Merry Christmas and Phalcon v4.0.0-alpha1 released

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Merry Christmas and Phalcon v4.0.0-alpha1 released

The Phalcon Team wishes all of our friends, contributors, developers and users of the framework a Merry Christmas!. We hope that the new year will bring health and happiness to you and your loved ones!

After months of work on v4 (most of them long nights), we are happy to announce the release of Phalcon v4.0.0 Alpha 1 as a small gift to our friends and community for this joyous day. First and foremost:

A huge thank you to all of our contributors and the community!!

Second and equally important:

This release IS NOT BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE - YOU WILL NEED TO REFACTOR YOUR EXISTING APPLICATIONS
YOU NEED TO LOAD THE PSR EXTENSION BEFORE THE PHALCON ONE [REPO]

The release tag can be found here: v4.0.0-alpha1.

We still have a lot of work ahead of us until v4 is marked as stable. The project page that we keep the status of the work we have done and need to do can be found here. As you can see there are a few bugs that we need to address but also a couple of big items that require significant refactoring.

Some highlights of this version include:

  • Minimum supported version for PHP is 7.2
  • Much tighter interfaces and typed parameters/return types
  • Corrected a lot of inconsistencies in interfaces and implementation classes
  • PSR-3 : Logger has been rewritten from the ground up
  • PSR-11 : Container implementation (will be rewritten in a future version)
  • PSR-16 : Todo for now. It will be available in the next version
  • More code coverage, setup local testing environment and more.

