The CakePHP core team is happy to announce the immediate availability of CakePHP 2.7.0-RC. 2.7.0 will be the next API compatible release for the 2.x release series.
2.7.0 should be a drop in replacement for your existing 2.5 or 2.6 libraries. In 2.7 the following new features are available. Deprecations ------------ - The class `String` has been renamed to `CakeText`. This resolves some conflicts around HHVM compatibility as well as possibly PHP7+. There is a `String` class provided as well for compatibility reasons. - `Validation::notEmpty()` has been renamed to `Validation::notBlank()`. This aims to avoid confusion around the PHP `notEmpty()` function and that the validation rule accepts `0` as valid input. - `SessionComponent::setFlash()` has been deprecated. You should use `FlashComponent` instead. - `SessionHelper::flash()` has been deprecated. You should use `FlashHelper` instead. Backported Features From 3.0 ---------------------------- - Plugin shells that share a name with their plugin can now be called without the plugin prefix. For example `Console/cake MyPlugin.my_plugin` can now be called with `Console/cake my_plugin`. - `Configure::consume()` has been added to read and delete from Configure in a single step. - `CakeSession::consume()` has been added to read and delete from session in a single step. - New setting `level` is now available in `TreeBehavior`. You can use it to specify field name in which the depth of tree nodes will be stored. - New method `TreeBehavior::getLevel()` has been added which fetches depth of a node. - `SessionComponent::consume()` has been added to read and delete from session in a single step. - `SessionHelper::consume()` has been added to read and delete from session in a single step. Other Improvements ------------------ - SQL datasources will now cast `''` and `null` into `''` when columns are not nullable and rows are being created or updated. - Argument `$renew` has been added to `CakeSession::clear()` to allow emptying the session without forcing a new id and renewing the session. It defaults to `true`. - CakeEmail will now use the 'default' config set when creating instances that do not specify a configuration set to use. For example `$email = new CakeEmail();` will now use the 'default' config set. - `ControllerTestCase::testAction()` now supports an array as URL. If there are no major issues reported in the next 3-4 weeks, a stable release of 2.7.0 will be released. As always, a huge thanks to all the community members that helped make this release happen by reporting issues, writing documentation and sending pull requests. Download a [packaged release on github] (https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases). -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
