This is the Symfony 2.8.x specific tag. Use it in addition to the symfony2 tag if your question is specific to Symfony 2.8.x — not just 2.x.
Symfony is a PHP full-stack web framework developed and maintained by Sensio Labs.
Information
This tag is specific for the 2.8 version of Symfony, which was released on November 2015 as long term support version of Symfony. See the symfony2 tag for general Symfony 2.x questions.
The 2.8.0 version was released the 30th November 2015.
Symfony 2.8 is the last version of the Symfony 2.x branch.
Living on the edge
There are a set of interesting links on the symfony blog about what's new in this version:
- Service Auto Wiring
- LDAP component
- Console improvements
- Symfony as a Microframework
- Form improvements
- Console Style Guide
- Redesigned Web Debug Toolbar
- The Release Process explained
- Version Checker
- DX (Developer Experience) Improvements
- Simpler Security Voters
- Streamlined Log Files
- Clock mocking and time sensitive tests
- YAML deprecations
- Translator improvements
- DependencyInjection improvements
- VarDumper improvements
- Deprecating Scopes and Introducing Shared Services
- Polyfill Components
- Final improvements