Changelog

THIS RELEASE IS NOT BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE

Added

  • Added CODE_OF_CONDUCT for the project
  • Added Phalcon\Db\Adapter\Pdo\Postgresql::describeReferences to implement custom Postgresql rules 438
  • Added Phalcon\Mvc\Router\RouteInterface::convert so that calling Phalcon\Mvc\Router\Group::add will return an instance that has convert method #13380
  • Added Phalcon\Mvc\ModelInterface::getModelsMetaData #13070
  • Added Phalcon\Validation\Validator\Ip, class used to validate ip address fields. It allows to validate a field selecting IPv4 or IPv6, allowing private or reserved ranges and empty values if necessary. #13574
  • Added Phalcon\Messages\MessageInterface, Phalcon\Messages\Message, Phalcon\Messages\Exception and Phalcon\Messages\Messages to handle all messages for the application (model/validation) #13114
  • Added getHandlerSuffix(), setHandlerSuffix() in Dispatcher, getTaskSuffix(), setTaskSuffix() in the CLI Dispatcher #13468
  • Added ability to set a custom template for the Flash Messenger. #13445
  • Added forUpdate in the Sqlite dialect to override the method from the base dialect. #13539
  • Added TYPE_ENUM in the Mysql adapter. #11368
  • Added more column types for the Mysql adapter. The adapter supports TYPE_BIGINTEGER, TYPE_BIT, TYPE_BLOB, TYPE_BOOLEAN, TYPE_CHAR, TYPE_DATE, TYPE_DATETIME, TYPE_DECIMAL, TYPE_DOUBLE, TYPE_ENUM, TYPE_FLOAT, TYPE_INTEGER, TYPE_JSON, TYPE_JSONB, TYPE_LONGBLOB, TYPE_LONGTEXT, TYPE_MEDIUMBLOB, TYPE_MEDIUMINTEGER, TYPE_MEDIUMTEXT, TYPE_SMALLINTEGER, TYPE_TEXT, TYPE_TIME, TYPE_TIMESTAMP, TYPE_TINYBLOB, TYPE_TINYINTEGER, TYPE_TINYTEXT, TYPE_VARCHAR #13151, #12223, #524, #13225 @zGaron, #12523 @Studentsov, #12471 @ruudboon
  • Added Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\Memory::addRole support multiple inherited #13557
  • Added Phalcon\Tag::renderTitle() that renders the title enclosed in <title> tags. #13547
  • Added hasHeader() method to Phalcon\Http\Response to provide the ability to check if a header exists. #12189
  • Added global setting orm.case_insensitive_column_map to attempt to find value in the column map case-insensitively. Can be also enabled by setting caseInsensitiveColumnMap key in \Phalcon\Mvc\Model::setup(). #11802
  • Added the ability to use FrontendInterface to serialize Model and ResultSet - Inject a serializer object which implements FrontendInterface in DI to use it. #12808
  • Added Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Query\BuilderInterface::offset #13599
  • Added Phalcon\Http\Response\Cookies::getCookies #13591
  • Added Phalcon\Mvc\Model::isRelationshipLoaded to check if relationship is loaded #12772
  • Added an easy way to work with Phalcon and run the tests locally, using nanobox.io #13578
  • Added response handler to Phalcon\Mvc\Micro, Phalcon\Mvc\Micro::setResponseHandler, to allow use of a custom response handler. #12452
  • Added two new events response::beforeSendHeaders and response::afterSendHeaders to Phalcon\Http\Response #10689
  • Added a retainer for the current token to be used during the checkings, so when Phalcon\Security::getToken is called the token used for checkings don’t change. #12392
  • Added Phalcon\Html\Tag, a component that creates HTML elements. It will replace Phalcon\Tag in a future version. This component does not use static method calls. #12392
  • Added Phalcon\Paginator\RepositoryInterface for repository the current state of paginator and also optional sets the aliases for properties repository #10985, #10957
  • Added bind support to Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Query\Builder. The Query Builder has the same methods as Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Query; getBindParams, setBindParams, getBindTypes and setBindTypes. #13368
  • Added Phalcon\Html\Breadcrumbs, a component that creates HTML code for breadcrumbs. #13680
  • Added more methods to interfaces.
    • Phalcon\Cli\Router\RouteInterface - delimiter, getDelimiter
    • Phalcon\Cli\DispatcherInterface - setOptions, getOptions
    • Phalcon\Db\AdapterInterface - fetchColumn, insertAsDict, updateAsDict
    • Phalcon\Db\DialectInterface - registerCustomFunction, getCustomFunctions, getSqlExpression
    • Phalcon\Di\ServiceInterface - getParameter, isResolved
    • Phalcon\Events\ManagerInterface - hasListeners
    • Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Query\BuilderInterface - distinct, getDistinct, forUpdate, offset, getOffset
    • Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Transaction\ManagerInterface - setDbService, getDbService, setRollbackPendent, getRollbackPendent
    • Phalcon\Mvc\Model\CriteriaInterface - distinct, leftJoin, innerJoin, rightJoin, groupBy, having, cache, getColumns, getGroupBy, getHaving,
    • Phalcon\Mvc\Model\ManagerInterface - isVisibleModelProperty, keepSnapshots, isKeepingSnapshots, useDynamicUpdate, isUsingDynamicUpdate, addHasManyToMany, existsHasManyToMany, getRelationRecords, getHasManyToMany, registerNamespaceAlias, getNamespaceAlias
    • Phalcon\Mvc\Model\MessageInterface - setModel, getModel, setCode, getCode
    • Phalcon\Mvc\Model\QueryInterface - getSingleResult, setBindParams, getBindParams, setBindTypes, setSharedLock, getBindTypes, getSql
    • Phalcon\Mvc\Model\RelationInterface - getParams
    • Phalcon\Mvc\Model\ResultsetInterface - setHydrateMode, getHydrateMode, getMessages, update, delete, filter
    • Phalcon\Mvc\ModelInterface - getModelsMetaData
    • Phalcon\Session\AdapterInterface - setId, status
    • Phalcon\Validation\MessageInteraface - getCode, setCode
    • Phalcon\CryptInterface - setPadding
    • Phalcon\Mvc\RouterInterface - attach #12676
  • Added Phalcon\Container, a proxy container class to the Phalcon\DI implementing PSR-11 #12295
  • Added Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\Memory::getActiveKey, Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\Memory::activeFunctionCustomArgumentsCount and Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\Memory::getActiveFunction to get latest key, number of custom arguments, and function used to acquire access #12547

