Development of symfony 1.1 continues at fast pace. This week, helpers have been moved back in lib/ directory as they won't be converted to classes for symfony 1.1. Moreover, the way sfViewCacheManager deals with internal cache keys has been improved.

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Discussions about Google Summer of Code and urlencoding "/" character in URLs

Development highlights

r7722: [1.1] removed sfContext dependency for sfResponse
r7723: [1.1] added sfWebResponse::merge(), rename sfWebResponse::mergeProperties() to sfWebResponse::copyProperties(), added response in partial serialization (not used for now)
r7724: [1.1] changed sfWebResponse::*PartialCache() signatures
r7725: [1.1] fixed caching of partial and components (now with css, js, and slots support) (closes #2685)
r7726: [1.1] moved partial and component cache management to sfPartialView
r7733: [1.1] added a removeJavascript and removeStylesheet method to sfWebResponse (including unit tests)
r7741: [1.1] fixed routing cache when using default parameters such as sf_culture
r7742: [1.1] fixed propel tasks when using plugins
r7746: [1.1] fixed sfWidgetFormPropelSelect choices when cloning the widget
r7757: [1.1] moved back helpers in lib/ as they won't be converted to classes for 1.1
r7758: [1.1] added a flash notice in admin generator _list_messages.php (closes #2065)
r7759, r7760: [1.0, 1.1] fixed propel:build-model from propel:build-schema xml-file fails (closes #2712)
r7762, 7763: [1.0, 1.1] fixed web debug toolbar segfaults PHP when debugging using xdebug
r7764, r7765: [1.0, 1.1] fixed init-* tasks for Subversion on Windows, GIT, and Mercurial (closes #2506)
r7766: [1.1] added a 'rsync-dir' option to the project:deploy task (closes #3032)
r7769: [1.0, 1.1] Etag was not checking correctly the enclosing quotes (fixes #3065)
r7776: [1.1] added a content_type option to sfWebResponse
r7777: [1.1] changed auto_shutdown default value to be true for all factories by default, added a load_configuration option to sfRouting, renamed cache key for routing to avoid conflicts
r7778: [1.1] moved task registration to sfCommandApplication
r7779: [1.1] change sfRouting::generate() signature to allow optional parameter value
r7787: [1.1] Changed the way sfViewCacheManager deals with internal cache keys
- sfViewCacheManager::remove() accepts URIs with wildcards for any type of cache and is totally cache engine agnostic (works with sfFileCache, sfSQLiteCache, sfMemcacheCache, etc.)
- It is now possible to empty partial cache selectively
- It is now possible to empty contextual partial cache selectively
- It is possible to empty cache for all hosts and vary headers
Updated dwhittle branch: tweaked exception handling (to catch early exceptions better), fixed cache:generate + cache:optimize tasks
...and many other changes

Development digest: 69 changesets, 23 defects created, 20 defects closed, 8 enhancements created, 8 enhancements closed, 4 documentation defects created, 2 documentation defects closed and 9 documentation edits.

Book and documentation

Created Google Summer of Code 2008 page
Updated symfony 1.1 core classes, sfGuard plugin - extra documentation, How to install PEAR on windows with WAMP and symfony 1.1 UPGRADE guide pages
Advances in french translation of Askeet
Advances in polish and french translations of the book

Wiki

New Job Postings:
- Symfony + Senior PHP Developer @ IDG Communications Media AG - full-time based in Munich, Germany - Multiple positions for PHP Web Developer and Project Manager - Contact: kstaffetius [at] idgcom [dot] de
New symfony blogger:
- Mark Ng (website, feed)

Plugins

New plugins
- sfDocTestPlugin: adds DocTest support for symfony
- sfSubversionPlugin: adds two tasks (svn-checkout-plugin and svn-add-external-plugin) for installing plugins from Subversion repositories and symlink to the project web directory
Updated plugins
- sfDoctrinePlugin: updated documentation, added callbacks to object helpers, added ability to have sortable columns from model relationships in lists, fixed parse errors and sorting, added smart auto sorting for relationships, fixed relations syntax for admin generators, fix to sorting for relational columns, updated trunk to be able to use build-model task with 1.1
- sfPropelSqlDiffPlugin: updated documentation
- sfAdvancedAdminGeneratorPlugin: released 0.1.4 version (minor typo correction in _list_td_tabular.php, added object_input_auto_complete_tag(), added object_select_map_tag()) and 0.1.5 version (added multi-sort list)
- sfJqueryPlugin: fixed jq_submit_to_remote fails to fetch the formdata, added ability to use JSON data with remote forms
- sfSimpleBlogPlugin: fixed a bug with commenting
- sfMediaLibraryPlugin: fixed 1.1 compatibility
- sfGuardPlugin: updated 1.1 branch
- sfPropelActAsRatableBehaviorPlugin: updated documentation
- sfSuperCachePlugin: added support for cache lifetime
- sfPaypalLitePlugin: updated documentation
- adBlueprintPlugin: updated documentation
- sfGuardDoctrinePlugin: fixed routes for symfony-1.1 branch

Some new symfony powered websites

Affordable Resume Service, Inc.: specializes in helping career professionals achieve success starting with the critical first impression
Lyriance: (french, english) website of the french web agency Lyriance
bazar.co.id: Indonesia's Classified Ads Community (currently in beta status)
JobShuk: a marketplace connecting the world with English-speaking freelancers, small businesses, and service providers based in Israel for your outsourcing or tourist needs

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Published in #A week of symfony

A week of symfony #62 (3->9 march 2008)

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