Phalcon 1.3 beta 1 released!

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We are happy to announce the release of our first beta of Phalcon 1.3!

In this version we have introduced several new features and performance improvements. The intend of this beta release is get input from the community, test the new functionality making sure everything works fine once production environments are updated to 1.3.

1.3.0 includes several performance improvements, new components like Phalon\Image, bug fixes, stability and performance improvements.

  • Code cleanup: get rid of compiler warnings, dead code elimination, code deduplication, use static code analysers to eliminate possible bugs (801, 802, 810, 825, 827, 838, 849, 942, 968, 1001, 1093, 1169, 1214, 1223, 1224, 1375, 1430)
  • Fixed various memory leaks (469, 860, 910, 914, 916, 1031, 1067, 1249, 1273, 1291, 1309, 1345, 1455, 1470)
  • Fixed memory access violations / segmentation faults / etc. (469, 849, 851, 852, 858, 860, 861, 895, 911, 918, 927, 928, 1000, 1077, 1112, 1113, 1131, 1149, 1173, 1272, 1284, 1302, 1340, 1343, 1368, 1369, 1371, 1376, 1379, 1392, 1451, 1466, 1485, 1494, 1501, 1504, 1509, 1567, 1607)
  • Fixed PHP notices, warnings and other incompatibilities (894, 1222, 1315, 1413, 1427, 1428, 1529)
  • Security fixes:
  • Phalcon Kernel:
    • 32 and 64 bit hashes can be computed on the same CPU architecture (817)
    • Reduced overall memory usage (834, 891, 893)
    • Memory allocation optimizations (912, 1220)
    • Faster internal array and string manipulation (822, 823, 830, 833, 837, 890)
    • Camelize does not ignore the last character of a string anymore (1436)
    • Fixed bug in phalcon_fix_path() (1601)
    • Use native counterparts for memory_get_usage(), gettype(), json_encode(), json_decode(), session_XXX(), header(), headers_sent(), debug_backtrace(), lcfirst(), ob_XXX(), array_unshift(), array_values(), array_keys(), htmlentities() (836, 847, 936, 945, 1099)
    • Hash functions tailored for object handlers (842)
    • Optimization of calls to userland functions and methods (843, 954)
    • Read/modify/update optimization on properties (848)
    • Added support for self/parent/static scopes in static properties (943)
    • Scope lookup optimizations (948)
    • Do not restore memory frames from kernel functions (960, 976)
    • Diagnostic messages when Phalcon is compiled in dev mode (1009, 1054, 1097)
    • Return Value Optimization (1046, 1047, 1075)
    • Fixed locale issue (1095)
    • Added support for interned strings (PHP 5.4+)
    • Static property fetch/update optimization (1293)
    • Fix misleading diagnostics on exception (1297)
    • Use preallocated permanent zvals instead of null, true, false, 0 and 1 (1302)
    • Bug fix in phalcon_fix_path() (1591)
  • Phalcon\Acl:
    • Fixed broken ACL inheritance (905)
    • Bug fix when ACL allowed access to forbidden resources (1303)
    • Fixed bug with ACL * wildcard (1409)
    • Fixed bug with numeric resources (1513)
  • Phalcon\Annotations:
    • Fixed getProperty() bug in AnnotationsAdapter (996)
    • Phalcon\Annotations optimizations (1141)
    • Fixed parsing of annotations containing / (1480)
  • Phalcon\Assets:
    • Fixed bugs when minifier produced no output at all (811, 821)
    • Fixed joining issue (951)
    • Added support for UTF-8 characters in jsmin
    • Fixed chaining of CSS/JS filters (1198)
    • Phalcon\Assets\Filters\CssMin and Phalcon\Assets\Filters\JsMin implement Phalcon\Assets\FilterInterface (1539)
    • Added Phalcon\Assets\Collection::setTargetLocal() (1532)
  • Phalcon\Cache:
    • Added Libmemcached cache backend (913)
    • Added support for APCu 4.0.2+ (1234)
    • Implemented Phalcon\Cache\Backend\Memory::queryKeys() (1093)
    • Bug fixes in Phalcon\Cache\Backend\Xcache (1406)
    • Phalcon\Cache\Frontend\Data optimizations (1093)
    • Phalcon\Cache\Frontend\None optimizations (1093)
    • Phalcon\Cache\Frontend\Base64 optimizations (1093)
    • Phalcon\Cache\Frontend\Igbinary optimizations (1093)
    • Phalcon\Cache\Frontend\Output optimizations (1093)
    • Phalcon\Cache\Frontend\Json optimizations (1093)
    • Phalcon\Cache\Backend optimizations (1093)
    • Phalcon\Cache\Backend\Memory optimizations (1093)
    • Phalcon\Cache\Backend\File optimizations (1093)
    • Phalcon\Cache\Backend\Apc optimizations (1093)
    • Phalcon\Cache\Backend\Xcache optimizations (1093)
    • Phalcon\Cache\Backend\Memcache optimizations (1093)
    • Phalcon\Cache\Backend\Mongo optimizations (1093)
    • Phalcon\Cache\Backend\Libmemcached optimizations and bug fixes (1093)
    • Added increment() and decrement() methods (1374)
    • Added flush() method (1352)
  • Phalcon\Config:
    • Faster Phalcon\Config implementation using object handlers (837, 1277)
