2 Methods to Set HTTP Response Status Code in Symfony 7

An HTTP response contains a status code that indicates whether a request sent by the client has been successfully processed. This tutorial provides 2 methods how to set HTTP response status code in Symfony 7 application.

Method 1 - constructor

The HTTP status code can be provided as the second argument of the constructor when creating an instance of the Response class.

src/Controller/TestController.php

<?php

namespace App\Controller;

use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
use Symfony\Component\Routing\Attribute\Route;

class TestController
{
    #[Route('/')]
    public function index(): Response
    {
        return new Response('', 201);
    }
}

Method 2 - 'setStatusCode' method

The setStatusCode method can be used to set the HTTP status code if an instance of the Response class is already created.

src/Controller/TestController.php

<?php

namespace App\Controller;

use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
use Symfony\Component\Routing\Attribute\Route;

class TestController
{
    #[Route('/')]
    public function index(): Response
    {
        $response = new Response();
        $response->setStatusCode(201);

        return $response;
    }
}