UPGRADE FROM 4.2 to 4.3

BrowserKit

Renamed Client to AbstractBrowser
Marked Response final.
Deprecated Response::buildHeader()
Deprecated Response::getStatus(), use Response::getStatusCode() instead

Cache

The psr/simple-cache dependency has been removed - run composer require psr/simple-cache if you need it.
Deprecated all PSR-16 adapters, use Psr16Cache or Symfony\Contracts\Cache\CacheInterface implementations instead.
Deprecated SimpleCacheAdapter, use Psr16Adapter instead.

Config

Deprecated using environment variables with cannotBeEmpty() if the value is validated with validate()
Deprecated the root() method in TreeBuilder, pass the root node information to the constructor instead

DependencyInjection

Deprecated support for non-string default env() parameters

Before:

parameters:
    env(NAME): 1.5

After:

parameters:
       env(NAME): '1.5'

Doctrine Bridge

Passing an IdReader to the DoctrineChoiceLoader when the query cannot be optimized with single id field has been deprecated, pass null instead
Not passing an IdReader to the DoctrineChoiceLoader when the query can be optimized with single id field has been deprecated

Dotenv

First parameter of Dotenv::__construct() will be changed from true to false in Symfony 5.0. A deprecation warning is triggered if no parameter is provided. Use $usePutenv = true to upgrade without breaking changes.

EventDispatcher

The signature of the EventDispatcherInterface::dispatch() method should be updated to dispatch($event, string $eventName = null), not doing so is deprecated
The Event class has been deprecated, use Symfony\Contracts\EventDispatcher\Event instead

Form

Using the format option of DateType and DateTimeType when the html5 option is enabled is deprecated.
Using names for buttons that do not start with a letter, a digit, or an underscore is deprecated and will lead to an exception in 5.0.
Using names for buttons that do not contain only letters, digits, underscores, hyphens, and colons is deprecated and will lead to an exception in 5.0.
Using the date_format, date_widget, and time_widget options of the DateTimeType when the widget option is set to single_text is deprecated.

FrameworkBundle

Not passing the project directory to the constructor of the AssetsInstallCommand is deprecated. This argument will be mandatory in 5.0.
Deprecated the "Psr\SimpleCache\CacheInterface" / "cache.app.simple" service, use "Symfony\Contracts\Cache\CacheInterface" / "cache.app" instead.
The generate() method of the UrlGenerator class can return an empty string instead of null.

HttpFoundation

The MimeTypeGuesserInterface and ExtensionGuesserInterface interfaces have been deprecated, use Symfony\Component\Mime\MimeTypesInterface instead.
The MimeType and MimeTypeExtensionGuesser classes have been deprecated, use Symfony\Component\Mime\MimeTypes instead.
The FileBinaryMimeTypeGuesser class has been deprecated, use Symfony\Component\Mime\FileBinaryMimeTypeGuesser instead.
The FileinfoMimeTypeGuesser class has been deprecated, use Symfony\Component\Mime\FileinfoMimeTypeGuesser instead.

HttpKernel

Renamed Client to HttpKernelBrowser
Renamed FilterControllerArgumentsEvent to ControllerArgumentsEvent
Renamed FilterControllerEvent to ControllerEvent
Renamed FilterResponseEvent to ResponseEvent
Renamed GetResponseEvent to RequestEvent
Renamed GetResponseForControllerResultEvent to ViewEvent
Renamed GetResponseForExceptionEvent to ExceptionEvent
Renamed PostResponseEvent to TerminateEvent
Deprecated TranslatorListener in favor of LocaleAwareListener

Intl

Deprecated ResourceBundle namespace
Deprecated Intl::getCurrencyBundle(), use Currencies instead
Deprecated Intl::getLanguageBundle(), use Languages or Scripts instead
Deprecated Intl::getLocaleBundle(), use Locales instead
Deprecated Intl::getRegionBundle(), use Countries instead

Messenger

Amqp transport does not throw \AMQPException anymore, catch TransportException instead.
Deprecated the LoggingMiddleware class, pass a logger to SendMessageMiddleware instead.

