symfony: platform repository history #

The history of symfony, one of the platform repositories around Exponential (group: Framework forks). Read it to learn what the repository gives you, how it relates to Exponential and when it changed. The ledger records 18 changes from 2025-08-24 to 2026-04-09, all made by the se7enxweb team.

What it is #

Fork of the Symfony 3.4 framework split into se7enxweb/symfony.

How it relates to Exponential #

Keeps Symfony 3.4 based Nexus 1.x installs running on PHP 8.2 to 8.5.

What a user gets #

PHP 8 return types, nullable types, closure and reflection fixes.

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

composer require se7enxweb/symfony

Counts by kind #

Releases made by the se7enxweb team #

Changes made by the se7enxweb team, by theme #

PHP 8.x compatibility (7) #

• 2025-08-24 9dcfb7a69 fix: Update ErrorHandler.php adding tested php 8.2 support with hopes it will test working for php 8.4+. New PHP 8 Support.
• 2025-08-24 df6faf1aa fix: Update ExceptionCaster.php to include bugfix for php8.4 support as tested with ezplatform 2.5 gpl and confirmed working. New PHP 8.4 Support.
• 2025-08-24 118d7f4b0 fix: Update LazyLoadingValueHolderGenerator.php to include php 8.2+ tested as working changes to reflect Zend to Laminas Library Transition. New PHP 8 Support
• 2026-01-28 f2852d452 fix: PHP 8.x: Add return types to VarDumper Data class
• 2026-01-28 e39f6b0c1 fix: PHP 8.x closure to method reference in WebProfilerExtension
• 2026-01-29 fd017e42a fix: Add explicit nullable types and fix ReflectionProperty deprecation in ErrorHandler.php for PHP 8.1+
• 2026-02-10 4e267ed5b fix: PHP85 Compatiblity bugfixes for deprecation warnings. Tested. Bugfixes.

Composer requirements (6) #

• 2025-08-24 acf172d10 tooling: Update composer.json changed package vendor name
• 2025-08-24 f68a4f210 tooling: Update composer.json added tag to test deployment workflow. No change.
• 2025-08-24 1b35573f6 tooling: Update composer.json initial attemp at working around breakdowns in forking package due to dependencies conflicts from other packages. Bugfix attempt.
• 2025-08-24 cc1e3c14f tooling: Update composer.json
• 2026-01-13 5fc51171c release: Bugfix for composer.json validation test to pass. Bugfix.
• 2026-01-30 66f8c749c tooling: Replace twig/twig with se7enxweb/twig in composer.json

Test tooling (1) #

• 2025-08-24 cd6d0491d tooling: Update ArrayNode.php tested as working bugfix for our env. Note: This is likely not required anylonger but we must test with it. Incomplete Patch.

Documentation (1) #

• 2026-02-14 14065e4da docs: Added bugfixes required by 7x Nexus to support default installations with more graceful features implmentations. Added support for change of behavior

Bug fixes (1) #

• 2026-04-09 feb97c92f fix: guard ini_set() in NativeFileSessionHandler against active/sent sessions

Also: 2 merge or funding-metadata commits by the team (no user benefit; see the coverage file notes).

Related pages #

• Framework forks
• Release changelog
• Package map
• Upgrade notes
• Ecosystem overview
• Complete ledger of this repository
• Platform ecosystem by month: 2025-08, 2026-01, 2026-02, 2026-03, 2026-04