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.

Symfony development highlights

This week, 52 pull requests were merged (45 in code and 7 in docs) and 43 issues were closed (41 in code and 2 in docs). Excluding merges, 29 authors made 623,463 additions and 501,430 deletions. See details for code and docs.

4.4 changelog:

2607b66: [DependencyInjection] add TaggedIteratorArgument unit tests
65d19bd: [HttpClient] fix sending content-length when streaming the body
6af4986: [Mailer] Return-Path has higher priority for envelope address than From address
6d0d2f5: [Cache] make LockRegistry use static properties instead of static variables
63de80b: [FrameworkBundle] fix env resolution in lock configuration
76f6d74: [HttpKernel] fix Symfony not working on SMB share
639b74d: [Form] use reference date in reverse transform
a90648c: [Workflow] catch error when trying to get an uninitialized marking
961e4d0: [Finder] add support of no-capture regex modifier in MultiplePcreFilterIterator

5.4 changelog:

6d0d2f5: [Cache] make LockRegistry use static properties instead of static variables
23338d0: [Messenger] DoctrineTransportFactory works with notify and decorated PostgreSQL driver
e7fcd9a: [Translation] allow usage of Provider domains if possible
1f15392: [HttpKernel] use the existing session id if available
3ed91c4: [Security] fix UserNotFoundException is not thrown
213381e: [SecurityBundle] use config’s secret in remember-me signatures

6.1 changelog:

8b680f0: [Messenger] consume a PSR-14 dispatcher for dispatching events
98dc2ec: [FrameworkBundle] add support to set BinaryFileResponse::trustXSendfileTypeHeader over config
9cbc853: [Routing] add EnumRequirement to help generate route requirements from a BackedEnum
ce3564b: [FrameworkBundle] add semaphore configuration
6299015: [Validator] improve FileValidator sizes factorization edge case
e1d46c9: [Messenger] leverage nullsafe operator in worker
7751cd3: [FrameworkBundle] add support for first-class callable route controller in MicroKernelTrait
efc974d: [Cache, String] don’t use is_iterable() in perf-critical code paths
a541f15: [Routing] allow using services in the route condition
ea96c13: [HtmlSanitizer] add HtmlSanitizerConfig::withMaxInputLength()
22a1efd: [TwigBundle] deprecate option „autoescape“, use „autoescape_service[_method]“ instead

Newest issues and pull requests

[Security] Add an easier way to get the current firewall name
Access Session from the KernelBrowser
Add support for Gmail sending through the API

Symfony CLI

Symfony CLI is a must-have tool when developing
Symfony applications on your local machine. It includes the
Symfony Local Server,
the best way to run local Symfony applications. This week Symfony CLI released
its new 5.4.6
and 5.4.7
versions with the following changes:

Update supported Platform.sh services
Switch to local security checker v2
Add –disable-exit-code to check:security
Remove usage of flex.symfony.com

SymfonyCasts Updates

SymfonyCasts is the official way to learn Symfony.
Select a track for a guided path through 100+ video tutorial courses about
Symfony, PHP and JavaScript.

These were some of the most relevant SymfonyCasts updates
of the week:

(Video) Symfony 6 course, Chapter 18: Installing 3rd Party Code into our JS/CSS
(Video) Symfony 6 course, Chapter 19: Stimulus: Sensible, Beautiful JavaScript
(Video) Symfony 6 course, Chapter 20: Real-World Stimulus Example
(Video) Symfony 6 course, Chapter 21: Turbo: Supercharge you App

They talked about us

Building Decentralized Web Apps with Solid and PHP
Symfony 6.1, routing and PHP 8.1 Enums
Symfony Station Communiqué – 15 April 2022
Symfony Unit Testing
SymfonyLive Paris 2022 – En chair et en os

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