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diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a6a2683aa --- /dev/null +++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst @@ -0,0 +1,2179 @@ +########## +Change Log +########## + +Version 2.1.0 (planned) +======================= + +Release Date: Not Released + +- General Changes + + - Added Android to the list of user agents. + - Added Windows 7 to the list of user platforms. + - Callback validation rules can now accept parameters like any other + validation rule. + - Ability to log certain error types, not all under a threshold. + - Added html_escape() to :doc:`Common + functions <general/common_functions>` to escape HTML output + for preventing XSS. + - Added support for pem,p10,p12,p7a,p7c,p7m,p7r,p7s,crt,crl,der,kdb,rsa,cer,sst,csr Certs to mimes.php. + - Added support pgp,gpg to mimes.php. + - Added support 3gp, 3g2, mp4, wmv, f4v, vlc Video files to mimes.php. + - Added support m4a, aac, m4u, xspf, au, ac3, flac, ogg Audio files to mimes.php. + +- Helpers + + - Added increment_string() to :doc:`String + Helper <helpers/string_helper>` to turn "foo" into "foo-1" + or "foo-1" into "foo-2". + - Altered form helper - made action on form_open_multipart helper + function call optional. Fixes (#65) + - url_title() will now trim extra dashes from beginning and end. + - Improved speed of :doc:`String Helper <helpers/string_helper>`'s random_string() method + - Added XHTML Basic 1.1 doctype to :doc:`HTML Helper <helpers/html_helper>`. + +- Database + + - Added a `CUBRID <http://www.cubrid.org/>`_ driver to the :doc:`Database + Driver <database/index>`. Thanks to the CUBRID team for + supplying this patch. + - Added a PDO driver to the :doc:`Database Driver <database/index>`. + - Typecast limit and offset in the :doc:`Database + Driver <database/queries>` to integers to avoid possible + injection. + - Added additional option 'none' for the optional third argument for + $this->db->like() in the :doc:`Database + Driver <database/active_record>`. + - Added $this->db->insert_batch() support to the OCI8 (Oracle) driver. + +- Libraries + + - Changed $this->cart->insert() in the :doc:`Cart + Library <libraries/cart>` to return the Row ID if a single + item was inserted successfully. + - Added support to set an optional parameter in your callback rules + of validation using the :doc:`Form Validation + Library <libraries/form_validation>`. + - Driver children can be located in any package path. + - Added max_filename_increment config setting for Upload library. + - CI_Loader::_ci_autoloader() is now a protected method. + - Added is_unique to the :doc:`Form Validation + library <libraries/form_validation>`. + - Modified valid_ip() to use PHP's filter_var() when possible (>= PHP 5.2) in the <a href="libraries/form_validation.html">Form Validation</a> library. + - Added $config['use_page_numbers'] to the :doc:`Pagination library <libraries/pagination>`, which enables real page numbers in the URI. + - Added TLS and SSL Encryption for SMTP. + +- Core + + - Changed private functions in CI_URI to protected so MY_URI can + override them. + - Removed CI_CORE boolean constant from CodeIgniter.php (no longer Reactor and Core versions). + +Bug fixes for 2.1.0 +------------------- + +- Unlink raised an error if cache file did not exist when you try to delete it. +- 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 + is loaded, the config would be ignored. +- Fixed a bug (Reactor #19) where 1) the 404_override route was being + ignored in some cases, and 2) auto-loaded libraries were not + available to the 404_override controller when a controller existed + but the requested method did not. +- Fixed a bug (Reactor #89) where MySQL export would fail if the table + had hyphens or other non alphanumeric/underscore characters. +- Fixed a bug (#200) where MySQL queries would be malformed after + calling count_all() then db->get() +- Fixed bug #105 that stopped query errors from being logged unless database debugging was enabled +- Fixed a bug (#181) where a mis-spelling was in the form validation + language file. +- Fixed a bug (#160) - Removed unneeded array copy in the file cache + driver. +- Fixed a bug (#150) - field_data() now correctly returns column + length. +- Fixed a bug (#8) - load_class() now looks for core classes in + APPPATH first, allowing them to be replaced. +- Fixed a bug (#24) - ODBC database driver called incorrect parent in + __construct(). +- Fixed a bug (#85) - OCI8 (Oracle) database escape_str() function did + not escape correct. +- Fixed a bug (#344) - Using schema found in <a href="libraries/sessions.html">Saving Session Data to a Database</a>, system