Changed

  • Now Phalcon requires the PSR PHP extension to be installed and enabled
  • By configuring prefix and statsKey the Phalcon\Cache\Backend\Redis::queryKeys no longer returns prefixed keys, now it returns original keys without prefix. #13656
  • The Phalcon\Mvc\Application, Phalcon\Mvc\Micro and Phalcon\Mvc\Router now must have a URI to process #12380
  • Response headers and cookies are no longer prematurely sent #12378
  • You can no longer assign data to models whilst saving them #12317
  • The Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Manager::load no longer reuses already initialized models #12317
  • Changed Phalcon\Db\Dialect\Postgresql::describeReferences to generate correct SQL, added “on update” and “on delete” constraints 438
  • Changed catch Exception to Throwable #12288
  • Changed Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Query\Builder::addFrom to remove third parameter $with #13109
  • Phalcon\Forms\Form::clear will no longer call Phalcon\Forms\Element::clear, instead it will clear/set default value itself, and Phalcon\Forms\Element::clear will now call Phalcon\Forms\Form::clear if it’s assigned to the form, otherwise it will just clear itself. #13500
  • Phalcon\Forms\Form::getValue will now also try to get the value by calling Tag::getValue or element’s getDefault method before returning null, and Phalcon\Forms\Element::getValue calls Tag::getDefault only if it’s not added to the form. #13500
  • Changed Phalcon\Mvc\Model to use the Phalcon\Messages\Message object for its messages #13114
  • Changed Phalcon\Validation\* to use the Phalcon\Messages\Message object for its messages #13114
  • Collections now use the Validation component #12376
  • Made the specialKey (_PHCR) optional for the Phalcon\Cache\Backend\Redis adapter #10905, #11608
  • Refactored Phalcon\Db\Adapter\Pdo::query to use PDO’s prepare and execute. Phalcon\Db\Adapter::fetchAll to use PDO’s fetchAll #13515
  • Fixed \Phalcon\Http\Response::setFileToSend filename last much _ #13496
  • Changed Phalcon\Tag::getTitle. It returns only the text. It accepts prepend, append booleans to prepend or append the relevant text to the title. #13547
  • Changed Phalcon\Di\Service constructor to no longer takes the name of the service. #13590
  • Changed Phalon\Tag::textArea to use htmlspecialchars to prevent XSS injection. #12428
  • Changed Phalon\Cache\Backend\*::get to use only positive numbers for lifetime 11759
  • Changed Phalcon\Logger to comply with PSR-3. The component has been rewritten to use adapters that allow logging to different areas. The #13438
  • Renamed Phalcon\Assets\Resource namespace to Phalcon\Assets\Asset #12082
  • Renamed Phalcon\Assets\Resource to Phalcon\Assets\Asset #12082
  • Renamed Phalcon\Assets\ResourceInterface to Phalcon\Assets\AssetInterface #12082
  • Renamed Phalcon\Assets\Manager::addResource to Phalcon\Assets\Manager::addAsset #12082
  • Renamed Phalcon\Assets\Manager::addResourceByType to Phalcon\Assets\Manager::addAssetByType #12082
  • Renamed Phalcon\Assets\Manager::collectionResourcesByType to Phalcon\Assets\Manager::collectionAssetsByType #12082
  • Changed paginate in the place of getPaginate. Added previous in the place of before. #13492
  • Scope SQL Column Aliases (on nesting level), in Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Query, to prevent overwrite root query’s _sqlColumnAliases by sub-queries. #13006, #12548 and #1731
  • CLI parameters now work like MVC parameters #12375
  • Changed Phalcon\Db\Dialect\Postgresql::addPrimaryKey to make primary key constraints names unique by prefixing them with the table name. #12629
  • Fixed Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Query::_prepareSelect overwriting columns with the same alias #13552
  • Changed Phalcon\Http\RequestInterface to align with Phalcon\Http\Request #13061
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\Resource to Phalcon\Acl\Subject #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\ResourceInterface to Phalcon\Acl\SubjectInterface #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\ResourceAware to Phalcon\Acl\SubjectAware #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\Role to Phalcon\Acl\Operation #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\RoleInterface to Phalcon\Acl\OperationInterface #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\RoleAware to Phalcon\Acl\OperationAware #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface::addRole to Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface::addOperation #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface::isRole to Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface::isOperation #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface::isResource to Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface::isSubject #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface::addResource to Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface::addSubject #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface::addResourceAccess to Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface::addSubjectAccess #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface::dropResourceAccess to Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface::dropSubjectAccess #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface::getActiveRole to Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface::getActiveOperation #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface::getActiveResource to Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface::getActiveSubject #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface::getRoless to Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface::getOperations #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface::getResources to Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface::getSubjects #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\Adapter::getActiveRole to Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface::getActiveOperation #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\Adapter::getActiveResource to Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface::getActiveSubject #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\Memory::addRole to Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\Memory::addOperation #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\Memory::isRole to Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\Memory::isOperation #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\Memory::isResource to Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\Memory::isSubject #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\Memory::addResource to Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\Memory::addSubject #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\Memory::addResourceAccess to Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\Memory::addSubjectAccess #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\Memory::dropResourceAccess to Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\Memory::dropSubjectAccess #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\Memory::getRoless to Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\Memory::getOperations #13639
  • Renamed Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\Memory::getResources to Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\Memory::getSubjects #13639
  • Changed Phalcon\Http\Response::setHeaders now merges the headers with any pre-existing ones in the internal collection #12836
  • Changed Phalcon\DI\FactoryDefault to not load by default
    • the Phalcon\Session\Adapter\Files using the name session
    • the Phalcon\Session\Bag using the name sessionBag #12921 #12921
  • Changed the Phalcon\Session namespace by refactoring the component. Phalcon\Session\Manager is now the single component offering session manipulation by using adapters. Each adapter implements PHP’s SessionHandlerInterface. Available adapters are Phalcon\Session\Files, Phalcon\Session\Libmemcached, Phalcon\Session\Noop and Phalcon\Session\Redis. #12921, #11341, #13535
  • Fixed Phalcon\Mvc\Models magic method (setter) is fixed for arrays #13661
  • Fixed Phalcon\Mvc\Model::skipAttributes and Phalcon\Mvc\Model::allowEmptyColumns allowEmptyStrings & skipAttributes repsect the column mapping. #12975, #13477

