legacyBridge: platform repository history #

The history of legacyBridge, one of the platform repositories around Exponential (group: Legacy bridge and site bundles). Read it to learn what the repository gives you, how it relates to Exponential and when it changed. The ledger records 49 changes from 2025-07-01 to 2026-04-17, all made by the se7enxweb team.

What it is #

Bridge that runs the Exponential legacy kernel inside the Symfony platform (se7enxweb/legacy-bridge).

How it relates to Exponential #

The piece that lets one installation serve both the legacy admin / templates and the Symfony stack.

What a user gets #

Run an existing Exponential 6 site beside Platform 3.x / 4.6 / 5.x, with PHP 8.x compatible code and exponential:legacy:* commands.

Install it with Composer (a project that already requires the platform pulls it in by itself):

composer require se7enxweb/legacy-bridge

Commands #

Verified in bundle/Command/*.php of the repository (the setName and setDescription of each class). Run them from the Symfony project that hosts the bridge, as php bin/console <name>; php bin/console <name> --help prints the help of each.

Not run here: these commands need a Symfony project with the bridge installed, which this installation is not. To check, open the command classes named above.

Counts by kind #

Releases made by the se7enxweb team #

Changes made by the se7enxweb team, by theme #

Symfony and platform compatibility (9) #

• 2026-03-26 2079902 fix: remove KernelInterface constructor for Symfony 5.4 compatibility; use kernel.bundles param in LegacyBundlesPass
• 2026-03-26 232f212 fix: Fix TreeBuilder: pass root name to constructor, use getRootNode() for Symfony 5.4 compat
• 2026-03-26 3a0d4e8 fix: replace deprecated Symfony 4 HttpKernel event class names (GetResponseEvent → RequestEvent, FilterResponseEvent → ResponseEvent)
• 2026-03-27 a683980 fix: Twig 3 compatibility for eZ Platform 3.x
• 2026-03-27 bdae3a5 fix: refactor all legacy commands removing deprecated ContainerAwareCommand; use constructor injection for Symfony 5 compatibility
• 2026-04-04 8317c53 fix: Ibexa 4.6 compat - service/param aliases, session mapper, csrf token, cache purger, boot guard, lazy kernel init
• 2026-04-04 ed75494 fix: Symfony 5.4 compat - create session.storage alias when storage_factory_id is used
• 2026-04-06 cb08cb4 fix: Added extra GUI chrome to legacy_admin siteacessses via ngsite extension. Added for UI Compatibility Improvements. Enhancement.
• 2026-04-16 df32ec7 fix: session.storage removed in Symfony 5.4 factory-based session config

Other changes to the fork (9) #

• 2026-03-26 c4f1e87 fix: Use legacy storage connection in config mapper
• 2026-03-26 9251bef fix: Drop obsolete kernel.name usage
• 2026-03-26 e6af074 fix: Align HTTP cache purger signatures
• 2026-03-26 6cbc9e3 fix: Stop replacing initialized legacy closures
• 2026-03-26 bf3952c fix: Stop swapping legacy kernel handlers in console
• 2026-03-26 891de81 fix: Use Symfony Contracts events
• 2026-03-26 c8a5224 fix: Update legacy event dispatching
• 2026-03-26 b9d41db fix: Select CLI legacy handler in console
• 2026-03-26 05b2c60 fix: Inject siteaccess into CLI handler factory

Bug fixes (8) #

• 2026-03-25 3da2a70 fix: relax se7enxweb/ezplatform-xmltext-fieldtype constraint to ^2.0 for Packagist resolution
• 2026-03-26 531ba3b fix: replace removed Exponential.config.resolver.core with Exponential.config.resolver
• 2026-03-26 09fba84 fix: Fix REST event namespace for eZ Platform REST bundle
• 2026-03-26 1962ca8 fix: Fix profiler collector signature
• 2026-03-26 b2957a2 fix: Fix getCurrentUser() -> getPermissionResolver()->getCurrentUserReference()->getUserId() for eZ Platform 3 API
• 2026-03-27 fc8faa3 fix: register legacy console commands as DI services; refactor LegacyEmbedScriptCommand to use constructor injection instead of deprecated ContainerAwareCo
• 2026-04-04 f269b61 fix: register legacy_mode under ibexa.site_access.config namespace
• 2026-04-17 d61370c fix: fall back to sessionStorage when session service is null on Symfony 5.3+