would throw error "user_data does not have a default value" when deleting then creating a session. +- Fixed a bug (#112) - OCI8 (Oracle) driver didn't pass the configured database character set when connecting. +- Fixed a bug (#182) - OCI8 (Oracle) driver used to re-execute the statement whenever num_rows() is called. +- Fixed a bug (#82) - WHERE clause field names in the DB <samp>update_string()</samp> method were not escaped, resulting in failed queries in some cases. +- Fixed a bug (#89) - Fix a variable type mismatch in DB <samp>display_error()</samp> where an array is expected, but a string could be set instead. +- Fixed a bug (#467) - Suppress warnings generated from get_magic_quotes_gpc() (deprecated in PHP 5.4) +- Fixed a bug (#484) - First time _csrf_set_hash() is called, hash is never set to the cookie (in Security.php). +- Fixed a bug (#60) - Added _file_mime_type() method to the `File Uploading Library <libraries/file_uploading>` in order to fix a possible MIME-type injection. +- Fixed a bug (#537) - Support for all wav type in browser. + +Version 2.0.3 +============= + +Release Date: August 20, 2011 + +- Security + + - An improvement was made to the MySQL and MySQLi drivers to prevent + exposing a potential vector for SQL injection on sites using + multi-byte character sets in the database client connection. + An incompatibility in PHP versions < 5.2.3 and MySQL < 5.0.7 with + *mysql_set_charset()* creates a situation where using multi-byte + character sets on these environments may potentially expose a SQL + injection attack vector. Latin-1, UTF-8, and other "low ASCII" + character sets are unaffected on all environments. + + If you are running or considering running a multi-byte character + set for your database connection, please pay close attention to + the server environment you are deploying on to ensure you are not + vulnerable. + +- General Changes + + - Fixed a bug where there was a misspelling within a code comment in + the index.php file. + - Added Session Class userdata to the output profiler. Additionally, + added a show/hide toggle on HTTP Headers, Session Data and Config + Variables. + - Removed internal usage of the EXT constant. + - Visual updates to the welcome_message view file and default error + templates. Thanks to `danijelb <https://bitbucket.org/danijelb>`_ + for the pull request. + - Added insert_batch() function to the PostgreSQL database driver. + Thanks to epallerols for the patch. + - Added "application/x-csv" to mimes.php. + - Added CSRF protection URI whitelisting. + - Fixed a bug where :doc:`Email library <libraries/email>` + attachments with a "." in the name would using invalid MIME-types. + - Added support for + pem,p10,p12,p7a,p7c,p7m,p7r,p7s,crt,crl,der,kdb,rsa,cer,sst,csr + Certs to mimes.php. + - Added support pgp,gpg to mimes.php. + - Added support 3gp, 3g2, mp4, wmv, f4v, vlc Video files to + mimes.php. + - Added support m4a, aac, m4u, xspf, au, ac3, flac, ogg Audio files + to mimes.php. + +- Helpers + + - Added an optional third parameter to heading() which allows adding + html attributes to the rendered heading tag. + - form_open() now only adds a hidden (Cross-site Reference Forgery) + protection field when the form's action is internal and is set to + the post method. (Reactor #165) + - Re-worked plural() and singular() functions in the :doc:`Inflector + helper <helpers/inflector_helper>` to support considerably + more words. + +- Libraries + + - Altered Session to use a longer match against the user_agent + string. See upgrade notes if using database sessions. + - Added $this->db->set_dbprefix() to the :doc:`Database + Driver <database/queries>`. + - Changed $this->cart->insert() in the :doc:`Cart + Library <libraries/cart>` to return the Row ID if a single + item was inserted successfully. + - Added $this->load->get_var() to the :doc:`Loader + library <libraries/loader>` to retrieve global vars set with + $this->load->view() and $this->load->vars(). + - Changed $this->db->having() to insert quotes using escape() rather + than escape_str(). + +Bug fixes for 2.0.3 +------------------- + +- Added ENVIRONMENT to reserved constants. (Reactor #196) +- Changed server check to ensure SCRIPT_NAME is defined. (Reactor #57) +- Removed APPPATH.'third_party' from the packages autoloader to negate + needless file stats if no packages exist or if the developer does not + load any other packages by default. +- Fixed a bug (Reactor #231) where Sessions Library database table + example SQL did not contain an index on last_activity. See :doc:`Upgrade + Notes <installation/upgrade_203>`. +- Fixed a bug (Reactor #229) where the Sessions Library example SQL in + the documentation