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A series of posts showcasing the new features introduced by each Symfony version.

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In Symfony 4.2 we've deprecated some relevant features (like the base controller class and some console options) that you may need to update in your applications.
October 24, 2018 #Living on the edge
In Symfony 4.2 we added a new waitUntil() method which allows to control for how long the application waits for a process.
October 19, 2018 #Living on the edge
In Symfony 4.2, cookies are made secure automatically when the request uses HTTPS, making your application safe by default.
October 12, 2018 #Living on the edge
In Symfony 4.2, Form type extensions have been improved to simplify their configuration and to allow them to extend multiple form types using a single class.
October 10, 2018 #Living on the edge
Symfony 4.2 replaces the transChoice() method by the IntlMessageFormatter class which implements the MessageFormat standard.
October 5, 2018 #Living on the edge
Symfony 4.2 introduces a new VarExporter component to provide a better alternative to PHP's var_export() function.
September 27, 2018 #Living on the edge
Symfony 4.2 makes it easier to configure the samesite cookie attribute in several parts of the framework.
September 26, 2018 #Living on the edge
Using tables to display tabular contents in console commands are one of the most popular features of the Console component. In Symfony 4.2 we improved them with new features to display titles and set their maximum column width.
September 25, 2018 #Living on the edge
In Symfony 4.2, locks can be stored in PDO-compatible databases like MySQL, MariaDB and PostgreSQL.
September 21, 2018 #Living on the edge
In Symfony 4.2, in addition to service binding by name or type, you'll be able to bind services by type and name at the same time.
September 20, 2018 #Living on the edge