Symfony blog posts for September 2024

This week, Symfony development activity focused on fixing bugs on existing branches: we provided a workaround for a parse_url() bug, updated the wcswidth data in the String component to Unicode 16, and updated ICU data to version 75.1. In addition, we published a security release to solve a potential Twig sandbox bypass. Finally, we published the full schedule of the SymfonyCon Vienna 2024 conference.

Learn the essentials of Symfony's Dependency Injection with Dave Liddament! Discover DI principles, how to configure the service container, and use Attributes for scalable, maintainable code.

SymfonyCon is already less than 3 months away! Find out more about the schedule to help you get organized for this exciting event!

Under some circumstances, the sandbox security checks are not run which allows user-contributed templates to bypass the sandbox restrictions.

This week, the upcoming Symfony 7.2 version focused on adding compatibility with Twig 4 and updating tests to support PHPUnit 10 and later versions. In addition, we published three new talks for the SymfonyCon Vienna 2024 conference.

Curious about what happens when you run a Composer update or why Composer 2 is faster? Join Nils Adermann to explore Composer's inner workings, hidden features, and exciting future plans!

Symfony UX turns 4 this December! Celebrate with Simon André as we review 2024’s new components and features, and get a sneak peek at what's next, including exciting surprises for 2025!

What happens when a crucial open-source package is abandoned? It could be your next challenge! Join Juliette Reinders Folmer to hear stories from an accidental maintainer and learn how you can make a difference

This week, Symfony 5.4.43, 6.4.11, and 7.1.4 maintenance versions were released. Meanwhile, the upcoming Symfony 7.2 version continued tweaking and polishing some of its new features. In addition, we published new talks for the SymfonyCon Vienna 2024 conference, including sessions on GraphQL, REST, and RPC and HTTP compression.