Version 4.0.0-beta.2

Release Date: April 4, 2019

Highlights:

• A number of fixes & improvements, importantly for the Model and testing classes
• Models now require a primary key
• Generated API docs accessible at https://codeigniter4.github.io/api/
• Validation rules have been enhanced
• .htaccess beefed up

New messages:

• Database.noPrimaryKey, forFindColumnHaveMultipleColumns, Database.forEmptyInputGiven

App changes:

• updated app/Config/Events
• added app/Controllers/BaseController
• added tests/ folder for unit testing
• added phpunit.xml.dist for unit testing configuration

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

• .htaccess #1900

• app/

  • Config/

    • Events #1856

  • Controllers/

    • BaseController #1847
    • Home #1847

• contributing/

  • README.rst #1846
  • styleguide #1872

• contributing.md #1846
• phpdoc.dist.xml #1872

• system/

  • Autoloader/

    • FileLocator #1860

  • Cache/Handlers/

    • FileHandler #1895
    • MemcachedHandler #1895
    • PredisHandler #1895
    • RedisHandler #1863, #1895
    • WincacheHandler #1895

  • CLI/

    • CLI #1891, #1910

  • Commands/

    • Server/Serve #1893
    • Utilities/Routes #1859

  • Config/

    • BaseConfig #1811
    • Routes #1847, #1850

  • Database/

    • BaseBuilder $1776, #1902
    • BaseConnection #1899
    • Forge #1844, #1899
    • MigrationRunner #1860, #1865
    • MySQLi/Connection #1896
    • MySQLi/Forge #1899
    • Postgre/Builder #1902
    • Postgre/Forge #1899
    • Query #1805, #1771
    • SQLite3/Builder #1902
    • SQLite3/Forge #1899

  • Debug/

    • Toolbar/Collectors/History #1869
    • Toolbar #1897

  • Events/

    • Events #1867

  • Exceptions/

    • ModelException #1829
    • PageNotFoundException #1844

  • Files/

    • File #1809, #1854

  • Helpers/

    • date_helper #d08b68
    • form_helper #1803
    • html_helper #1803
    • number_helper #d08b68, #1803
    • security_helper #d08b68
    • text_helper #d08b68, #1803
    • url_helper #d08b68, #1803
    • xml_helper #1803

  • Honeypot/

    • Honeypot #1894

  • HTTP/

    • Header #1769
    • IncomingRequest #1831

  • Language/en/

    • Database #1829, #1861, #1902

  • Router/

    • RouteCollection #1769
    • Router #1839, #1882

  • Session/

    • Session #1769

  • Test/

    • ControllerTester #1769, #1848, #1855
    • DOMParser #1848

  • Validation/

    • FormatRules #1762, #1863
    • Rules #1791, #1814, #1818, #1862
    • Validation #1769
    • Views/list #1828

  • View/

    • Filters #1769
    • Parser #1769
    • View #1769, #1827

  • CodeIgniter #1769, #1804, #1590
  • Common #1802, #895ae0
  • ComposerScripts #1804
  • Controller #1769, #1850
  • Entity #1769, #1804
  • Model #1793, #1769, #1804, #1808, #1812, #1813, #1817, #1829, #1746, #1861

• tests/system/

  • Cache/

    • Handlers/

      • FileHandlerTest #1796, #1895
      • MemcachedHandlerTest #1895
      • RedisHandlerTest #1895

    • CacheFactoryTest #1796

  • CLI/

    • CLITest #1910

  • Config/

    • BaseConfigTest #1811
    • ConfigTest #1811

  • Database/

    • Builder/EmptyTest #1902
    • Builder/SelectTest #1902
    • Live/ModelTest #1817, #1829, #1861
    • Live/WhereTest #1906

  • Events/

    • EventsTest #1867

  • HTTP/

    • ContentSecurityPolicyTest #1848

  • Router/

    • RouteCollectionTest #1822, #1912, #1913

  • Test/

    • ControllerTesterTest #1848, #1855
    • DOMParserTest #1848

  • Validation/

    • FormatRulesTest #1762
    • RulesTest #1791

  • View/

    • ViewTest #1827, #1836

  • ControllerTest #1850

• user_guide_src/

  • cli/

    • cli_commands #1777
    • cli_library #1892, #1910

  • concepts/

    • services #1811

  • database/

    • examples #1794

  • dbmgmt/

    • forge #1844, #1899
    • migration #1860, #1865

  • extending/

    • basecontroller #1847
    • core_classes #1847

  • general/

    • common_functions #1802, #1895

  • helpers/

    • number_helper #d08b68
    • url_helper #1803

  • incoming/

    • routing #1908

  • libraries/

    • caching #1895
    • files #1790, #1854
    • pagination #1823
    • sessions #1843
    • validation #1814, #1828, #1862