Routing

The generator_base_class, generator_cache_class, matcher_base_class, and matcher_cache_class router options have been deprecated.
Implementing Serializable for Route and CompiledRoute is deprecated; if you serialize them, please ensure your unserialization logic can recover from a failure related to an updated serialization format

Security

The Role and SwitchUserRole classes are deprecated and will be removed in 5.0. Use strings for roles instead.
The getReachableRoles() method of the RoleHierarchyInterface is deprecated and will be removed in 5.0. Role hierarchies must implement the getReachableRoleNames() method instead and return roles as strings.
The getRoles() method of the TokenInterface is deprecated. Tokens must implement the getRoleNames() method instead and return roles as strings.
The ListenerInterface is deprecated, turn your listeners into callables instead.
The Firewall::handleRequest() method is deprecated, use Firewall::callListeners() instead.

The AbstractToken::serialize(), AbstractToken::unserialize(), AuthenticationException::serialize() and AuthenticationException::unserialize() methods are now final, use __serialize() and __unserialize() instead.

Before:

public function serialize()
{
    return [$this->myLocalVar, parent::serialize()];
}

public function unserialize($serialized)
{
    [$this->myLocalVar, $parentSerialized] = unserialize($serialized);
    parent::unserialize($parentSerialized);
}

After:

public function __serialize(): array
{
    return [$this->myLocalVar, parent::__serialize()];
}

public function __unserialize(array $data): void
{
    [$this->myLocalVar, $parentData] = $data;
    parent::__unserialize($parentData);
}

The Argon2iPasswordEncoder class has been deprecated, use SodiumPasswordEncoder instead.
The BCryptPasswordEncoder class has been deprecated, use NativePasswordEncoder instead.
Not implementing the methods __serialize and __unserialize in classes implementing the TokenInterface is deprecated

SecurityBundle

Configuring encoders using argon2i or bcrypt as algorithm has been deprecated, use auto instead.

TwigBridge

deprecated the $requestStack and $requestContext arguments of the HttpFoundationExtension, pass a Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\UrlHelper instance as the only argument instead

Workflow

initial_place is deprecated in favour of initial_marking.

Before:

framework:
   workflows:
       article:
           initial_place: draft

After:

framework:
   workflows:
       article:
           initial_marking: [draft]

MarkingStoreInterface::setMarking() will have a third argument in Symfony 5.0.

Before:

class MyMarkingStore implements MarkingStoreInterface
{
    public function setMarking($subject, Marking $marking)
    {
    }
}

After:

class MyMarkingStore implements MarkingStoreInterface
{
    public function setMarking($subject, Marking $marking , array $context = [])
    {
    }
}

MultipleStateMarkingStore is deprecated. Use MethodMarkingStore instead.

Before:

framework:
    workflows:
        type: workflow
        article:
            marking_store:
                type: multiple
                arguments: states

After:

framework:
    workflows:
        type: workflow
        article:
            marking_store:
                type: method
                property: states

SingleStateMarkingStore is deprecated. Use MethodMarkingStore instead.

Before:

framework:
    workflows:
        article:
            marking_store:
                arguments: state

After:

framework:
    workflows:
        type: state_machine
        article:
            marking_store:
                type: method
                property: state

Using a workflow with a single state marking is deprecated. Use a state machine instead.

Before:

framework:
    workflows:
        article:
            type: workflow
            marking_store:
                type: single_state

After:

framework:
    workflows:
        article:
            type: state_machine
            marking_store:
                # type: single_state # Since the single_state marking store is deprecated, use method instead
                type: method

Yaml

Using a mapping inside a multi-line string is deprecated and will throw a ParseException in 5.0.

Uh oh!