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authorJamie Rumbelow <jamie@jamierumbelow.net>2012-04-26 14:27:35 +0200
committerJamie Rumbelow <jamie@jamierumbelow.net>2012-04-26 14:27:35 +0200
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parent9e2d5d130eff40592b49337a8ba4d8c170934de1 (diff)
Merge branch 'develop' of git://github.com/EllisLab/CodeIgniter into develop
Conflicts: system/core/Loader.php system/database/DB_query_builder.php system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_driver.php system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_driver.php system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_driver.php user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst user_guide_src/source/database/query_builder.rst
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@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Release Date: Not Released
- General Changes
+ - PHP 5.1.6 is no longer supported. CodeIgniter now requires PHP 5.2.4.
- Added an optional backtrace to php-error template.
- Added Android to the list of user agents.
- Added Windows 7 to the list of user platforms.
@@ -28,12 +29,15 @@ Release Date: Not Released
- Added support for 3gp, 3g2, mp4, wmv, f4v, vlc Video files to mimes.php.
- Added support for m4a, aac, m4u, xspf, au, ac3, flac, ogg Audio files to mimes.php.
- Added support for kmz and kml (Google Earth) files to mimes.php.
+ - Added Romanian and Greek characters in foreign_characters.php
- Updated support for doc files in mimes.php.
- Added application/xml for xml and application/xml, text/xsl for xsl in mimes.php.
- Changed logger to only chmod when file is first created.
- Removed previously deprecated SHA1 Library.
- Removed previously deprecated use of ``$autoload['core']`` in application/config/autoload.php.
Only entries in ``$autoload['libraries']`` are auto-loaded now.
+ - Added some more doctypes.
+ - Updated all classes to be written in PHP 5 style, with visibility declarations and no ``var`` usage for properties.
- Helpers
@@ -42,19 +46,28 @@ Release Date: Not Released
- Changed humanize to include a second param for the separator.
- Refactored ``plural()`` and ``singular()`` to avoid double pluralization and support more words.
- Added an optional third parameter to ``force_download()`` that enables/disables sending the actual file MIME type in the Content-Type header (disabled by default).
+ - Added an optional third parameter to ``timespan()`` that constrains the number of time units displayed.
+ - Added a work-around in force_download() for a bug Android <= 2.1, where the filename extension needs to be in uppercase.
+ - form_dropdown() will now also take an array for unity with other form helpers.
+ - set_realpath() can now also handle file paths as opposed to just directories.
+ - do_hash() now uses PHP's native hash() function, supporting more algorithms.
+ - Added an optional paramater to ``delete_files()`` to enable it to skip deleting files such as .htaccess and index.html.
- Database
- Renamed the Active Record class to Query Builder to remove confusion with
the Active Record design pattern
- Added new :doc:`Query Builder <database/query_builder>` methods that return
+ - Added the ability to insert objects with insert_batch() in :doc:`Query Builder <database/query_builder>`.
+ - Added new :doc:`Query Builder <database/query_builder>` methods that return
the SQL string of queries without executing them: get_compiled_select(),
get_compiled_insert(), get_compiled_update(), get_compiled_delete().
- - Taking care of LIKE condition when used with MySQL UPDATE statement.
- Adding $escape parameter to the order_by function, this enables ordering by custom fields.
- - MySQLi driver now uses mysqli_get_server_info() for server version checking.
- - MySQLi driver now supports persistent connections when running on PHP >= 5.3.
- - Added dsn if the group connections in the config use PDO or any driver which need DSN.
+ - Improved support for the MySQLi driver, including:
+ - OOP style of the PHP extension is now used, instead of the procedural aliases.
+ - Server version checking is now done via ``mysqli::$server_info`` instead of running an SQL query.
+ - Added persistent connections support for PHP >= 5.3.
+ - Added 'dsn' configuration setting for drivers that support DSN strings (PDO, PostgreSQL, Oracle, ODBC, CUBRID).
- Improved PDO database support.
- Added Interbase/Firebird database support via the "interbase" driver
- Added an optional database name parameter to db_select().
@@ -66,19 +79,39 @@ Release Date: Not Released
- Added _optimize_table() support for the :doc:`Database Utility Class <database/utilities>` (rebuilds table indexes).
- Added a constructor to the DB_result class and moved all driver-specific properties and logic out of the base DB_driver class to allow better abstraction.
- Removed limit() and order_by() support for UPDATE and DELETE queries in PostgreSQL driver. Postgres does not support those features.
- - Removed protect_identifiers() and renamed _protect_identifiers() to it instead - it was just an alias.
+ - Removed protect_identifiers() and renamed internal method _protect_identifiers() to it instead - it was just an alias.
+ - MySQL and MySQLi drivers now require at least MySQL version 5.1.
