Debate about features and changes for the next major symfony release

This page lists all the options we have for symfony 2.0. Please add yours and discuss them on the forum.

ORM

• Propel 2.0
• ezPDO
• Doctrine
• "home made"
• Zend_db extension

Templating

• PHP as symfony 1.0
• PHP embeded in OpenOffice? documents to ease report generation (sfOpenOfficePlugin)
• "home made"

Helpers

• classes
• functions

Validation

• support for * as any entry e.g. array{*}{name}

Admin generator

• AJAX admin and rich components (sfDojoPlugin)

YAML validator/builder plugin

• Symfony health check (eg test schema(s) connectivity)
• Settings validator (checks YAML files for indentation and tabs)
• YAML settings editor (for databases.yml, settings.yml etc)
  • Also screen to help build complex validation YAML files

Generally

• separating basic js library from symfony core
  • by providing a prototype+scriptaculous version and a jQuery/Interface version (the sfUJSPlugin and all other js-related plugins have to be updated too to work independently from the chosen js-libraries

CSS

• css framework integration/naming convention, basic layout

SSL

• build in SSL redirection

AJAX HELPERS

• show hidden field on selecting given value/checkbox
• default value disappears from input tag on click