  • models/

    • models #1817, #1820, #1829, #1746, #1861

  • outgoing/

    • view_layouts #1827

  • testing/

    • controllers #1848

PRs merged:

• #1913 More RouteCollection tests for overwriting. Closes #1692
• #1912 Additional RouteCollectionTests
• #1910 Added print method to CLI library so you can print multiple times on same line
• #1908 Add filter parameters to User Guide
• #1906 SubQuery related test cases w.r.t #1775
• #1902 BaseBuilder corrections
• #1900 Update .htaccess for better security and caching
• #1899 Database Forge correction
• #1897 Toolbar fix w.r.t #1779
• #1896 Mysql connection issue with SSL cert (#1219)
• #1894 Typos fixings
• #1893 Fix spark serve with remove escapeshellarg()
• #1892 Add CLI background color list to the user guide
• #1891 Allow CLI::strlen null parameter
• #1886 Fixed issue #1880, fixed a few typos and updated code style
• #1882 Router Changes w.r.t #1541
• #1873-1889 Docs: move namespace declarations & add missing class docblocks
• #1872 Docs: fix phpdoc config
• #1871 Unmatched Cache Library get() return null
• #1869 History::SetFiles check #1778
• #1863 Module wise Typos changes
• #1861 New method Find Column w.r.t. #1619
• #1860 Migrationrunner use autoloader
• #1867 Events should actually work with any callable now. Fixes #1835
• #1865 MigrationRunner issue with definition resolved
• #1862 required_with and required_without definition changes
• #1859 Ignore callbacks in routes list
• #1858 Typos correction in DB module
• #1856 ensure ob_end_flush() when ob_get_level() > 0 on pre_system event
• #1855 Fix: ControllerTester::execute. Fixes #1834
• #1854 File::move now returns new file instance for relocated file. Fixes #1782
• #1851 Replace old CI3 .gitignore with root CI4 version
• #1850 Secure routable controller methods
• #1848 Test: fix & test Test/ControllerTest, tested
• #1847 Extend Controller to BaseController by default
• #1846 Fix contributing links
• #1844 Model Fix
• #1843 Replace CI3 $this->input reference
• #1842 Exception ‘forPageNotFound’ missing default value
• #1839 Dont replace slashes with backslashes in the to route
• #1836 Test: Improve ViewView coverage
• #1831 Fix some PHPDoc comments error
• #1829 Improve: Models now require a primary key. This is partially to keep the code …
• #1828 Fix: Remove bootstrap styles from validation views.
• #1827 Fix: Adding include method to View library to render view partials… views.
• #1823 Docs: Remove legacy Bootstrap references in Pagination class
• #1822 Test: enhance RouteCollection coverage
• #1820 Fix: Correct sphinx errors in model.rst
• #1819 Improve: Add apibot for API docs using phpDocumentor
• #1818 Improve: Code improvement in exact_length Rule
• #1817 Improve: Model setValidationMessage functions introduced
• #895ae0 Fix: Start session whenver using the old command
• #1814 Enhance: extended exact_length[1,3,5]
• #1813 Fix: Model::save fix for earlier PRs
• #1812 Test: Improve Filters coverage
• #1811 Test: Config module coverage improved
• #1809 Fix file move failed. Fixex #1785
• #1808 Fix: Fix save method return value
• #1805 Docs: Query Class Changes
• #1804 Docs: Some Base Functional Changes
• #1803 Docs: Some Helper Changes
• #1802 Docs: Common function correction
• #1796 Test: Improve Cache coverage
• #1794 Replace nonexistent “getAffectedRows”
• #1793 Set Model->chunk return type
• #1791 Fix: Remove is_numeric tests in ValidationRules
• #d08b68 Fix in ControllerTester for missing UserAgent
• #1790 Correction of typos in documentation as mentioned in issue #1781
• #1777 Add CLI namespace to example
• #1776 Fix: replace only last operator in field name
• #1771 Fix: fix typo in matchSimpleBinds
• #1769 Correction in Methods and Spellings
• #1762 Fix: decimal rule. shouldn’t it accept integers?
• #1746 Improve: Update Model, to selective update created_at / updated_at field.
• #1590 Improve: Enhance 404Override