contained incorrect SQL. +- Fixed a bug (Core #340) where when passing in the second parameter to + $this->db->select(), column names in subsequent queries would not be + properly escaped. +- Fixed issue #199 - Attributes passed as string does not include a + space between it and the opening tag. +- Fixed a bug where the method $this->cart->total_items() from :doc:`Cart + Library <libraries/cart>` now returns the sum of the quantity + of all items in the cart instead of your total count. +- Fixed a bug where not setting 'null' when adding fields in db_forge + for mysql and mysqli drivers would default to NULL instead of NOT + NULL as the docs suggest. +- Fixed a bug where using $this->db->select_max(), + $this->db->select_min(), etc could throw notices. Thanks to w43l for + the patch. +- Replace checks for STDIN with php_sapi_name() == 'cli' which on the + whole is more reliable. This should get parameters in crontab + working. + +Version 2.0.2 +============= + +Release Date: April 7, 2011 +Hg Tag: v2.0.2 + +- General changes + + - The :doc:`Security library <./libraries/security>` was moved to + the core and is now loaded automatically. Please remove your + loading calls. + - The CI_SHA class is now deprecated. All supported versions of PHP + provide a sha1() function. + - constants.php will now be loaded from the environment folder if + available. + - Added language key error logging + - Made Environment Support optional. Comment out or delete the + constant to stop environment checks. + - Added Environment Support for Hooks. + - Added CI\_ Prefix to the :doc:`Cache driver <libraries/caching>`. + - Added :doc:`CLI usage <./general/cli>` documentation. + +- Helpers + + - Removed the previously deprecated dohash() from the :doc:`Security + helper <./helpers/security_helper>`; use do_hash() instead. + - Changed the 'plural' function so that it doesn't ruin the + captalization of your string. It also take into consideration + acronyms which are all caps. + +- Database + + - $this->db->count_all_results() will now return an integer + instead of a string. + +Bug fixes for 2.0.2 +------------------- + +- Fixed a bug (Reactor #145) where the Output Library had + parse_exec_vars set to protected. +- Fixed a bug (Reactor #80) where is_really_writable would create an + empty file when on Windows or with safe_mode enabled. +- Fixed various bugs with User Guide. +- Added is_cli_request() method to documentation for :doc:`Input + class <libraries/input>`. +- Added form_validation_lang entries for decimal, less_than and + greater_than. +- `Fixed issue + #153 <https://bitbucket.org/ellislab/codeigniter-reactor/issue/153/escape-str-bug-in-mssql-driver>`_ + Escape Str Bug in MSSQL driver. +- `Fixed issue + #172 <https://bitbucket.org/ellislab/codeigniter-reactor/issue/172/bug-in-chrome-and-form_open-in-201>`_ + Google Chrome 11 posts incorrectly when action is empty. + +Version 2.0.1 +============= + +Release Date: March 15, 2011 +Hg Tag: v2.0.1 + +- General changes + + - Added $config['cookie_secure'] to the config file to allow + requiring a secure (HTTPS) in order to set cookies. + - Added the constant CI_CORE to help differentiate between Core: + TRUE and Reactor: FALSE. + - Added an ENVIRONMENT constant in index.php, which affects PHP + error reporting settings, and optionally, which configuration + files are loaded (see below). Read more on the `Handling + Environments <general/environments>` page. + - Added support for + :ref:`environment-specific <config-environments>` + configuration files. + +- Libraries + + - Added decimal, less_than and greater_than rules to the `Form + validation Class <libraries/form_validation>`. + - :doc:`Input Class <libraries/input>` methods post() and get() + will now return a full array if the first argument is not + provided. + - Secure cookies can now be made with the set_cookie() helper and + :doc:`Input Class <libraries/input>` method. + - Added set_content_type() to :doc:`Output + Class <libraries/output>` to set the output Content-Type + HTTP header based on a MIME Type or a config/mimes.php array key. + - :doc:`Output Class <libraries/output>` will now support method + chaining. + +- Helpers + + - Changed the logic for form_open() in :doc:`Form + helper <helpers/form_helper>`. If no value is passed it will + submit to the current URL. + +Bug fixes for 2.0.1 +------------------- + +- CLI requests can now be run from any folder, not just when CD'ed next + to index.php. +- Fixed issue #41: Added audio/mp3 mime type to mp3. +- Fixed a bug (Core #329) where the file caching driver referenced the + incorrect cache directory. +- Fixed a bug (Reactor #69) where the SHA1 library was named + incorrectly. + +Version 2.0.0 +============= + +Release Date: January 28, 2011 +Hg Tag: v2.0.0 + +- General changes + + - PHP 4 support is removed. CodeIgniter now requires PHP 5.1.6. + - Scaffolding, having been deprecated for a number of versions, has + been removed. + - Plugins have been removed, in favor of Helpers. The CAPTCHA plugin + has been converted to a Helper and + :doc:`documented <./helpers/captcha_helper>`. The JavaScript + calendar plugin was removed due to the ready availability of great + JavaScript calendars, particularly with jQuery. + - Added new special Library type: + :doc:`Drivers <./general/drivers>`. + - Added full query-string support. See the config file for details. + - Moved the application folder outside of the system folder. + - Moved system/cache and system/logs directories to the application + directory. + - Added routing overrides to the main index.php file, enabling the + normal routing to be overridden on a per "index" file basis. + - Added the ability to set config values (or override config values) + directly from data set in the main index.php file. This allows a + single application to be used with multiple front controllers, + each having its own config values. + - Added $config['directory_trigger'] to the config file so that a + controller sub-directory can be specified when running _GET + strings instead of URI segments. + - Added ability to set "Package" paths - specific paths where the + Loader and Config classes should try to look first for a requested + file. This allows distribution of sub-applications with their own + libraries, models, config files, etc. in a single "package" + directory. See the :doc:`Loader class <libraries/loader>` + documentation for more details. + - In-development code is now hosted at + `BitBucket <http://bitbucket.org/ellislab/codeigniter-reactor/>`_. + - Removed the deprecated Validation Class. + - Added CI\_ Prefix to all core classes. + - Package paths can now be set in application/config/autoload.php. + - `Upload library <libraries/file_uploading>` file_name can + now be set without an extension, the extension will be taken from + the uploaded file instead of the given name. + - In :doc:`Database Forge <database/forge>` the name can be omitted + from $this->dbforge->modify_column()'s 2nd param if you aren't + changing the name. + - $config['base_url'] is now empty by default and will guess what + it should be. + - Enabled full Command Line Interface compatibility with + config['uri_protocol'] = 'CLI';. + +- Libraries + + - Added a :doc:`Cache driver <libraries/caching>` with APC, + memcached, and file-based support. + - Added $prefix, $suffix and $first_url properties to :doc:`Pagination + library <./libraries/pagination>`. + - Added the ability to suppress first, previous, next, last, and + page links by setting their values to FALSE in the :doc:`Pagination + library <./libraries/pagination>`. + - Added :doc:`Security library <./libraries/security>`, which now + contains the xss_clean function, filename_security function and + other security related functions. + - Added CSRF (Cross-site Reference Forgery) protection to the + :doc:`Security library <./libraries/security>`. + - Added $parse_exec_vars property to Output library. + - Added ability to enable / disable individual sections of the + :doc:`Profiler <general/profiling>` + - Added a wildcard option $config['allowed_types'] = '\*' to the + :doc:`File Uploading Class <./libraries/file_uploading>`. + - Added an 'object' config variable to the XML-RPC Server library so + that one can specify the object to look for requested methods, + instead of assuming it is in the $CI superobject. + - Added "is_object" into the list of unit tests capable of being + run. + - Table library will generate an empty cell with a blank string, or + NULL value. + - Added ability to set tag attributes for individual cells in the + Table library + - Added a parse_string() method to the :doc:`Parser + Class <libraries/parser>`. + - Added HTTP headers and Config information to the + :doc:`Profiler <general/profiling>` output. + - Added Chrome and Flock to the list of detectable browsers by + browser() in the :doc:`User Agent Class <libraries/user_agent>`. + - The :doc:`Unit Test Class <libraries/unit_testing>` now has an + optional "notes" field available to it, and allows for discrete + display of test result items using + $this->unit->set_test_items(). + - Added a $xss_clean class variable to the XMLRPC library, enabling + control over the use of the Security library's xss_clean() + method. + - Added a download() method to the :doc:`FTP + library <libraries/ftp>` + - Changed do_xss_clean() to return FALSE if the uploaded