[Routing] Tell about {foo:bar} mapping syntax

Author: nicolas-grekas

doctrine.rst

@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ will automatically fetch them::
     /**
      * Perform a findOneBy() where the slug property matches {slug}.
      */
-    #[Route('/product/{slug}')]
+    #[Route('/product/{slug:product}')]
     public function showBySlug(Product $product): Response
     {
     }
@@ -694,14 +694,17 @@ Automatic fetching works in these situations:
   *all* of the wildcards in your route that are actually properties
   on your entity (non-properties are ignored).
 
-This behavior is enabled by default on all controllers. If you prefer, you can
-restrict this feature to only work on route wildcards called ``id`` to look for
-entities by primary key. To do so, set the option
-``doctrine.orm.controller_resolver.auto_mapping`` to ``false``.
+The ``{slug:product}`` syntax maps the route parameter named ``slug`` to the
+controller argument named ``$product``. It also hints the resolver to lookup
+by slug when loading the corresponding ``Product`` object from the database.
 
-When ``auto_mapping`` is disabled, you can configure the mapping explicitly for
-any controller argument with the ``MapEntity`` attribute. You can even control
-the ``EntityValueResolver`` behavior by using the `MapEntity options`_ ::
+.. versionadded:: 7.1
+
+    Route parameter mapping was introduced in Symfony 7.1.
+
+You can also configure the mapping explicitly for any controller argument
+with the ``MapEntity`` attribute. You can even control the
+``EntityValueResolver`` behavior by using the `MapEntity options`_ ::
 
     // src/Controller/ProductController.php
     namespace App\Controller;
@@ -812,18 +815,6 @@ control behavior:
         ): Response {
         }
 
-``exclude``
-    Configures the properties that should be used in the ``findOneBy()``
-    method by *excluding* one or more properties so that not *all* are used::
-
-        #[Route('/product/{slug}/{date}')]
-        public function show(
-            #[MapEntity(exclude: ['date'])]
-            Product $product,
-            \DateTime $date
-        ): Response {
-        }
-
 ``stripNull``
     If true, then when ``findOneBy()`` is used, any values that are
     ``null`` will not be used for the query.

routing.rst

@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ Creating Routes as Attributes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 PHP attributes allow to define routes next to the code of the
-:doc:`controllers </controller>` associated to those routes. Attributes are
-native in PHP 8 and higher versions, so you can use them right away.
+:doc:`controllers </controller>` associated to those routes.
 
 You need to add a bit of configuration to your project before using them. If your
 project uses :ref:`Symfony Flex <symfony-flex>`, this file is already created for you.
@@ -707,12 +706,6 @@ URL                       Route          Parameters
     matches any uppercase character in any language, ``\p{Greek}`` matches any
     Greek characters, etc.
 
-.. note::
-
-    When using regular expressions in route parameters, you can set the ``utf8``
-    route option to ``true`` to make any ``.`` character match any UTF-8
-    characters instead of just a single byte.
-
 If you prefer, requirements can be inlined in each parameter using the syntax
 ``{parameter_name<requirements>}``. This feature makes configuration more
 concise, but it can decrease route readability when requirements are complex:
@@ -998,7 +991,7 @@ controller action. Instead of ``string $slug``, add ``BlogPost $post``::
     {
         // ...
 
-        #[Route('/blog/{slug}', name: 'blog_show')]
+        #[Route('/blog/{slug:post}', name: 'blog_show')]
         public function show(BlogPost $post): Response
         {
             // $post is the object whose slug matches the routing parameter
@@ -1012,9 +1005,37 @@ this case), the "param converter" makes a database request to find the object
 using the request parameters (``slug`` in this case). If no object is found,
 Symfony generates a 404 response automatically.
 
+The ``{slug:post}`` syntax maps the route parameter named ``slug`` to the controller
+argument named ``$post``. It also hints the "param converter" to lookup by slug
+when loading the corresponding ``BlogPost`` object from the database.
+
+.. versionadded:: 7.1
+
+    Route parameter mapping was introduced in Symfony 7.1.
+
+When more than one entity needs to be derived from route parameters, collisions can happen.
+In the following example, the route tries to define two mappings: one to load an author by
+name, two to load a category by name. But this is not allowed because from the side of the
+route definition, this declares a parameter named "name" twice::
+
+    #[Route('/search-book/{name:author}/{name:category}')]
+
+Such routes should instead be defined using the following syntax::
+
+    #[Route('/search-book/{authorName:author.name}/{categoryName:category.name}')]
+
+This way, the route parameter names are unique (``authorName`` and ``categoryName``) and
+the "param converter" can correctly map them to controller arguments (``$author`` and
+``$category``), loading them both by their name.
+
+.. versionadded:: 7.3
+
+    This more advanced style of route parameter mapping was introduced in Symfony 7.3.
+
+More advanced mappings can be achieved using the ``#[MapEntity]`` attribute.
 Check out the :ref:`Doctrine param conversion documentation <doctrine-entity-value-resolver>`
-to learn about the ``#[MapEntity]`` attribute that can be used to customize the
-database queries used to fetch the object from the route parameter.
+to learn how to customize the database queries used to fetch the object from the route
+parameter.
 
 Backed Enum Parameters
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~