We've just released a new beta version of symfony 1.1. This is the first true beta release, meaning that the API of the new features is not subject to change. It should put a stop to the addition of major functionality and internal refactoring. The next weeks will focus on testing, debugging and documenting the framework, with a target stable release in a month or two from now.
For those who didn't follow the timeline of 1.1 developments, here is a quick overview of the additions and improvements this new version offers over symfony 1.0:
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Overall, that's not too many new features for more than a year in development. But the real beauty is in the inside. Symfony 1.1 is a major step in code extensibility. The decoupling of classes has touched every part of the framework. A large part of the job turns around a new event manager inspired by Cocoa. Also, almost every key feature of the framework is now controlled by a factory, so you can hack symfony into doing whatever you like. Not to mention that the code is more beautiful than ever - for those who can see beauty in code...
And to finish with a more general view of the code, the number of unit tests has been doubled (from 4,000 to more than 8,000). And all the bugfixes in symfony 1.0 were backported to symfony 1.1. That means that symfony is more robust than ever, and that you can use it for all your web application projects with your eyes closed.
So now you may ask: "What's the tradeoff?" You probably expect migration problems and expensive upgrade for your applications. Be reassured: Symfony 1.1 is backward compatible with symfony 1.0. That means that:
- 98% of your application code will work without modification
- 1.9% of your application code will be changed automatically by the upgrade 1.1 task
- 0.1% of your application code will have to be changed by hand, and the upgrade 1.1 task will tell you where and how to do it
If you want to give it a try, go ahead and download symfony 1.1:
- Download a 1.1 sandbox
- Or do a Subversion checkout: svn co http://svn.symfony-project.com/tags/RELEASE_1_1_0_BETA2 .
- Or install the PEAR package: pear install symfony/symfony-beta
Don't forget to read the UPGRADE file - this is really important.
We will soon announce the next symfony Sprint, a day where all the community gathers to add documentation, write tests, fix bugs, and fill the gaps. And this time, the Sprint will also be an occasion to upgrade your application to symfony 1.1, with free online support from Sensio for the whole day. Keep your eyes open for upcoming news!
That's the best news since symfony 1.0 ;)
been waiting for a stable beta.. excellent work to the whole team :)
Great news to all symfony developers. I am eager to play with the new features but afraid to upgrade the development server which contains many symfony 1.0 projects. :-)
Great news
Keep up the good work - symfony rocks
Nice, than you; Is the sfDoctrine plugin already fully compatible orr will this come later?
Great job guys!!!
Symfony just kicks ass.
The new features sound awesome. I can't wait to get my hands on the new version. Are there already any detailed docs available? Maybe I'm just too blind but i couldn't figure out the differences between the 1.0 and 1.1 online documentation ;)
Looking forward to 1.1!
Francois, it's really wonderful! Only one question, what gives with symfony performence time?
François for president !!!
Sounds great...
but it seems admin generator is still 1.0-based. Is it planned to be rewritten usgin 1.1 version ?
If not, it will be hard to maintain an application written 2 different standards...
Hope Symfony team will answer this.
Sounds great...
but it seems admin generator is still 1.0-based. Is it planned to be rewritten usgin 1.1 version ?
If not, it will be hard to maintain an application written 2 different standards...
Hope Symfony team will answer this.
I am a happy man ...
Congratulations! :)
Thank you!
Great Job...!!
So many feature and changes...
Why didn't you call it Symfony 2.0 ???
Good job guys ;)
I hope I could use this new Symfony version for my new projects :D
PHP and Symfony rocks !
wow it's amazing...
Great news for all symfony developers.. Symfony rocks !
excellent!!
great i hope this will be stable soon ^^
These are great news, thanks for all the devoted work on this awesome framework.
A quick question, is it possible to use dashes, underlines, or commas in this new routing system?
Just breathtaking.
Thank you!
Is it updated also the crud code generation? I mean the 1.0 version creates action code and template code using object form helpers that in 1.1 are deprecated in favor to the new form system
Is pear install working for anyone?
Package Version pake 1.1.4 sfEzpdo -n/a- symfony 1.0.12
$ pear install symfony/symfony Ignoring installed package symfony/symfony Nothing to install
(after channel-update)
i hope the upcoming sprint will concentrate on documentation the most, in order to make possible for not so experienced users to upgrade from 1.0.x to 1.1
Thanks guys. Just did my PEAR upgrade and it has come in. :-)
Lovely, thanks chaps. I shall use the beta for a subsection of my new project, and I dare say if it all goes to plan, the rest will be converted to 1.1 too!
Some problem for my - downloaded sandbox, created schema.yml, do propel-build-all, then propel-insert-sql and propel-generate-crud. Everything created and available. But then i try to create record from crud interface, error message appeared - csrf token: Required.
what can i do?
congratulations for the great work!!!
Is there any page documenting how to use the new features?
Bingo..! I have been waiting for this release since long. Many congratulations to Symfony Team. http://blogs.digitss.com/
any new things in the admin generator?
Thanks so much guys! I've been working with 1.1-DEV for a good three months now following closely how it evolves and I love it! An extraordinary minor release this is! Brilliant work! Cheers
good job !
Looks amazing, keep it up ppl !!!
Pear doesn't appear to have the beta version:
Package Version pake 1.1.4 sfEzpdo -n/a- symfony 1.0.13 mini:~
mini:~ john$ sudo pear install symfony/symfony-beta downloading symfony-1.0.13.tgz ... Starting to download symfony-1.0.13.tgz (1,914,365 bytes) .... install ok: channel://pear.symfony-project.com/symfony-1.0.13 mini:~ john$ sudo pear upgrade symfony/symfony-beta Nothing to upgrade mini:~
Ah, Fabien addresses the symfony-beta problem here in comment #2: http://www.symfony-project.org/blog/2008/04/01/symfony-1-0-13-is-out
mini:~ john$ sudo pear install symfony/symfony-1.1.0beta2 downloading symfony-1.1.0beta2.tgz ... Starting to download symfony-1.1.0beta2.tgz (2,057,855 bytes) .... install ok: channel://pear.symfony-project.com/symfony-1.1.0beta2 mini:~ john$ symfony --version symfony version 1.1.0-BETA2 (/opt/local/lib/php/symfony) mini:~
FYI, if it helps someone else:
I installed 1.0 first. When I tried to install the 1.1 beta, it did this:
$ pear install symfony/symfony-beta Ignoring installed package symfony/symfony Nothing to install
So I ran the uninstall of the non-beta, and then that worked. So if you get that error, and want to have 1.1 instead of 1.0, try this:
pear uninstall symfony/symfony
then try to install the beta as per instrucitons.
FYI, if it helps someone else:
I installed 1.0 first. When I tried to install the 1.1 beta, it did this:
$ pear install symfony/symfony-beta Ignoring installed package symfony/symfony Nothing to install
So I ran the uninstall of the non-beta, and then that worked. So if you get that error, and want to have 1.1 instead of 1.0, try this:
pear uninstall symfony/symfony
then try to install the beta as per instructions.
How do you upgrade it? I'm running 1.1beta4
c:\php>pear upgrade symfony/symfony-beta Nothing to upgrade