Symfony Developers UK (London)
• Symfony Patches Flaw Causing Unauthorized Access
• What is Symfony in Drupal 8
• Symfony2 : DiscussionBundle
• Symfony2 Query Using Left Join on Two Tables
• Symfony - From Zero to Hello World
• Ambientes de desarrollo con Symfony
• Se publican las actualizaciones de seguridad 2.3.29, 2.5.12 y 2.6.8
• Actualizaciones de Seguridad en Symfony2
• Iniciando com Symfony 2 – Parte 09
• Авторизация для API с помощью токенов
• 【開発者向け Symfony2開発】データベース接続