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Remembering Ryan Weaver: Teacher, Core Team Member, Friend

New in Symfony 7.4 Security Voter Improvements

Symfony 7.4 improves security voters with new Twig functions and customizable vote metadata.
October 20, 2025 #Living on the edge 👀 2 ❤️ 3 👍 3 🚀 2 🎉 2

New in Symfony 7.4 Deprecated XML Configuration

Symfony 7.4 deprecates XML as a configuration format to simplify the configuration of Symfony applications.
October 17, 2025 #Living on the edge 👀 1 ❤️ 6 👍 7 🚀 6 🎉 3

Kicking off the Symfony AI Initiative

Kicking off the Symfony AI Initiative
July 11, 2025 #Living on the edge 👀 6 ❤️ 59 👍 28 🚀 41 🎉 30

New in Symfony 7.3 DX Improvements (part 2)

Symfony 7.3 adds better exception logging, enum support in config, native PHP 8.4 lazy objects, and key-based query mapping for improved DX.
May 29, 2025 #Living on the edge ❤️ 12 👍 5 🚀 2 🎉 2

New in Symfony 7.3 DX Improvements (part 1)

Symfony 7.3 brings DX improvements like full Twig deprecation reporting, PascalCase string support, new form helpers, union types in OptionsResolver and a DatePoint Doctrine Type.
May 28, 2025 #Living on the edge ❤️ 14 👍 5 🚀 4 🎉 7

New in Symfony 7.3 Validator Improvements

Symfony 7.3 introduces validation improvements including better When constraint, deprecations for array-based options, and enhanced file, image, and uniqueness constraints.
May 27, 2025 #Living on the edge ❤️ 8 👍 9 🚀 7 🎉 5

New in Symfony 7.3 Serializer Improvements

Symfony 7.3 improves the Serializer component with new features like number normalization, discriminator defaults, and better debug output.
May 26, 2025 #Living on the edge ❤️ 11 👍 5 🚀 3 🎉 3

New in Symfony 7.3 New Bridges and Improved Integrations

Symfony 7.3 introduces new bridges and improves existing integrations with services like Amazon SES, Beanstalkd, Redis, and more.
May 23, 2025 #Living on the edge 👍 6 🚀 2 🎉 3

New in Symfony 7.3 Messenger Improvements

Symfony 7.3 improves Messenger with deduplication middleware, running processes using the shell, and keepalive for Doctrine transport.
May 22, 2025 #Living on the edge ❤️ 9 👍 6 🚀 10 🎉 5

New in Symfony 7.3 Routing Improvements

Symfony 7.3 routing simplifies controller detection, adds route aliases in attributes, and introduces parameter aliases.
May 21, 2025 #Living on the edge ❤️ 21 👍 9 🚀 11 🎉 6