Symfony Blog

Symfony 7.4 adds enum support to workflows, new XML CDATA controls, a DynamoDB lock store, new DatePoint based Doctrine types, and explicit query parameters in URL generation.

Black Friday is here! Save 30% on any Symfony, Twig, or Sylius certification exam with code CERTIF_30_BF25. Exams are fully online and valid for up to a year — boost your skills and validate your expertise from anywhere in the world. Offer ends Dec 1 2025!

This week, Symfony published new release candidate versions of Symfony 7.4 and Symfony 8.0, which are scheduled for release next week. Meanwhile, we started working on Symfony 8.1, to be released on May 2026. Lastly, we published additional details about the SymfonyCon 2025 conference, which will also take place next week.

Read release notes

Read release notes

Symfony 7.4 introduces faster native HTML5 parsing, more flexible URL validation, improved Link header handling, support for the HTTP QUERY method, and easier configuration of resource tags.

Learn how to go beyond keywords! In “Semantic Search: From Keywords to Intent with Symfony AI”, Stiven Llupa, Senior Development Lead at SensioLabs Deutschland, explains how to leverage RAG approaches, open-source LLMs, and Symfony AI to build semantic search that understands intent.

Get ready for a thought-provoking deep dive at SymfonyCon Amsterdam 2025 this November! In “Geopolitics of Code: How You Can Build the Future of Data and AI”, Brice Blondiau and Jean Philippe Balanca explore how technical decisions in data and AI are shaped by — and shape — global geopolitical forces. This session uncovers how Symfony can support resilient, ethical, and future-ready architectures in an increasingly complex digital landscape.

Discover a new talk at SymfonyCon Amsterdam 2025! In “Cloud-Agnostic AI Agents with Clean Architecture”, Alejandro REYES AMARO shows how to build portable, compliant, future-ready AI agents using Clean Architecture and RAG.

Symfony 7.4 introduces new PHP attributes that let you extend validation and serialization metadata for classes you do not control.