Composer requirements (6) #

• 2025-07-01 75e0f05 tooling: Update composer.json switched vendor name
• 2025-07-01 d9816e9 tooling: Update composer.json replaced package vendor name
• 2025-08-24 4b45ba8 tooling: Update composer.json to include replacement package vendor name for twig/twig and sensio/distribution-bundle. Forking for changes.
• 2025-08-25 8e158d2 tooling: Update composer.json testing switch to dev-main for exponential 6.0.x. Testing.
• 2025-08-25 3c23639 tooling: Update composer.json replacing pacakge name and version back to tagged releases. Testing.
• 2025-08-25 441d49f release: Update LegacyWrapperInstallCommand.php to include bugfix for quoted web dir upon install via composer. Very distressing. Bugfix.

Design and templates (5) #

• 2026-03-26 0a59fbf feature: Use Twig for legacy response rendering
• 2026-03-26 a903e1e feature: Update Twig loader interfaces
• 2026-03-26 6cde5d5 feature: Match installed Twig loader API
• 2026-03-26 5990076 feature: Update legacy Twig bridge classes
• 2026-03-26 85c6b7f feature: Fix Twig environment typehints

PHP 8.x compatibility (4) #

• 2025-08-24 7d0dcae fix: Update LegacyWrapperInstallCommand.php to include working change to run ezplatform-legacy with this bundle. This change fixed transparently but not correctly a path bug (...)
• 2026-03-25 54aca93 fix: create 3.x branch for eZ Platform 3.3 / Symfony 5.4 / PHP 8.x
• 2026-03-26 4b484e5 fix: Fix LegacyConfigResolver: add type declarations for PHP 8.x ConfigResolverInterface compat
• 2026-04-05 6ca1508 fix: PHP 8 compat - add int return type and return 0 to Command execute() methods

Package renamed to the se7enxweb vendor (2) #

• 2026-03-25 7820f65 bc: replace ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy with se7enxweb/exponential ^6.0.12 for PHP 8.x compatibility
• 2026-04-04 7b57b96 bc: require se7enxweb/exponential dev-main instead of ^6.0.12

Responsive admin design (admin3) (1) #

• 2026-02-25 9195072 feature: Replaced SiteDesign=admin2 with admin3 design for long term support and features. Enhancement.

Cleanup (1) #

• 2026-03-26 264f981 release: Update login cleanup listener for Symfony 5

Version numbers (1) #

• 2026-04-06 8fc9d52 release: Version API/Specific/Release Switch for se7enxweb/ezplatform-xmltext-fieldtype package requirements. Bugfix.

Extensions bundled with the distribution (1) #

• 2026-04-06 0719670 feature: Altering legacyBridge init_ini settings override installation file site.ini.append.php to test additional configuration items and remove ezmbpaex exte

SQLite support (1) #

• 2026-04-07 b926fc9 feature: SQLite: map pdo_sqlite driver + inject absolute DB path into legacy INI

Console command names (1) #

• 2026-04-07 8cea9e8 bc: rename legacy commands to exponential:legacy:* prefix, keep ezpublish:* as deprecated aliases (v4/4.x)

Related pages #

• Legacy bridge
• Legacy bridge specification
• Console command names
• Release changelog
• Package map
• Upgrade notes
• Ecosystem overview
• Complete ledger of this repository
• Site bundles
• Platform ecosystem by month: 2025-07, 2025-08, 2026-02, 2026-03, 2026-04