Version 4.0.0-beta.3

Release Date: Not released

Highlights:

• Type hinting added throughout & typos corrected (see API docs)
• Fixed a number of model, database, validation & debug toolbar issues

New messages:

• Database.FieldNotExists
• Validation.equals, not_equals

App changes:

• Removed $salt config item in app/Config/App
• Enabled migrations by default in app/Config/Migrations
• Simplified public/.htaccess

The list of changed files follows, with PR numbers shown.

• admin/

  • framework/composer.json #1935
  • starter/composer.json #1935

• app/

  • Config/

    • App #1973
    • Migrations #1973

• public/

  • .htaccess #1973

• system/

  • API/

    • ResponseTrait #1962

  • Commands/

    • Server/rewrite #1925

  • Config/

    • AutoloadConfig #1974
    • BaseConfig #1947

  • Database/ #1938

    • BaseBuilder #1923, #1933, #1950
    • BaseConnection #1950
    • BaseResult #1917
    • BaseUtils #1917
    • Forge #1917

    • SQLite3/

      • Connection #1917
      • Result #1917

  • Debug/

    • Toolbar #1916

    • Toolbar/Collectors/

      • BaseCollector #1972
      • Config #1973
      • History #1945
      • Routes #1949

    • Toolbar/Views/

      • _config.tpl.php #1973
      • toolbar.tpl.php #1972
      • toolbarloader.js #1931, #1961

  • Exceptions/

    • EntityException #1927

  • Filters/

    Filters #1970, #1985

  • Format/

    • FormatterInterface #1918
    • JSONFormatter #1918
    • XMLFormatter #1918

  • HTTP/

    • CLIRequest #1956
    • CURLRequest #1915

  • Images/Handlers/

    • BaseHandler #1956

  • Language/en/

    • Database #1917
    • Validation #1952

  • Router/

    • Router #1968
    • RouteCollection #1977

  • Session/Handlers/

    • RedisHandler #1980

  • Test/

    • FeatureResponse #1977
    • FeatureTestCase #1977

  • Validation/

    • FormatRules #1957
    • Rules #1952

  • View/

    • Table #1984

  • Entity #1911, #1927, #1943, #1950, #1955
  • Model #1930, #1943, #1963, #1981

• tests/system/

  • Config/

    • BaseConfigTest #1947

  • Database/

    • BaseQueryTest #1917

    • Live/

      • DbUtilsTest #1917, #1943
      • ForgeTest #1917
      • GetTest #1917, #1943
      • ModelTest #1930, #1943, #1981

    • Migrations/

      • MigrationRunnerTest #1917
      • MigrationTest #1943

  • Filters/

    • FilterTest #1985

  • Test/

    • FeatureTestCaseTest #1977

  • Validation/

    • FormatRulesTest #1957
    • RulesTest #1952, #cbe4b1d

  • View/

    • TableTest #1978, #1984

  • EntityTest #1911

• user_guide_src/

  • dbmgmt/

    • migrations #1973

  • installation/

    • installing_composer #1926
    • running #1935

  • libraries/

    • validation #1952, #1954, #1957

  • outgoing/

    • index #1978
    • table #1978, #1984

  • testing/

    • feature #1977
    • overview #1936

• .htaccess #1939
• composer.json #1935
• phpdoc.dist.xml #1987

PRs merged:

• #1987 Correct API docblock problems for phpdocs
• #1986 Update docblock version to 4.0.0
• #1985 Fix filter processing. Fixes #1907
• #cbe4b1d Fix SQLite tests
• #1984 Add footing to HTML Table
• #1981 Using soft deletes should not return an ambiguous field message when joining tables
• #1980 Corrected return value for Session/RedisHandler::read
• #1978 Implement HTML Table for CI4 (missed feature)
• #1977 Test/featuretestcase
• #1974 Remove framework classes from the autoloader classmap
• #1973 Defaultfixes
• #1972 Toolbar fix for custom collectors
• #1970 Add back filter arguments
• #1968 Fixed pathinfo mode 404 error
• #1963 String type primary key should also wrap into an array during db update
• #1962 Fix side issue
• #1961 Fix Debugbar url tail slash issue
• #1957 New generic string validation rule
• #1956 Use Null Coalesce Operator
• #1955 Travis-CI build failed fix
• #1954 Fix validation table format
• #1952 Add Validations for equals() and not_equals()
• #1951 System typos changes & code cleanup
• #1950 Fix some side issue
• #1949 Toobar/Routes correction
• #1947 Fix BaseConfig didn’t load Registrar files properly
• #1945 Fix datetime extraction from debugbar file
• #1943 Model, Entity, Exception & Migration test cases
• #1939 Remove section that prevents hotlinking
• #1938 Database typos changes
• #1936 Docs: improce app testing writeup
• #1935 Update phpunit.xml scripts. Fixes #1932
• #1933 having (Is NULL deletion)
• #1931 Toolbar IE11 fix
• #1930 Model Changes w.r.t. #1773
• #1927 Entity exception for non existed props
• #1926 Docs: update installation guide
• #1925 removed $_SERVER[‘CI_ENVIRONMENT’]
• #1923 missing return
• #1918 JSONFormatter
• #1917 Database Test Cases
• #1916 Check if the value is string
• #1915 Fix for POST + JSON (Content-Length added)
• #1911 JSON Cast exception test cases