+ - db_set_charset() now only requires one parameter (collation was only needed due to legacy support for MySQL versions prior to 5.1).
+ - Added DSN string support for CUBRID.
+ - Added persistent connections support for CUBRID.
+ - Added random ordering support for MSSQL, SQLSRV.
+ - Added support for SQLite3 database driver.
+ - Improved support of the Oracle (OCI8) driver, including:
+ - Added DSN string support (Easy Connect and TNS).
+ - Added support for dropping tables to :doc:`Database Forge <database/forge>`.
+ - Added support for listing database schemas to :doc:`Database Utilities <database/utilities>`.
+ - Generally improved for speed and cleaned up all of its components.
+ - *Row* result methods now really only fetch only the needed number of rows, instead of depending entirely on result().
+ - num_rows() is now only called explicitly by the developer and no longer re-executes statements.
+ - Added replace() support for SQLite.
+ - Renamed internal method _escape_identifiers() to escape_identifiers().
+ - Added SQLite support for drop_table() in :doc:`Database Forge <database/forge>`.
+ - Added ODBC support for create_database(), drop_database() and drop_table() in :doc:`Database Forge <database/forge>`.
+ - Added PDO support for create_database(), drop_database and drop_table() in :doc:`Database Forge <database/forge>`.
+ - Added MSSQL, SQLSRV support for optimize_table() in :doc:`Database Utility <database/utilities>`.
+ - Improved CUBRID support for list_databases() in :doc:`Database Utility <database/utilities>` (until now only the currently used database was returned).
- Libraries
- Added max_filename_increment config setting for Upload library.
- CI_Loader::_ci_autoloader() is now a protected method.
- - Modified valid_ip() to use PHP's filter_var() when possible (>= PHP 5.2) in the :doc:`Form Validation library <libraries/form_validation>`.
- - Added custom filename to Email::attach() as $this->email->attach($filename, $disposition, $newname)
+ - Added custom filename to Email::attach() as $this->email->attach($filename, $disposition, $newname).
+ - Added possibility to send attachment as buffer string in Email::attach() as $this->email->attach($buffer, $disposition, $newname, $mime).
- Cart library changes include:
- It now auto-increments quantity's instead of just resetting it, this is the default behaviour of large e-commerce sites.
- Product Name strictness can be disabled via the Cart Library by switching "$product_name_safe"
- Added function remove() to remove a cart item, updating with quantity of 0 seemed like a hack but has remained to retain compatability
- - Image manipulation library changes include:
+ - :doc:`Image Manipulation library <libraries/image_lib>` changes include:
- The initialize() method now only sets existing class properties.
- Added support for 3-length hex color values for wm_font_color and wm_shadow_color properties, as well as validation for them.
- Class properties wm_font_color, wm_shadow_color and wm_use_drop_shadow are now protected, to avoid breaking the text_watermark() method
@@ -87,10 +120,19 @@ Release Date: Not Released
- Minor speed optimizations and method & property visibility declarations in the Calendar Library.
- Removed SHA1 function in the :doc:`Encryption Library <libraries/encryption>`.
- Added $config['csrf_regeneration'] to the CSRF protection in the :doc:`Security library <libraries/security>`, which makes token regeneration optional.
- - Added function error_array() to return all error messages as an array in the Form_validation class.
- - Added function set_data() to Form_validation library, which can be used in place of the default $_POST array.
- - Added function reset_validation() to form validation library, which resets internal validation variables in case of multiple validation routines.
- - Changed the Session library to select only one row when using database sessions.
+ - :doc:`Form Validation library <libraries/form_validation>` changes include:
+ - Added method error_array() to return all error messages as an array.
+ - Added method set_data() to set an alternative data array to be validated instead of the default $_POST.
+ - Added method reset_validation(), which resets internal validation variables in case of multiple validation routines.
+ - Added support for setting error delimiters in the config file via $config['error_prefix'] and $config['error_suffix'].
+ - _execute() now considers input data to be invalid if a specified rule is not found.
+ - Removed method is_numeric() as it exists as a native PHP function and _execute() will find and use that (the 'is_numeric' rule itself is deprecated since 1.6.1).
+ - Native PHP functions used as rules can now accept an additional parameter, other than the data itself.
+ - Changed the :doc:`Session Library <libraries/sessions>` to select only one row when using database sessions.
+ - Added all_flashdata() method to session class. Returns an associative array of only flashdata.
+ - Allowed for setting table class defaults in a config file.
+ - Added a Wincache driver to the :doc:`Caching Library <libraries/caching>`.
+ - Added dsn (delivery status notification) option to the :doc:`Email Library <libraries/email>`.
- Core
@@ -100,6 +142,10 @@ Release Date: Not Released
- is_loaded() function from system/core/Commons.php now returns a reference.
