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

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