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Development Roadmap
The upcoming new release version of Symfony will include new features such as:
• A new form generation framework, first introduced in version 1.2
• A new admin generator (referred to as scaffolding in Rails) which makes use of the new form framework' and is
no longer implemented as a helper.
• Object relationship mapping declared in a separate plugin, rather than being integrated into the ORM
• Choice of ORM (Doctrine or Propel, or a combination of the two)
• Classes re-factored for looser coupling between objects, allowing for more user flexibility in using objects and
fewer dependencies (similar in principle to the Zend Framework).
• Routing rules and route objects more closely follow REST design principals.
Symfony 1.3 and Symfony 1.4
Symfony 1.3 and 1.4 are announced for November 2009. Both versions will be identical, but 1.4 will not support the
1.3 deprecated features [18] . The many new features and enhancements include: [19]
• Symfony Mailer: Symfony will provide native mailing functionnalities, built on top of Swift Mailer [20], a project
taken over by Fabien Potencier (founder of Symfony) [21] .
• Doctrine as a default ORM. Propel will still be supported, but the developer will have to activate it manually.
• Performance enhancements: The form framework will have new widgets, an easier access to the widget's methods
will be implemented, as well as a better support for I18N. The autoloading will be improved so that the developer
doesn't have to clear the cache each time a new class is added.
Releases
Version Release date Support PHP
version
Color Meaning
Red Release no longer supported
Green Release still supported
Blue Future release
End of
maintenance
1.0 January 2007 3 years >= 5.0 January 2010
1.1 June 2008 1 year >= 5.1 June 2009 security-related patches will be applied until June 2010
1.2 December 2008 1 year >= 5.2 November 2009
1.3 November 2009 1 year >= 5.2 November 2010
1.4 November 2009 3 years >= 5.2 January 2013 1.4 is identical to 1.3, but does not support the 1.3 deprecated
features. [22]
2.0 [23] late 2010
(planned)
>= 5.3
Notes