Phalcon v4.0.0-beta1 released

The Phalcon Team is happy to announce the release of v4.0.0 Beta 1! Github Tag.

As always, we cannot thank your community enough! We said this before but it is worth repeating: our community rocks! For this release alone we had 369 commits and 2,787,950 additions and 2,690,303 deletions! A lot of the changes were formatting, tests as well as refactoring.

Phalcon v4 Beta 1 is one step closer to our stable release. As mentioned in our previous blog post, we have a handful of cards left for this release and we are focusing on documentation as well as the sample applications now.

You can see the remaining cards for v4 in our project page.

Also rewriting and reviewing the documentation can be tracked in this issue.

https://github.com/phalcon/docs/issues/2322

Some highlights:

Prefixed (almost all) abstract classes with Abstract
Introduced many more factory classes for components
Aligned interfaces
Moved classes to their natural namespaces (i.e. Adapter* classes are now in the Adapter\* namespace
Fixed 20 bugs
Removed __set_state() from classes that implemented it.

Thank you again to everyone that has engaged us through social media, as well as our Discord server. Our community is the drive that makes Phalcon better with every release.

Changelog

Added

Added Phalcon\Factory\Exception for factory exceptions. #13672
Added Phalcon\Filter\FilterInterface for custom filter implementations. #13672
Added Phalcon\Db\Adapter\PdoFactory: Factory to create PDO adapters. #13672
Added Phalcon\Image\ImageFactory: Factory to create image adapters. #13672
Added Phalcon\Logger\LoggerFactory: Factory to create logger objects. #13672
Added Phalcon\Translate\InterpolatorFactory: Factory to create interpolator objects. #13672
Added Phalcon\Translate\TranslateFactory: Factory to create translate objects. #13672
Added Phalcon\Domain\Payload to help in transferring messages between layers of the application. #14123
Added Phalcon\Domain\PayloadFactory: Factory to create payload objects. #14123
Added Phalcon\Http\Message\ServerRequestFactory::load: Method to create a ServerRequest object from globals. #14154
Added saslAuthData as option to Phalcon\Storage\Adapter\Libmemcached to authenticate using SASL #13394
Added Phalcon\Collection\ReadOnly: Read only collection. #14154
Added whiteList() to Phalcon\Helper\Arr #13954
Added Phalcon\Config\ConfigFactory::newInstance(): Factory to create config objects. #13201, #13768
Added Phalcon\Db\Enum #14213
Added Phalcon\Dispatcher\Exception #14213