Removed

  • PHP < 7.2 no longer supported
  • Removed xcache support from adapters #13628
  • Removed apc support from adapters (use apcu) #13628
  • Removed memcache support from adapters (use libmemcached) #13628
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Annotations\Adapter\Apc
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Annotations\Adapter\Xcache
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Cache\Backend\Apc
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Cache\Backend\Memcache
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Cache\Backend\Xcache
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Cli\Console::addModules
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Debug::getMajorVersion
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Criteria::addWhere
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Criteria::order
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Metadata\Apc
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Metadata\Memcache
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Metadata\Xcache
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Mvc\View::getParams
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Mvc\ViewInterface::getParams
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Paginator\Adapter\Model::getPaginate
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Paginator\Adapter\Model - $before
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Paginator\Adapter\Model - $total_pages
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Paginator\Adapter\NativeArray::getPaginate
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Paginator\Adapter\NativeArray - $before
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Paginator\Adapter\NativeArray - $total_pages
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Paginator\Adapter\QueryBuilder::getPaginate
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Paginator\Adapter\QueryBuilder - $before
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Paginator\Adapter\QueryBuilder - $total_pages
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Security::hasLibreSsl
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Security::getSslVersionNumber
  • Removed deprecated Phalcon\Validation\Validator::isSetOption
  • Removed Phalcon\Cli\Console::addModules in favor of Phalcon\Cli\Console::registerModules
  • Removed Phalcon\Debug::getMajorVersion due to the fact that we never use this method
  • Removed Phalcon\Dispatcher::setModelBinding in favor of Phalcon\Dispatcher::setModelBinder
  • Removed Phalcon\Http\RequestInterface::isSecureRequest in favor of Phalcon\Http\RequestInterface::isSecure
  • Removed Phalcon\Http\RequestInterface::isSoapRequested in favor of Phalcon\Http\Request::isSoap
  • Removed Phalcon\Logger\Multiple
  • Removed Phalcon\Mvc\Collection::validationHasFailed
  • Removed Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Criteria::order in favor of Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Criteria::orderBy
  • Removed Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Validator\* in favor of Phalcon\Validation\Validator\*
  • Removed Phalcon\Mvc\Micro\Lazyloader::__call in favor of Phalcon\Mvc\Micro\Lazyloader::callMethod
  • Removed Phalcon\Model::reset #12317
  • Removed Phalcon\Validation\Message and Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Message in favor of Phalcon\Messages\Message
  • Removed Phalcon\Validation\MessageInterface and Phalcon\Mvc\Model\MessageInterface in favor of Phalcon\Messages\MessageInterface
  • Removed Phalcon\Validation\Message and Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Message in favor of Phalcon\Messages\Message
  • Removed Phalcon\Validation\Message\Group in favor of Phalcon\Messages\Messages
  • Removed calling Phalcon\Mvc\Collection::validate with object of type Phalcon\Mvc\Model\ValidatorInterface

Installation/Upgrade

The packages in packagecloud.io are being updated (at the time of this post) and will be ready soon. You can also download the zip file from our release page here.

You can also clone the repository and checkout the tag, and then run

zephir fullclean
zephir build

to install the new extension. For more information you can check the [installation guide)(https://docs.phalcon.io/en/3.4/installation).

Thank you

Once again a huge thank you to all of our contributors! You guys have helped us a lot. You can help us even more by installing this version and testing it. If you find bugs, please report them in our [Github Issues] (https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon/issues) page. Alternatively you can always join us in our Discord server or our Forum.

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