This week, the first beta of Symfony 6.1 was released in preparation for its final release in 6 weeks. Meanwhile, we published some blog posts about new Symfony 6.1 features, such as improved ExpressionLanguage syntax and the Locale Switcher. Lastly, the SymfonyWorld Online conference (June 16-17, 2022) announced its first speakers.
April 17, 2022
#A week of symfony
This week, Symfony celebrated the SymfonyLive Paris 2022 conference, one of the first official non-virtual Symfony conferences since the COVID-19 pandemic started. The next opportunity to meet the community in person will be the SymfonyCon Disneyland Paris 2022 conference on November 17-18, 2022. Meanwhile, we started publishing the New in Symfony 6.1 blog posts in preparation for its upcoming release.
April 10, 2022
#A week of symfony
This week, Symfony 4.4.40, 5.4.7 and 6.0.7 maintenance versions were released. Meanwhile, the upcoming Symfony 6.1 version added new features such as a Serializer profiler panel and a simpler bundle/extension configuration. Lastly, the SymfonyLive Paris 2022 conference will take place next week.
April 3, 2022
#A week of symfony
This week, Symfony development activity focused on fixing bugs, especially on the HttpClient component, and polishing the new features of the upcoming Symfony 6.1 version, such as the new local switcher. Meanwhile, SymfonyLive Paris 2022 conference is coming in just two weeks and SymfonyCon Disneyland Paris 2022 conference announced the last days of its early bird discounts.
March 27, 2022
#A week of symfony
This week, Symfony announced the merging of SymfonyCloud into Platform.sh. In addition, SymfonyCasts published the new (and free) Symfony 6 video tutorials. Finally, SymfonyCon Disneyland Paris 2022 conference announced the end of its early bird registration period.
March 20, 2022
#A week of symfony
This week, Symfony development focused on fixing bugs and finishing new features for the upcoming Symfony 6.1 version. One of those new features is a button to copy requests as cURL commands in the Symfony Profiler. Meanwhile, the SymfonyLive Paris 2022 conference, which will take place in just 4 weeks, announced its complete workshop and talk schedule
March 13, 2022
#A week of symfony
This week, Symfony 4.4.39, 5.4.6 and 6.0.6 maintenance versions were released. In addition, the entire schedule of SymfonyLive Paris 2022 conference was published. Finally, Symfony expressed its solidarity with Ukrainian people.
March 6, 2022
#A week of symfony
This week, Symfony announced that Symfony 6.1 will require PHP 8.1. This is needed to fix some issues related to PHP preloading. We also decided to extend Symfony 6.0 maintenance by an additional 6 months to give you more time to prepare the migration to PHP 8.1. Finally, Symfony announced the last talks and speakers for the SymfonyLive Paris 2022 conference.
February 27, 2022
#A week of symfony
This week, Symfony introduced the Twig 3 certification and updated the official Symfony book to showcase Symfony 5.4 and 6.0 versions. In addition, SymfonyLive Paris 2022 conference announced more speakers and more workshops.
February 20, 2022
#A week of symfony
This week, the upcoming Symfony 6.1 version deprecated the $defaultName property in Console commands and added a new cache:pool:invalidate-tags command to ease the management of cache pools. Meanwhile, we discussed about bumping PHP to 8.1 in Symfony 6.1. Lastly, we announced the first speakers of SymfonyLive Paris 2022 and the Call for Papers for the international Symfony conferences.
February 13, 2022
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