    • Phalcon\Config now support numeric properties as well (837)
  • Implemented Phalcon\Config::offsetUnset() (732)
    • Phalcon\Config\Adapter\Ini correctly handles empty sections and INI files without any sections (829, 837)
    • Added Phalcon\Adapter\Config\Json class to read JSON configs (844)
    • Phalcon\Config::merge now works with derived classes (1024)
    • Dot-delimited directives in INI-files are now parsed correctly (872)
    • Support for PHP arrays as config files (1439)
  • Phalcon\Crypt:
    • Added support for various padding schemes (PKCS7, ANSI X.923, ISO 10126, ISO/IEC 7816-4, zero padding, space padding) to Phalcon\Crypt (864, 887)
    • Reduced peak memory usage (1237)
    • encryptBase64() and decryptBase64() can optionally use RFC 4648 flavor of BASE64 (1353)
  • Phalcon\Db:
    • Added support for DECIMAL scale (940)
    • Fixed invalid sequence names for PostgreSQL (1022)
    • Added support for MySQL DOUBLE type (1128)
    • Database dialects now support BOOLEAN data type (816)
    • Added support for POINT type in MySQL (1536)
    • Fixed issue with RawValue('default') on composite primary key (1534)
  • Phalcon\Debug:
    • Added support for UTF-8 to \Phalcon\Debug (1099)
    • Phalcon\Debug::uri now supports both http and https (987)
    • Fixed array to string conversion notice (1534)
    • Add support for xdebug.file_link_format (1401)
  • Phalcon\DI:
    • Phalcon\Di optimizations (1014)
    • Added Phalcon\Di\Service::isResolved() method (1242)
    • Make sure that ‘persistent’ is resolved only when accessed for the first time (1637)
    • Faster DI implementation by using object handlers (1473)
  • Phalcon\Dispatcher:
    • Dispatching parameters now can be modified in beforeExecuteRoute events
    • beforeException events can now handle exceptions occurred when executing actions (140)
    • Added Phalcon\Dispatcher::getHandlerClass and Phalcon\Dispatcher::getActionMethod
    • Implemented afterInitialize event (782)
    • Phalcon\Dispatcher optimizations (782)
    • Added getPreviousControllerName(), getPreviousActionName() (1462)
  • Phalcon\Element:
    • Phalcon\Element::addFilter() incorrectly prepends NULL as the first element (1019)
  • Phalcon\Escaper:
    • Fixed bugs in Phalcon\Escaper (917)
    • Phalcon\Escaper optimizations (1015)
  • Phalcon\Events:
    • Added support for weak references (663)
    • Bug fix in Phalcon\Events\manager::attach() (1331, 1337)
  • Phalcon\Forms:
    • Phalcon\Forms\Element\* classes now implement Phalcon\Form\ElementInterface
    • Added support for HTML attributes to Phalcon\Forms\Form::label() (1029)
    • Phalcon\Forms\Form::getMessages() does not generate a fatal error if the form is valid (1349)
    • Improvements to Phalcon\Forms\Form::add() (1386)
  • Phalcon\Http:
    • Phalcon\Http\Cookie can be used without sessions (875)
    • Phalcon\Http\Cookie does not ignore expire time (897)
    • Phalcon\Http\Request fully supports file arrays (884, 888)
    • Phalcon\Http\Request optimizations (889)
    • Added getKey(), getError(), isUploadedFile() methods to Phalcon\Http\Request\File (878, 888)
    • Fixed regression in \Phalcon\Http\Request::getRawBody() (1091)
    • Bug fix in Phalcon\Http\Request::getQuery() (1226)
    • Fixed broken Phalcon\Http\Response::setFileToSend() method (831, 832)
    • Redirects use status descriptions from RFC 2616 (1175)
    • Phalcon\Http\Response::setFileToSend() can now show the file in the browser instead of offering to download it (853)
    • Added Phalcon\Http\Response\Headers::toArray() (1008)
    • getJsonRawBody() may return an associative array (1241)
    • Added getURI(), getBasicAuth(), getDigestAuth() methods to Phalcon\Http\Request (1250)
    • Added getPut()/hasPut() methods to Phalcon\Http\Request (680, 1403)
    • Implemented Phalcon\Http\Request\File::getRealType (1442, 1444)
  • Phalcon\Image:
  • Phalcon\Logger:
    • Added FirePHP Log Adapter and Formatter (845, 1333)
    • Implemented Phalcon\Logger\Adapter::isTransaction() (1238)
    • Fixed a bug preventing the EMERGENCY log type from being displayed correctly (1498)
    • Added Phalcon\Logger\Adapter\File::getPath() (1495, 1508)
  • Phalcon\Mvc:
    • Phalcon\Mvc\Application::handle() now checks whether the class exists before include()’ing its file (812, 818)
    • Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Criteria::fromInput() now sets _modelName (866, 873)
    • Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Query\Builder may now use both integer and string placeholders (701)
    • Mvc\Model\getMessages() is filterable now (885)
    • Fixed hasManyToMany relation implementation (938)
    • Fixed regular expression in \Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Validator\Email (1243)
    • Phalcon\Mvc\Model::hasOne/hasMany/belongsTo/hasManyToMany/addBehavior() are now public methods (1166)
