@@ -545,16 +545,18 @@ Sending Early Hints
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546546 The Early Hints helper of the ``AbstractController `` was introduced
547547 in Symfony 6.3.
548+ .. _`Early hints` : https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/103
549+ .. _`SAPI` : https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.php-sapi-name.php
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549- Early hints allow to tell user's browser to start downloading some assets
550- even before sending the response content. Thanks to this, the browser is able
551- to prefetch resources that will be needed once the full response is finally sent.
552- These resources are commonly Javascript or CSS files, but it can be any type of
553- resource.
551+ ` Early hints `_ tell the browser to start downloading some assets even before the
552+ application sends the response content. This improves perceived performance
553+ because the browser can prefetch resources that will be needed once the full
554+ response is finally sent. These resources are commonly Javascript or CSS files,
555+ but they can be any type of resource.
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555557.. note ::
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557- In order to work, the SAPI you're using must support this feature, like
559+ In order to work, the ` SAPI `_ you're using must support this feature, like
558560 `FrankenPHP `_.
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560562You can send early hints from your controller action thanks to the
@@ -584,10 +586,14 @@ method::
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585587 }
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587- The ``sendEarlyHints `` method will send a first informational response to the
588- web browser with a 103 status code. If it supports it, the browser will start
589- to download ``style.css `` and ``script.js `` while you're generating the response
590- full content.
589+ Technically, Early Hints are an informational HTTP response with the status code
590+ ``103 ``. The ``sendEarlyHints() `` method creates a ``Response `` object with that
591+ status code and sends its headers immediately.
592+
593+ This way, browsers can start downloading the assets immediately; like the
594+ ``style.css `` and ``script.js `` files in the above example). The
595+ ``sendEarlyHints() `` method also returns the ``Response `` object, which you
596+ must use to create the full response sent from the controller action.
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592598Final Thoughts
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