Compiler passes are the mechanism provided by Symfony to manipulate the service definitions while the container is being compiled before the application execution. In Symfony 3.2 we introduced some new features for them.
July 1, 2016
#Living on the edge
In Symfony 3.2, we decided to augment the YAML format with a custom extension to support PHP constants. This feature provides feature parity with other configuration formats, such as XML.
June 30, 2016
#Living on the edge
Symfony 3.2 adds a new helper method to the base controller called file(). Its purpose is to simplify serving binary files.
June 29, 2016
#Living on the edge
The Cache component is a strict implementation of the PSR-6: Caching Interface standard. You can use it to cache arbitrary content in your application and some Symfony components use it internally to improve their performance.
June 28, 2016
#Living on the edge
This week, Symfony's development and merging activity was so intense that, for the first time in more than three years, the official repository achieved less than 100 pending pull requests. Meanwhile, the upcoming Symfony 3.2 version continued adding lots of new features, such as a new DateInterval form type, support for using PHP constants in Yaml files, a way to define compiler passes priorities and a brand new Workflow component.
June 26, 2016
#A week of symfony
This week, Symfony 3.1.1 maintenance version was released. Meanwhile, the upcoming Symfony 3.2 version added lots of new features, such as a way to dump the ExpressionLanguage AST, a new file() helper in the base controller, a simpler way to test commands and a tag-based invalidation mechanism for the cache . Lastly, a new SymfonyLive Chicago 2016 conference was announced for October 13-14.
June 19, 2016
#A week of symfony