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This week, Symfony released the maintenance versions 6.4.27 and 7.3.5. In addition, we published 7.4.0-BETA1 and 8.0.0-BETA1 so you can test them before their final release in four weeks. Meanwhile, we shared a new case study about Symfony and more details about SymfonyCon Amsterdam 2025, which starts in less than 30 days.

This week, the upcoming Symfony 7.4 version merged the last major new features that will be included in this release: deprecated the fluent PHP format for semantic configuration and deprecated config builder generators, added a FormFlow to create multi-step Symfony forms, and improved how errors and exceptions are displayed in the CLI.

This week, Symfony kept fixing bugs and refining the new features for the upcoming Symfony 7.4 and 8.0 releases. Meanwhile, we unveiled a special site to celebrate Symfony's 20th anniversary, and we published the first post in the New in Symfony 7.4 series.

This week, the upcoming Symfony 7.4 version deprecated the HTTP method override for the GET, HEAD, CONNECT, and TRACE methods, and added a new setAllowedHttpMethodOverride() method in the Request class to define which HTTP methods can be overridden. Meanwhile, the upcoming Symfony 8.0 version continued removing all the features marked as deprecated, like the Request::get() method and some DependencyInjection extension methods related to XML.

This week, the upcoming Symfony 7.4 version deprecated the XML configuration format for services and routing, introduced new attributes to configure console arguments, deprecated the get() method of the Request class, and improved the caching HTTP client.

This week, Symfony released the maintenance versions 6.4.26 and 7.3.4. Development on the upcoming Symfony 7.4 version also continued, with more features and deprecations added ahead of its release at the end of November. Finally, we announced additional talks for SymfonyCon Amsterdam 2025.

This week, the upcoming Symfony 7.4 version improved enum support in workflows, added generics to the config builder API, and deprecated FQCN properties in PersistentToken and RememberMeDetails. In addition, we published more details about the talks for SymfonyCon Amsterdam 2025.

This week, Symfony development activity focused on merging pending new features for the upcoming Symfony 7.4 and 8.0 versions. In addition, we announced a new conference: SymfonyDay Montreal on June 4, 2026, and made a call for volunteers for SymfonyCon Amsterdam 2025.

This week, Symfony development activity focused on merging new features for the upcoming Symfony 7.4 and 8.0 versions: added a Video constraint, introduced an access_decision() Twig function to get the security voter decision details, and added support for DTOs in Input attributes for invokable commands. We also announced that Symfony will provide the official MCP SDK for PHP, announced the first talks of the SymfonyCon Amsterdam 2025 conference and continued celebrating the legacy of Ryan Weaver.

This week, we celebrated the life and legacy of Ryan Weaver, a beloved teacher, contributor, and friend whose work at SymfonyCasts helped thousands discover the joy of Symfony. His kindness, humor, and dedication to lifting others up made our community stronger, and his spirit will continue to inspire everything we build. To honor Ryan, we encourage the community to keep learning, keep sharing, and support SymfonyCasts and his family.