Living on the Edge
A series of posts showcasing the new features introduced by each Symfony version.
Filter by version: 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.0-4.4 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0-3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0-2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0
New in Symfony 5.2: Translatable objects
Symfony 5.2 introduces new TranslatableMessage objects which hold all the information needed to make full translations, simplifying both your backend code and your templates.
September 25, 2020
Javier Eguiluz
New in Symfony 5.2: Doctrine types for UUID and ULID
Symfony 5.2 provides new Doctrine types to help you work with UUID/ULID values in your entity properties.
September 24, 2020
Javier Eguiluz
New in Symfony 5.2: EventSource HTTP client
Symfony 5.2 provides a special HTTP client to listen to server-sent events, similar to what you can do with EventSource JavaScript objects.
September 23, 2020
Javier Eguiluz
New in Symfony 5.2: True colors in the console
In Symfony 5.2, Console applications can use 24-bit colors to define the text and background colors.
September 22, 2020
Javier Eguiluz
New in Symfony 5.2: Pseudo-localization translator
Symfony 5.2 adds support for pseudo-localization, a software testing method used for testing internationalization.
September 21, 2020
Javier Eguiluz
New in Symfony 5.1: Misc. improvements (Part 3)
Symfony 5.1 will allow to include the severity in ConstraintViolationList, will add a new mailer log handler and a new deprecation contract, and will enable "dark mode" in exception pages.
May 29, 2020
Javier Eguiluz
New in Symfony 5.1: Misc. improvements (Part 2)
Symfony 5.1 will include a stand-alone YAML linter command, a better RoundRobin mailer transport, a separate log channel for deprecations and support for tags/metadata in mailers.
May 28, 2020
Javier Eguiluz
New in Symfony 5.1: Misc. improvements (Part 1)
Some of the minor new features included in Symfony 5.1 will make your work easier, such as using constants for command exit codes, a better tempnam() function and customized random strings.
May 27, 2020
Javier Eguiluz
New in Symfony 5.1: Updated Security System
Symfony 5.1 includes a new Security system which simplifies the existing security features while giving developers more flexibility in a much more approachable way.
May 26, 2020
Javier Eguiluz
New in Symfony 5.1: Automatic schema updates
Symfony 5.1 automates the creation of the database tables required by some components to store their contents (Messenger, Lock, Cache, etc.)
May 22, 2020
Javier Eguiluz