UPGRADE FROM 2.7 to 2.8 ======================= Form ---- * The "cascade_validation" option was deprecated. Use the "constraints" option together with the `Valid` constraint instead. Contrary to "cascade_validation", "constraints" must be set on the respective child forms, not the parent form. Before: ```php $form = $this->createFormBuilder($article, array('cascade_validation' => true)) ->add('author', new AuthorType()) ->getForm(); ``` After: ```php use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Valid; $form = $this->createFormBuilder($article) ->add('author', new AuthorType(), array( 'constraints' => new Valid(), )) ->getForm(); ``` Alternatively, you can set the `Valid` constraint in the model itself: ```php use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert; class Article { /** * @Assert\Valid */ private $author; } ``` * Type names were deprecated and will be removed in Symfony 3.0. Instead of referencing types by name, you should reference them by their fully-qualified class name (FQCN) instead. With PHP 5.5 or later, you can use the "class" constant for that: Before: ```php $form = $this->createFormBuilder() ->add('name', 'text') ->add('age', 'integer') ->getForm(); ``` After: ```php use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\IntegerType; use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\TextType; $form = $this->createFormBuilder() ->add('name', TextType::class) ->add('age', IntegerType::class) ->getForm(); ``` As a further consequence, the method `FormTypeInterface::getName()` was deprecated and will be removed in Symfony 3.0. You should remove this method from your form types. If you want to customize the block prefix of a type in Twig, you should now implement `FormTypeInterface::getBlockPrefix()` instead: Before: ```php class UserProfileType extends AbstractType { public function getName() { return 'profile'; } } ``` After: ```php class UserProfileType extends AbstractType { public function getBlockPrefix() { return 'profile'; } } ``` If you don't customize `getBlockPrefix()`, it defaults to the class name without "Type" suffix in underscore notation (here: "user_profile"). If you want to create types that are compatible with Symfony 2.3 up to 2.8 and don't trigger deprecation errors, implement *both* `getName()` and `getBlockPrefix()`: ```php class ProfileType extends AbstractType { public function getName() { return $this->getBlockPrefix(); } public function getBlockPrefix() { return 'profile'; } } ``` If you define your form types in the Dependency Injection configuration, you should further remove the "alias" attribute: Before: ```xml ``` After: ```xml ``` Type extension should return the fully-qualified class name of the extended type from `FormTypeExtensionInterface::getExtendedType()` now. Before: ```php class MyTypeExtension extends AbstractTypeExtension { public function getExtendedType() { return 'form'; } } ``` After: ```php use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\FormType; class MyTypeExtension extends AbstractTypeExtension { public function getExtendedType() { return FormType::class; } } ``` If your extension has to be compatible with Symfony 2.3-2.8, use the following statement: ```php use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType; use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\FormType; class MyTypeExtension extends AbstractTypeExtension { public function getExtendedType() { return method_exists(AbstractType::class, 'getBlockPrefix') ? FormType::class : 'form'; } } ``` * Returning type instances from `FormTypeInterface::getParent()` is deprecated and will not be supported anymore in Symfony 3.0. Return the fully-qualified class name of the parent type class instead. Before: ```php class MyType { public function getParent() { return new ParentType(); } } ``` After: ```php class MyType { public function getParent() { return ParentType::class; } } ``` * Passing type instances to `Form::add()`, `FormBuilder::add()` and the `FormFactory::create*()` methods is deprecated and will not be supported anymore in Symfony 3.0. Pass the fully-qualified class name of the type instead. Before: ```php $form = $this->createForm(new MyType()); ``` After: ```php $form = $this->createForm(MyType::class); ``` * Registering type extensions as a service with an alias which does not match the type returned by `getExtendedType` is now forbidden. Fix your implementation to define the right type. * The alias option of the `form.type_extension` tag is deprecated in favor of the `extended_type`/`extended-type` option. Before: ```xml ``` After: ```xml ``` Translator ---------- * The `getMessages()` method of the `Symfony\Component\Translation\Translator` was deprecated and will be removed in Symfony 3.0. You should use the `getCatalogue()` method of the `Symfony\Component\Translation\TranslatorBagInterface`. Before: ```php $messages = $translator->getMessages(); ``` After: ```php $catalogue = $translator->getCatalogue($locale); $messages = $catalogue->all(); while ($catalogue = $catalogue->getFallbackCatalogue()) { $messages = array_replace_recursive($catalogue->all(), $messages); } ``` DependencyInjection ------------------- * The concept of scopes were deprecated, the deprecated methods are: - `Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder::getScopes()` - `Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder::getScopeChildren()` - `Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface::enterScope()` - `Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface::leaveScope()` - `Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface::addScope()` - `Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface::hasScope()` - `Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface::isScopeActive()` - `Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Definition::setScope()` - `Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Definition::getScope()` - `Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Reference::isStrict()` Also, the `$scope` and `$strict` parameters of `Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface::set()` and `Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Reference` respectively were deprecated. * A new `shared` flag has been added to the service definition in replacement of the `prototype` scope. Before: ```php use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder; $container = new ContainerBuilder(); $container ->register('foo', 'stdClass') ->setScope(ContainerBuilder::SCOPE_PROTOTYPE) ; ``` ```yml services: foo: class: stdClass scope: prototype ``` ```xml ``` After: ```php use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder; $container = new ContainerBuilder(); $container ->register('foo', 'stdClass') ->setShared(false) ; ``` ```yml services: foo: class: stdClass shared: false ``` ```xml ``` WebProfiler ----------- * The `profiler:import` and `profiler:export` commands have been deprecated and will be removed in 3.0. * The web development toolbar has been completely redesigned. This update has introduced some changes in the HTML markup of the toolbar items. Before: Information was wrapped with simple `` elements: ```twig {% block toolbar %} {% set icon %} {{ '%.1f'|format(collector.memory / 1024 / 1024) }} MB {% endset %} {% endblock %} ``` After: Information is now semantically divided into values and labels according to the `class` attribute of each `` element: ```twig {% block toolbar %} {% set icon %} {{ '%.1f'|format(collector.memory / 1024 / 1024) }} MB {% endset %} {% endblock %} ``` Most of the blocks designed for the previous toolbar will still be displayed correctly. However, if you want to support both the old and the new toolbar, it's better to make use of the new `profiler_markup_version` variable passed to the toolbar templates: ```twig {% block toolbar %} {% set profiler_markup_version = profiler_markup_version|default(1) %} {% set icon %} {% if profiler_markup_version == 1 %} {# code for the original toolbar #} {% else %} {# code for the new toolbar (Symfony 2.8+) #} {% endif %} {% endset %} {% endblock %} ``` * All the profiler storages different than `FileProfilerStorage` have been deprecated. The deprecated classes are: - `Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Profiler\BaseMemcacheProfilerStorage` - `Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Profiler\MemcachedProfilerStorage` - `Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Profiler\MemcacheProfilerStorage` - `Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Profiler\MongoDbProfilerStorage` - `Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Profiler\MysqlProfilerStorage` - `Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Profiler\PdoProfilerStorage` - `Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Profiler\RedisProfilerStorage` - `Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Profiler\SqliteProfilerStorage` The alternative solution is to use the `FileProfilerStorage` or create your own storage implementing the `ProfileStorageInterface`. FrameworkBundle --------------- * The default value of the parameter `session`.`cookie_httponly` is now `true`. It prevents scripting languages, such as JavaScript to access the cookie, which help to reduce identity theft through XSS attacks. If your application needs to access the session cookie, override this parameter: ```yaml framework: session: cookie_httponly: false ``` Security -------- * The AbstractToken::isGranted() method was deprecated. Instead, override the voteOnAttribute() method. This method has one small difference: it's passed the TokenInterface instead of the user: Before: ```php class MyCustomVoter extends AbstractVoter { // ... protected function isGranted($attribute, $object, $user = null) { // ... } } ``` After: ```php class MyCustomVoter extends AbstractVoter { // ... protected function voteOnAttribute($attribute, $object, TokenInterface $token) { $user = $token->getUser(); // ... } } ``` Config ------ * The `\Symfony\Component\Config\Resource\ResourceInterface::isFresh()` method has been deprecated and will be removed in Symfony 3.0 because it assumes that resource implementations are able to check themselves for freshness. If you have custom resources that implement this method, change them to implement the `\Symfony\Component\Config\Resource\SelfCheckingResourceInterface` sub-interface instead of `\Symfony\Component\Config\Resource\ResourceInterface`. Before: ```php use Symfony\Component\Config\Resource\ResourceInterface; class MyCustomResource implements ResourceInterface { ... } ``` After: ```php use Symfony\Component\Config\Resource\SelfCheckingResourceInterface; class MyCustomResource implements SelfCheckingResourceInterface { ... } ``` Additionally, if you have implemented cache validation strategies *using* `isFresh()` yourself, you should have a look at the new cache validation system based on `ResourceChecker`s.