Changed

Renamed Phalcon\Annotations\Adapter\Files to Phalcon\Annotations\Adapter\Stream. #13672
Renamed Phalcon\Annotations\Adapter to Phalcon\Annotations\Adapter\AbstractAdapter. #13672
Renamed Phalcon\Annotations\AdapterInterface to Phalcon\Annotations\Adapter\AdapterInterface. #13672
Renamed Phalcon\Annotations\Factory to Phalcon\Annotations\AnnotationsFactory. #13672
Renamed Phalcon\Config\Factory to Phalcon\Config\ConfigFactory. #13672
Renamed Phalcon\Filter\FilterLocator to Phalcon\Filter. #13672
Renamed Phalcon\Filter\FilterLocatorFactory to Phalcon\Filter\FilterFactory. #13672
Renamed Phalcon\Image\Adapter to Phalcon\Image\Adapter\AbstractAdapter. #13672
Renamed Phalcon\Image\AdapterInterface to Phalcon\Image\Adapter\AdapterInterface. #13672
Renamed Phalcon\Paginator\Adapter to Phalcon\Paginator\Adapter\AbstractAdapter. #13672
Renamed Phalcon\Paginator\AdapterInterface to Phalcon\Paginator\Adapter\AdapterInterface. #13672
Renamed Phalcon\Paginator\Factory to Phalcon\Paginator\PaginatorFactory. #13672
Renamed Phalcon\Translate\Adapter to Phalcon\Translate\Adapter\AbstractAdapter. #13672
Renamed Phalcon\Translate\AdapterInterface to Phalcon\Translate\Adapter\AdapterInterface. #13672
Phalcon\Plugin is now abstract.
Moved method parameter in Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Manager::getRelationRecords() to the last position. #14115
Moved method parameter in Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Manager::getBelongsToRecords() to the last position. #14115
Moved method parameter in Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Manager::getHasOneRecords() to the last position. #14115
Moved method parameter in Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Manager::getHasManyRecords() to the last position. #14115
Validator messages were moved into each validator. #13208
Phalcon\Paginator\Repository::getProperty() now uses Phalcon\Helper\Arr::get().
Refactored Phalcon\Collection to allow conditional key case sensitivity. #14154
Refactored Phalcon\Registry to align with the Phalcon\Collection interface. #14154
Phalcon\Mvc\Micro::setModelBinder() now uses the Factory Default DI if none is set. #14171
Phalcon\Mvc\Model\ValidationFailed now works with ModelInterface.
Refactored Phalcon\Config to extend Phalcon\Collection #13201, #13768
Renamed Phalcon\Config to extend Phalcon\Config\Config #13201, #13768
Renamed Phalcon\Acl to Phalcon\Acl\Enum #14213
Renamed Phalcon\Acl\Adapter to Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\AbstractAdapter #14213
Renamed Phalcon\Acl\AdapterInterface to Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\AdapterInterface #14213
Renamed Phalcon\Application to Phalcon\Application\AbstractApplication #14213
Renamed Phalcon\CryptInterface to Phalcon\Crypt\CryptInterface #14213
Renamed Phalcon\Db\Adapter to Phalcon\Db\Adapter\AbstractAdapter #14213
Renamed Phalcon\Db\AdapterInterface to Phalcon\Db\Adapter\AdapterInterface #14213
Renamed Phalcon\Db to Phalcon\Db\AdapterDb #14213
Renamed Phalcon\Db\Adapter\Pdo to Phalcon\Db\Adapter\Pdo\AbstractPdo #14213
Renamed Phalcon\Dispatcher to Phalcon\Dispatcher\AbstractDispatcher #14213
Renamed Phalcon\DispatcherInterface to Phalcon\Dispatcher\DispatcherInterface #14213
Renamed Phalcon\EscaperInterface to Phalcon\Escaper\EscaperInterface #14213
Renamed Phalcon\Firewall\Adapter to Phalcon\Firewall\Adapter\AbstractAdapter #14213
Renamed Phalcon\Firewall\AdapterInterface to Phalcon\Firewall\Adapter\AdapterInterface #14213
Renamed Phalcon\Flash to Phalcon\Flash\AbstractFlash #14213
Renamed Phalcon\FlashInterface to Phalcon\Flash\FlashInterface #14213
Renamed Phalcon\Forms\Element to Phalcon\Forms\Element\AbstractElement #14213
Renamed Phalcon\Forms\ElementInterface to Phalcon\Forms\Element\ElementInterface #14213
Renamed Phalcon\Image to Phalcon\Image\Enum #14213
Renamed Phalcon\Mvc\View\Engine to Phalcon\Mvc\View\Engine\AbstractEngine #14213
Renamed Phalcon\Mvc\View\EngineInterface to Phalcon\Mvc\View\Engine\EngineInterface #14213
Renamed Phalcon\UrlInterface to Phalcon\Url\UrlInterface
Renamed Phalcon\Validator to Phalcon\Validator\Validator #14213
Renamed Phalcon\Validator\Validator to Phalcon\Validator\AbstractValidator #14213
Renamed Phalcon\Validator\ValidatorComposite to Phalcon\Validator\AbstractValidatorComposite #14213
Renamed Phalcon\Validator\CombinedFieldsValidator to Phalcon\Validator\AbstractCombinedFields #14213
Renamed Phalcon\Validator\Validator\File\FileAbstract to Phalcon\Validator\Validator\File\AbstractFile #14213