- $config['rewrite_short_tags'] now has no effect when using PHP 5.4 as *<?=* will always be available.
- Added method() to CI_Input to retrieve $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'].
+ - Modified valid_ip() to use PHP's filter_var() in the :doc:`Input Library <libraries/input>`.
+ - Added support for HTTP-Only cookies with new config option ``cookie_httponly`` (default FALSE).
+ - Renamed method _call_hook() to call_hook() in the :doc:`Hooks Library <general/hooks>`.
+ - Added get_content_type() method to the :doc:`Output Library <libraries/output>`.
Bug fixes for 3.0
------------------
@@ -138,7 +184,7 @@ Bug fixes for 3.0
- Fixed a bug in PDO's _version() method where it used to return the client version as opposed to the server one.
- Fixed a bug in PDO's insert_id() method where it could've failed if it's used with Postgre versions prior to 8.1.
- Fixed a bug in CUBRID's affected_rows() method where a connection resource was passed to cubrid_affected_rows() instead of a result.
-- Fixed a bug (#638) - db_set_charset() ignored its arguments and always used the configured charset and collation instead.
+- Fixed a bug (#638) - db_set_charset() ignored its arguments and always used the configured charset instead.
- Fixed a bug (#413) - Oracle's error handling methods used to only return connection-related errors.
- Fixed a bug (#804) - Profiler library was trying to handle objects as strings in some cases, resulting in warnings being issued by htmlspecialchars().
- Fixed a bug (#1101) - MySQL/MySQLi result method field_data() was implemented as if it was handling a DESCRIBE result instead of the actual result set.
@@ -151,6 +197,21 @@ Bug fixes for 3.0
- Fixed a bug in the :doc:`Session Library <libraries/sessions>` where a PHP E_NOTICE error was triggered by _unserialize() due to results from databases such as MSSQL and Oracle being space-padded on the right.
- Fixed a bug (#501) - set_rules() to check if the request method is not 'POST' before aborting, instead of depending on count($_POST) in the :doc:`Form Validation Library <libraries/form_validation>`.
- Fixed a bug (#940) - csrf_verify() used to set the CSRF cookie while processing a POST request with no actual POST data, which resulted in validating a request that should be considered invalid.
+- Fixed a bug in PostgreSQL's escape_str() where it didn't properly escape LIKE wild characters.
+- Fixed a bug in the library loader where some PHP versions wouldn't execute the class constructor.
+- Fixed a bug (#88) - An unexisting property was used for configuration of the Memcache cache driver.
+- Fixed a bug (#14) - create_database() method in the :doc:`Database Forge Library <database/forge>` didn't utilize the configured database character set.
+- Fixed a bug (#23, #1238) - delete_all() in the `Database Caching Library <database/caching>` used to delete .htaccess and index.html files, which is a potential security risk.
+- Fixed a bug in :doc:`Trackback Library <libraries/trackback>` method validate_url() where it didn't actually do anything, due to input not being passed by reference.
+- Fixed a bug (#11, #183, #863) - CI_Form_validation::_execute() silently continued to the next rule, if a rule method/function is not found.
+- Fixed a bug (#1242) - read_dir() in the :doc:`Zip Library <libraries/zip>` wasn't compatible with Windows.
+- Fixed a bug (#306) - ODBC driver didn't have an _insert_batch() method, which resulted in fatal error being triggered when insert_batch() is used with it.
+- Fixed a bug in MSSQL and SQLSrv's _truncate() where the TABLE keyword was missing.
+- Fixed a bug in PDO's trans_commit() method where it failed due to an erroneous property name.
+- Fixed a bug (#798) - update() used to ignore LIKE conditions that were set with like().
+- Fixed a bug in Oracle's and MSSQL's delete() methods where an erroneous SQL statement was generated when used with limit().
+- Fixed a bug in SQLSRV's delete() method where like() and limit() conditions were ignored.
+- Fixed a bug (#1265) - Database connections were always closed, regardless of the 'pconnect' option value.
Version 2.1.1
=============
@@ -236,11 +297,9 @@ Release Date: November 14, 2011
override them.
- Removed CI_CORE boolean constant from CodeIgniter.php (no longer Reactor and Core versions).
-
Bug fixes for 2.1.0
-------------------
-
- Fixed #378 Robots identified as regular browsers by the User Agent
class.
- If a config class was loaded first then a library with the same name
@@ -1239,7 +1298,7 @@ Bug fixes for 1.6.3
- Added a language key for valid_emails in validation_lang.php.
- Amended fixes for bug (#3419) with parsing DSN database connections.
-- Moved the _has_operators() function (#4535) into DB_driver from
+- Moved the _has_operator() function (#4535) into DB_driver from
DB_active_rec.
- Fixed a syntax error in upload_lang.php.
- Fixed a bug (#4542) with a regular expression in the Image library.