Standardize Laravel API responses, PHP Match expression and new releases [W41]

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Laravel

🆕 Laravel 10.26

Running a day behind, but there were a few patch releases yesterday bringing us to Laravel 10.26.2. Here are the highlights:

• Account for new MariaDB platform in #48563

• Convert Expression to string for having subqueries in #48525

• Allow searching vendor:publish prompt in #48586

• Add new SQL error messages in #48601

• Prevent session:table command from creating duplicates in #48602

• Handle expiration in seconds in #48600

• Add closure type hint for Query Builder methods in #48562

You may review the full branch diff on GitHub for a complete list of changes.

📚 Standardize Laravel API success and error response

Standardizing success and error response is crucial for an API. Since, API are often consumed by other systems.

Symfony

🆕 5.4 changelog:

• 7aaa92a: [Form] make FormPerformanceTestCase compatible with PHPUnit 10

• adcd3d0: [Security] fix resetting traceable listeners

• 8dc9fee: [Validator] add missing italian translations

🆕 6.3 changelog:

• d14d1a9: [FrameworkBundle] fix call to invalid method in NotificationAssertionsTrait

• 7aaa92a: [Form] make FormPerformanceTestCase compatible with PHPUnit 10

• 82f21e8: [HttpClient] fix type error with http_version 1.1

• bfd2f7d: [Serializer] fix order array sum normalizedData and nestedData

🆕 6.4 changelog:

• 19f0093: [TwigBridge] add FormLayoutTestCase class

• e11ae31: [Security] make impersonation_path() argument mandatory and add impersonation_url()

• a257327: [Messenger] fix WrappedExceptionsTrait

• b3c91c2: [FrameworkBundle] remove validator.expression_language_provider when expression language isn't installed

• f7bfffa: move UriSigner from HttpKernel to HttpFoundation package

• 693276e: [FrameworkBundle] add HttpClientAssertionsTrait which provide shortcuts to assert HTTP calls was triggered

• 96687e3: [Notifier] transport possible to have null

• 1dcdb66: [HttpFoundation] fix type of properties in Request class

• 34a93ef: [Messenger] resend failed retries back to failure transport

• d14d1a9: [FrameworkBundle] fix call to invalid method in NotificationAssertionsTrait

• c85f224: [Mailer] use idn encoded address otherwise Brevo throws an error

• 0c8cb7e: [DoctrineBridge] pass Request to EntityValueResolver expression

• f149841: [AssetMapper] add audit command

• 8b420d4: [Form] add duplicate_preferred_choices option to ChoiceType

• d27190a: [AssetMapper] fix unit test in assetmapper auditor

• 95fa158: [DependencyInjection] add #[AutowireIterator] attribute and improve #[AutowireLocator]

• 204381b: [AssetMapper] always downloading vendor files

• 8ac7385: [Messenger] mention the transport which failed during the setup command

• d8397de: [AssetMapper] fix entrypoint scripts are not preloaded

🆕 7.0 changelog:

• 039eecb: update the design of the Symfony Welcome Page

Articles & Misc

📚 PHP Match Expression - Match vs Switch

The Match expression is essentially the same as the Switch statement and was introduced in PHP 8.

📚 Fix Missing MySQL Extension Error in WordPress

The “Missing MySQL Extension” error typically occurs when your server lacks the necessary PHP extension to connect to the MySQL database.