Fixed

Fixed Phalcon\Mvc\View::getRender() to call view->finish() instead of ob_end_clean(). #14095
Fixed Phalcon\Cache\Adapter\Libmemcached failing to set values when Phalcon\Mvc\Model\MetaData\Libmemcached was in use. #14100
Fixed Phalcon\Db\Column to recognize tinyint, smallint, mediumint, integer as valid autoIncrement columns. #14102
Fixed method parameter in Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Manager::getRelationRecords(), it’s not always a string, null by default. #14115
Fixed method parameter in Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Manager::getBelongsToRecords(), it’s not always a string, null by default. #14115
Fixed method parameter in Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Manager::getHasOneRecords(), it’s not always a string, null by default. #14115
Fixed method parameter in Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Manager::getHasManyRecords(), it’s not always a string, null by default. #14115
Fixed handlers property in Phalcon\Mvc\Micro\Collection to now always an array.
Fixed crash in Phalcon\Mvc\Model::save() when saving a circular model relation. #13354
Fixed Phalcon\Db\Dialect\Postgresql::truncateTable() to now escape table names. #14125
Fixed Phalcon\Mvc\Model\MetaData::write() to throw an exception if orm.exception_on_failed_metadata_save is set to true. #13433
Fixed Phalcon\Image\Adapter\Gd to throw an error with imagecolorat. #14139
Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Criteria::limit() now corrects negative offsets.
Phalcon\Di\FactoryDefault\Cli can now use the new Filter system.
Fixed Phalcon\Mvc\Router now parses and uses path. #14087
Fixed various areas in Phalcon\Acl\Adapter and Phalcon\Acl\Adapter\Memory including comments, logic, denyComponentAccess and AdapterInterface. Added tests. #13870
Fixed Phalcon\Config::merge() not merging numeric values properly #13201, #13768
Fixed Phalcon\Validation\Validator\File\AbstractFile missing the resolution of the value property #14198
Fixed Phalcon\Storage\Adapter\Stream #14190
Phalcon\Form\Form::clear() now correctly clears single fields. #14217
Fixed Phalcon\Form\Form::getValue() not to call getAttributes() when an element is named “attributes” #14226
Fixed Phalcon\Model::delete() array to string conversion #14080
Fixed segfault in Phalcon\Mvc\Micro\LazyLoader::callMethod() when handler contains syntax error.

Removed

Removed Phalcon\Session\Factory. #13672
Removed Phalcon\Factory and Phalcon\FactoryInterface. #13672
Removed Phalcon\Translate. #13672
Removed Phalcon\Db\Column::getSchemaName() as its not relevant or settable.
Removed Phalcon\Config::__set_state() as it does not serve any purpose and skipped the constructor. #13201, #13768
Removed Phalcon\Annotations\Reflection::__set_state(), Phalcon\Db\ColumnInterface::__set_state(), Phalcon\Db\Column::__set_state(), Phalcon\Db\IndexInterface::__set_state(), Phalcon\Db\Index::__set_state(), Phalcon\Db\ReferenceInterface::__set_state(), Phalcon\Db\Reference::__set_state(), Phalcon\Di\ServiceInterface::__set_state(), Phalcon\Di\Service::__set_state(), Phalcon\Http\Response\HeadersInterface::__set_state(), Phalcon\Http\Response\Headers::__set_state(), Phalcon\Http\Request::__set_state(), Phalcon\Messages\Message::__set_state() #14212

Installation/Upgrade

The packages in packagecloud.io are being updated (at the time of this post) and will be ready soon. You will need to use the mainline repository to install v4.0.0-beta1. You can also download the zip file, as well as DLLs for Windows, 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. Detailed installation instructions can be found in our documentation page.

Note: It might take a bit of time for the DEB and RPM packages to be built from when this blog post is published.

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 page. Alternatively you can always join us in our Discord server or our Forum.

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