New in Symfony 8.2: Compiled Event Dispatcher
Contributed by Nicolas Grekas in #66122 , #66129 , #66131 and #66133 Symfony 8.2 includes lots of performance improvements, but we keep looking for new opportunities to make your applications faster....
View ArticleSymfonyCon Warsaw 2026: From 14s to 1.8s: A Symfony Cold Start Autopsy
The ultimate gathering for PHP enthusiasts is heading to Poland! On November 26-27, SymfonyCon Warsaw 2026 delivers two full days of technical insights, 3 parallel tracks, and rich networking...
View ArticleNew in Symfony 8.2: Relative Ordering for Listeners and Services
Contributed by Nicolas Grekas in #66012 , #66022 and #66240 If you've ever needed to run an event listener before one provided by Symfony or a third-party bundle, you had to find its priority, pick a...
View ArticleSymfonyCon Warsaw 2026: final class Entity: Doctrine Mapping for Modern PHP
Connect with the global developer ecosystem at SymfonyCon Warsaw 2026, taking place November 26-27 in Poland. Dive into two days of intense learning across 3 parallel tracks alongside vibrant...
View ArticleNew in Symfony 8.2: Targeted Cache-Control and Cache-Status Headers
An HTTP response can pass through several caches before it reaches the user, and you may want different rules for each one. Symfony 8.2 adds support for two HTTP headers: one to set those rules, and...
View ArticleA Week of Symfony #1031 (September 28 – October 4, 2026)
This week, Symfony 6.4.47, 7.4.20, and 8.1.8 were released, along with Symfony Reprise 1.3.0. Meanwhile, we continued introducing Symfony 8.2 features, including OpenID Connect login, PGP/MIME signed...
View ArticleNew in Symfony 8.2: Performance Improvements
At Symfony, we're obsessed with performance, and Symfony 8.2 has plenty of examples. Over the last few weeks, Nicolas Grekas profiled the Symfony Demo application and a custom API project, turning...
View ArticleNew in Symfony 8.2: More Flexible Serialization Groups
Serialization groups let you choose which properties to include when serializing an object. You might use one group for public API responses and another for admin exports. Symfony 8.2 adds new ways to...
View ArticleSymfonyCon Warsaw 2026: The PHP Runtime I Want to See
Ready to take your PHP and Symfony skills to the next level? SymfonyCon Warsaw 2026 lands in Poland on November 26-27! Gather with developers worldwide for two high-impact days offering 3 parallel...
View ArticleNew in Symfony 8.2: Sudo Mode
In Symfony, IS_AUTHENTICATED_FULLY is the strongest check about how users logged in. However, it tells you how the session started, not when. A user who logged in with their password eight hours ago...
View ArticleSymfony 8.1.8 released
Symfony 8.1.8 has just been released. Read the Symfony upgrade guide to learn more about upgrading Symfony and use the SymfonyInsight upgrade reports to detect the code you will need to change in your...
View ArticleSymfony 7.4.20 released
Symfony 7.4.20 has just been released. Read the Symfony upgrade guide to learn more about upgrading Symfony and use the SymfonyInsight upgrade reports to detect the code you will need to change in...
View ArticleSymfony 6.4.47 released
Symfony 6.4.47 has just been released. Read the Symfony upgrade guide to learn more about upgrading Symfony and use the SymfonyInsight upgrade reports to detect the code you will need to change in...
View ArticleNew in Symfony 8.2: PGP/MIME Signed and Encrypted Emails
Symfony has supported signing and encrypting email messages with the S/MIME standard since Symfony 4.4, and Symfony 7.3 added global signing and encryption so you can configure it once for all your...
View ArticleSymfony Reprise 1.3.0 released
Reprise 1.3.0 is out, with modulepreload under a strict CSP, a Stimulus dev loop without restarts, and safer writes of the metadata files. This is also the first release post since Reprise 1.0, so it...
View ArticleNew in Symfony 8.2: OpenID Connect Login
OpenID Connect (OIDC) is the protocol behind most "Log in with ..." buttons. It lets your application delegate user authentication to an identity provider such as Keycloak, Authentik, Auth0, Okta or...
View ArticleA Week of Symfony #1030 (September 21–27, 2026)
This week, Symfony continued unveiling new Symfony 8.2 features, including new Messenger options and better performance, role hierarchy improvements, JSON Schema for configuration, and new Mailer...
View ArticleNew in Twig 4.0: Composing Blocks at Runtime
Contributed by Fabien Potencier A CMS often lets each site customize how content fields are displayed. The default theme defines the field wrapper, while a site theme overrides the block used to...
View ArticleNew in Symfony 8.2: Faster Messenger Workers
Parallel Message Processing Contributed by Nicolas Grekas in #63650 A Symfony Messenger worker handles one message at a time. While a handler waits for an HTTP response or a database query, its worker...
View ArticleSymfonyCon Warsaw 2026: PHP’s Type System Dissected
Looking to supercharge your PHP and Symfony expertise? SymfonyCon Warsaw 2026 is coming to Poland on November 26-27! Join developers from across the globe for two days packed with insight, featuring 3...
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