    • Added Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Row::toArray() method (1506)
    • Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Validator::getOption() returns NULL if the option does not exist (1530)
    • Bug with a custom Events Manager in Phalcon\Mvc\Models (1314)
    • Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Query\Builder::__construct() does not ignore joins anymore (1327)
    • Fixed HAVING handling in Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Query\Builder (1396)
    • Micro Collections return Phalcon\Mvc\Micro\CollectionInterface (1130)
    • Phalcon\Mvc\Url::get() can append query params (723, 877)
    • Regular Expression Optimization for Phalcon\Mvc\Router (977)
    • PHQL: added placeholders support to LIMIT (1023)
    • Added Phalcon\Mvc\Router::getDefaultXXX() methods (1087)
    • Allow HAVING without GROUP BY in query builder (1115)
    • mvc/model/query.c optimizations (1129, 1132)
    • Added support for array(limit, offset]) as a ‘limit’ constructor key in Query Builder (1208)
    • Added support for ‘conditions’ in Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Query\Builder::__construct() (1236)
    • Added Phalcon\Mvc\View::isDisabled(), Phalcon\Mvc\View::getRenderLevel(), Phalcon\Mvc\View::getDisabledLevels() (907, 1320)
    • Added Phalcon\Mvc\View::getCurrentRenderLevel() (907, 1326)
    • Bug fix in Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Resultset\Simple::toArray() (1377)
    • Bug fixes in Volt compiler (1387)
    • Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Query\Builder optimizations (1414)
    • Allow to set dirs without trailing slashes in Phalcon\Mvc\View (406, 1440)
    • Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Validator::getOption() returns null if option does not exists (1531)
    • Added Phalcon\Mvc\Model::selectWriteConnection() (1519)
    • Added Phalcon\Mvc\Router\Group::convert()/getConverters() (1555, 1572)
    • Faster Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Row (1606)
  • Phalcon\Flash:
    • Phalcon\Flash\Session::getMessage('key') returns now an empty array if the key is not found (908, 920)
    • Phalcon\Flash\Session::getMessages() incorrectly removed all messages (1575)
    • Implemented Phalcon\Flash\Session::isset() (1342)
  • Phalcon\Paginator:
    • Phalcon\Paginator\Adapter\Model returns correct results even when page number is incorrect (1654)
    • Optimized Phalcon\Paginator\Adapter\QueryBuilder (1632)
    • setCurrentPage() returns $this for all adapters (1633)
    • Optimized Phalcon\Paginator\Adapter\NativeArray (1653)
  • Phalcon\Queue:
    • Fixed bug in Phalcon\Queue\Beanstalk::read() (1348, 1612)
    • Bug fixes in beanstalkd protocol implementation
    • Optimizations (1621)
  • Phalcon\Security:
    • Phalcon\Security\Exception inherits from Phalcon\Exception, not from \Phalcon\DI\Exception
    • Added Phalcon\Security::computeHmac() ( 1347)
    • Bug fixes (1347)
  • Phalcon\Session:
    • Fix Phalcon\Session\Bag::remove() (1637)
    • Phalcon\Session\Adapter::get() may optionally remove the data from session (1358)
  • Phalcon\Tag:
    • Fixed bugs (903)
    • Fixed radio button generation (947)
    • Fixed inconsistent behavior of setAutoescape() (1263)
    • Added missing HTML5 input types (824, 1323)
    • Added Phalcon\Tag::setTitleSeparator() (1365)
    • Added support for (1422)
    • Fixed inconsistency in Tag::stylesheetLink/javascriptInclude w.r.t. local URLs (1486)
  • Phalcon\Validation:
    • Added support for error codes (1171)
    • Bug fixes (1399)
    • Optimized Phalcon\Validation\Message\Group by using native iterators (1657)
  • Unit tests:
    • Travis CI improvements (819, 846, 949)
    • Use markTestSkipped(]) instead of echo (862)
    • Do not run APC tests under CLI when apc.enable_cli is 0
    • Added new tests (865, 1256, 1260, 1339, 1560, 1563)
    • Skip database tests when the DBMS is not available (970)
    • Support for optional RVO (1147)
    • Added support for test coverage visualization (1307, 1361)
    • Bug fixes in tests (1313, 1334, 1335, 1449, 1467)
  • Documentation bug fixes (1069, 1070, 1072, 1145, 1146, 1205, 1372, 1397, 1521, 1523, 1586, lots of them])
  • Refactored, improved and optimized build script (1218)
  • Other bug fixes (1051, 1131, 1040, 1275, 1392, 1396, 1399, 1425, 1426…)

Help with Testing

This version can be installed from the 1.3.0 branch:

git clone https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon
cd build
git checkout 1.3.0
sudo ./install

We welcome your comments regarding this new release. If you discover any bugs, please (if possible) create a failing test and submit a pull request, alongside with an issue on Github.

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