Great to see Cake continues to get better.
On Monday, 30 April 2012 04:12:50 UTC+1, mark_story wrote:
>
> The CakePHP core team is proud to announce the immediate availability of
> both CakePHP 2.1.2 [1], and 2.2.0-beta [2]. 2.1.2 is a bugfix release for
> the 2.1.x branch, while 2.2.0-beta is the first release for 2.2.x.
>
> ## CakePHP 2.1.2 ##
>
> There are a number of bugfixes in 2.1.2, the most notable of those changes
> is:
>
> * `Set::insert()` now overwrites values that were previously string values.
> * AuthComponent now uses `loginRedirect` as the default redirect location,
> should the session be empty.
> * `CakeNumber::format()` now supports multiple bytes for
> thousands/decimals when using PHP lower than PHP 5.4
> * A change to CakeSession was reverted to help solve issues with IE8 and
> sessions being lost.
> * Fixed an issue with SQLServer + boolean columns.
> * `DboSource::buildJoinStatement()` does not add the schema when the table
> is a subquery.
> * SessionComponent::id() always returns the sessionid. It will auto-start
> the session if necessary.
> * Method checking in Model for `expression()` and `calculate()` is only
> done when required now.
> * The testsuite now always uses the `test` datasource. Previously, if you
> did not include any fixtures and ran tests that required the database, the
> default connection was used.
> * URL fragments are no longer urlencoded. This caused issues with client
> side frameworks like backbone.
> * The return of L10n::get() consistently returns the language.
> * HTML escaping for string urls on `css()` and `script()` was fixed.
> * Warnings from saveAll() with an empty hasMany data set are fixed.
> * Validation::decimal() accepts values like `10` and `10.0`.
> * FormHelper::postButton() no longer makes invisible buttons.
> * The `$_FILES` array is now recursively reformatted. This fixes issues
> when file inputs are deeply nested.
> * EmailComponent no longer double encodes addresses containing UTF-8
> characters.
> * `File::create()` no longer juggles umask. This was a workaround for file
> caching which is no longer needed.
>
> ## CakePHP 2.2.0-beta ##
>
> Following hot on the heels of 2.1.0, the CakePHP team is proud to announce
> the beta release for 2.2.0. 2.2.x will be an API compatible release with
> 2.0.x, and 2.1.x. All of the changes mentioned in the 2.1.2 release, are
> also be present in 2.2.0-beta. We've decided to skip the standard `-dev`
> and `-alpha` releases, as we think the new features are relatively stable,
> and should be generally transparent when upgrading. A quick list of new
> features added in 2.2.0-beta:
>
> ### Timezone support for CakeTime utility
>
> * Added "Config.timezone" param to configure global timezone for the
> application.
> * CakeTime functions can now use timezone string or DateTimeZone object
> for user offsets
> * The $userOffset parameter has been replaced with $timezone parameter in
> all relevant functions.
> * Passing numeric offsets for $timezone parameter is still possible for
> backwards compatibility.
> * New methods added: `CakeTime::toServer()` and CakeTime::timezone()`
>
> ### Support pagination for complex custom finders
>
> Model `findCount()` will now pass `$query['operation'] = 'count'` for more
> flexibility.
>
> In many cases custom finds already return correct counts for pagination,
> but 'operation' key allows more flexibility to build other queries, or drop
> joins which are required for the custom finder itself. As the pagination of
> custom find methods never worked quite well it required workarounds for
> this in the model level, which are now no longer needed
>
> ### ACL methods now part of Permission model
>
> Now the Permission model has available all methods exposed in the
> AclComponent for easier permissions check
> in the model layer.
>
> ### New Hash class
>
> A new utility library `Hash` was added. It is intended as a replacement
> for the Set class featuring improved performance, and a more consistent
> API. All internal
> calls to Set were replaced and Set has been deprecated and will be removed
> in the next major version.
>
> Also added were Set::expand() and Hash::expand() to convert a plain list
> of dot separated keys into a nested array.
>
> ### Helper Lazy Loading
>
> Helpers located in the app folder can now be lazy loaded, there is no need
> to declare helpers anymore in the `$helpers` controller
> property if they are located in the app folder and you do not rely on them
> triggering any callback.
>
> ### Redis cache engine
>
> A new cache engine was added to interface with a Redis server, which is
> similar to Memcache
>
> ### Cache groups
>
> It is now possible to tag or label cache keys under groups. This makes it
> simpler to mass-delete cache entries associated to the same label. Groups
> are declared at configuration time when creating the cache engine
>
> ### Fatal error & console error handlers
>
> You can now configure separate error handlers for console and fatal
> errors. If you leave these configurations undefined the defaults will be
> used.
> If you are using a custom error handler, it will now receive fatal error
> codes, in addition to the other types.
>
> ### Nested transaction support
>
> Dbo datasources now supports real nested transactions. If you need to use
> this feature in your application, enable it using
> ConnectionManager::getDataSource('default')->useNestedTransactions = true;
>
> ### Dispatcher filters
>
> Event listeners can now be attached to the dispatcher calls, those will
> have the ability to change the request information or the response before
> it is sent to the client.
> `app/Config/bootstrap.php` should be changed to add configuration related
> to Dispatcher filters. If your application relies on assets in themes or
> plugins being dispatched, or if your are using the full page caching
> feature you *must* copy the relevant configuration to your bootstrap file.
> You need to add the following:
>
> <?php
> Configure::write('Dispatcher.filters', array(
> 'AssetDispatcher',
> 'CacheDispatcher'
> ));
>
> Additionally, the new AssetDispatcher filter will return a 304 code if it
> can detect the browser has the asset cached already
>
> ### Other Changes
>
> * Add charset() / headerCharset() methods to CakeEmail class
> * Travis CI support
> * Added support for 'on' validation key in FormHelper. This will set the
> required class accordingly depending on the type of operation (create or
> update)
>
> Following the beta of 2.2.0, the core team will be focusing on solidifying
> 2.2.x towards a final release, and beginning inital work on the next
> release of CakePHP.
>
> As always, thanks to the friendly CakePHP community for the patches,
> documentation changes and new tickets. Without you there would be no
> CakePHP!
>
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