Version 4.0.0-alpha.4

Release Date: Dec 15, 2018

Next alpha release of CodeIgniter4

Highlights

  • Refactor for consistency: folder application renamed to app;

    constant BASEPATH renamed to SYSTEMPATH

  • Debug toolbar gets its own config, history collector

  • Numerous corrections and enhancements

Changed Files

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

  • admin/
    • docbot #1573

    • framework/composer.json #1555

    • release #1573

    • release-deploy #1573

    • starter/composer.json #1573, #1600

  • app/
    • Config/
      • App #1571

      • Autoload #1579

      • ContentSecurityPolicy #1581

      • Events #1571, #1595

      • Paths #1579

      • Routes #1579

      • Services #1579

      • Toolbar #1571, #1579

    • Filters/
      • Toolbar #1571

    • Views/
      • errors/* #1579

  • public/
    • index #1579

  • system/
    • Autoloader/
      • Autoloader #1562

      • FileLocator #1562, #1579

    • CLI/
      • CommandRunner #1562

    • Config/
      • AutoloadConfig #1555, #1579

      • BaseConfig #1562

      • Services #1571, #1562

    • Database/
      • BaseBuilder #a0fc68

      • MigrationRunner #1585

      • MySQLi/Connection #1561, #8f205a

    • Debug/
      • Collectors/* #1571, #1589, #1579

      • Exceptions #1579

      • Toolbar #1571

      • Views/toolbar.tpl #1571

      • Views/toolbarloader.js #1594

    • Helpers/
      • form_helper #1548

      • url_helper #1588

    • HTTP/
      • ContentSecurityPolicy #1581

      • DownloadResponse

    • I18n/
      • Time #1603

    • Language/
      • Language #1587, #1562, #1610

      • en/
        • CLI #1562

        • HTTP #d7dfc5

    • Log/
      • Handlers/FileHandler #1579

      • Logger #1562, #1579

    • Session/
      • Handlers/DatabaseHandler #1598

    • Test/
      • CIUnitTest #1581, #1593, #1579

      • FeatureResponse #1593

      • FeatureTestCase #1593

    • View/
      • View #1571, #1579

    • bootstrap #1579

    • CodeIgniter #ab8b5b, #1579

    • Common #1569, #1563, #1562, #1601, #1579

    • Entity #4c7bfe, #1575

    • Model #1602, #a0fc68

  • tests/
    • Autoloader/
      • AutolaoderTest #1562, #1579

      • FileLocatorTest #1562, #1579

    • Config/
      • ServicesTest #1562

    • Database/
      • Live/ModelTest #1602, #a0fc68

    • Files/
      • FileTest #1579

    • Helpers/
      • FormHelperTest #1548

      • URLHelperTest #1588

    • HTTP/
      • ContentSecurityPolicyTest #1581

      • DownloadResponseTest #1576, #1579

      • IncomingRequestDetectingTest #1576

      • IncomingRequestTest #1576

      • RedirectResponseTest #1562

      • ResponseTest #1576

    • I18n/
      • TimeDifferenceTest #1603

      • TimeTest #1603

    • Language/

      -LanguageTest #1587, #1610

    • Log/
      • FileHandlerTest #1579

    • Router/
      • RouterCollectionTest #1562

      • RouterTest #1562

    • Test/
      • FeatureResponseTest #1593

      • FeatureTestCaseTest #1593

      • TestCaseTest #1593

    • Validation/
      • ValidationTest #1562

    • View/
      • ParserPluginTest #1562

      • ParserTest #1562

      • ViewTest #1562

    • CodeIgniterTest #1562

    • CommonFunctionsTest #1569, #1562

    • EntityTest #4c7bfe, #1575

  • user_guide_src/source/
    • cli/
      • cli #1579

      • cli_commands #1579

    • concepts/
      • autoloader #1579

      • mvc #1579

      • services #1579

      • structure #1579

    • database/
      • configuration #1579

    • dbmgt/
      • migration #1579

      • seeds #1579

    • general/
      • common_functions #d7dfc5, #1579

      • configuration #1608

      • errors #1579

    • installation/
      • downloads #1579

    • models/
      • entities #547792, #1575

    • outgoing/
      • localization #1610

      • response #1581, #1579

      • view_parser #1579

    • testing/
      • debugging #1579

      • overview #1593, #1579

    • tutorial/
      • news_section #1586

      • static_pages #1579

  • composer.json #1555

  • ComposerScripts #1551

  • spark #1579

  • Vagrantfile.dist #1459

PRs merged

  • #1610 Test, fix & enhance Language

  • #a0fc68 Clear binds after inserts, updates, and find queries

  • #1608 Note about environment configuration in UG

  • #1606 release framework script clean up

  • #1603 Flesh out I18n testing

  • #8f305a Catch mysql connection errors and sanitize username and password

  • #1602 Model’s first and update didn’t work primary key-less tables

  • #1601 clean up ConfigServices in Common.php

  • #1600 admin/starter/composer.json clean up

  • #1598 use $defaultGroup as default value for database session DBGroup

  • #1595 handle fatal error via pre_system

  • #1594 Fix Toolbar invalid css

  • #1593 Flesh out the Test package testing

  • #1589 Fix Toolbar file loading throw exception

  • #1588 Fix site_url generate invalid url

  • #1587 Add Language fallback

  • #1586 Fix model namespace in tutorial

  • #1585 Type hint MigrationRunner methods

  • #4c7bfe Entity fill() now respects mapped properties

  • #547792 Add _get and _set notes for Entity class

  • #1582 Fix changelog index & common functions UG indent

  • #1581 ContentSecurityPolicy testing & enhancement

  • #1579 Use Absolute Paths

  • #1576 Testing13/http

  • #1575 Adds ?integer, ?double, ?string, etc. cast types

  • #ab8b5b Set baseURL to example.com during testing by default.

  • #d7dfc5 Doc tweaks for redirects

  • #1573 Lessons learned

  • #1571 Toolbar updates

  • #1569 Test esc() with different encodings and ignore app-only helpers

  • #1563 id attribute support added for csrf_field

  • #1562 Integrates Autoloader and FileLocator

  • #1561 Update Connection.php

  • #1557 remove prefix on use statements

  • #1556 using protected intead of public modifier for setUp() function in tests

  • #1555 autoload clean up: remove PsrLog namespace from composer.json

  • #1551 remove manual define “system/” directory prefix at ComposerScripts

  • #1548 allows to set empty html attr

  • #1459 Add Vagrantfile