file + fails XSS checks. + - Added stripslashes() and trim()ing of double quotes from $_FILES + type value to standardize input in Upload library. + - Added a second parameter (boolean) to + $this->zip->read_dir('/path/to/directory', FALSE) to remove the + preceding trail of empty folders when creating a Zip archive. This + example would contain a zip with "directory" and all of its + contents. + - Added ability in the Image Library to handle PNG transparency for + resize operations when using the GD lib. + - Modified the Session class to prevent use if no encryption key is + set in the config file. + - Added a new config item to the Session class + sess_expire_on_close to allow sessions to auto-expire when the + browser window is closed. + - Improved performance of the Encryption library on servers where + Mcrypt is available. + - Changed the default encryption mode in the Encryption library to + CBC. + - Added an encode_from_legacy() method to provide a way to + transition encrypted data from CodeIgniter 1.x to CodeIgniter 2.x. + Please see the :doc:`upgrade + instructions <./installation/upgrade_200>` for details. + - Altered Form_Validation library to allow for method chaining on + set_rules(), set_message() and set_error_delimiters() + functions. + - Altered Email Library to allow for method chaining. + - Added request_headers(), get_request_header() and + is_ajax_request() to the input class. + - Altered :doc:`User agent library <libraries/user_agent>` so that + is_browser(), is_mobile() and is_robot() can optionally check + for a specific browser or mobile device. + - Altered :doc:`Input library <libraries/input>` so that post() and + get() will return all POST and GET items (respectively) if there + are no parameters passed in. + +- Database + + - :doc:`database configuration <./database/configuration>`. + - Added autoinit value to :doc:`database + configuration <./database/configuration>`. + - Added stricton value to :doc:`database + configuration <./database/configuration>`. + - Added database_exists() to the :doc:`Database Utilities + Class <database/utilities>`. + - Semantic change to db->version() function to allow a list of + exceptions for databases with functions to return version string + instead of specially formed SQL queries. Currently this list only + includes Oracle and SQLite. + - Fixed a bug where driver specific table identifier protection + could lead to malformed queries in the field_data() functions. + - Fixed a bug where an undefined class variable was referenced in + database drivers. + - Modified the database errors to show the filename and line number + of the problematic query. + - Removed the following deprecated functions: orwhere, orlike, + groupby, orhaving, orderby, getwhere. + - Removed deprecated _drop_database() and _create_database() + functions from the db utility drivers. + - Improved dbforge create_table() function for the Postgres driver. + +- Helpers + + - Added convert_accented_characters() function to :doc:`text + helper <./helpers/text_helper>`. + - Added accept-charset to the list of inserted attributes of + form_open() in the :doc:`Form Helper <helpers/form_helper>`. + - Deprecated the dohash() function in favour of do_hash() for + naming consistency. + - Non-backwards compatible change made to get_dir_file_info() in + the :doc:`File Helper <helpers/file_helper>`. No longer recurses + by default so as to encourage responsible use (this function can + cause server performance issues when used without caution). + - Modified the second parameter of directory_map() in the + :doc:`Directory Helper <helpers/directory_helper>` to accept an + integer to specify recursion depth. + - Modified delete_files() in the :doc:`File + Helper <helpers/file_helper>` to return FALSE on failure. + - Added an optional second parameter to byte_format() in the + :doc:`Number Helper <helpers/number_helper>` to allow for decimal + precision. + - Added alpha, and sha1 string types to random_string() in the + :doc:`String Helper <helpers/string_helper>`. + - Modified prep_url() so as to not prepend http:// if the supplied + string already has a scheme. + - Modified get_file_info in the file helper, changing filectime() + to filemtime() for dates. + - Modified smiley_js() to add optional third parameter to return + only the javascript with no script tags. + - The img() function of the :doc:`HTML + helper <./helpers/html_helper>` will now generate an empty + string as an alt attribute if one is not provided. + - If CSRF is enabled in the application config file, form_open() + will automatically insert it as a hidden field. + - Added sanitize_filename() into the :doc:`Security + helper <./helpers/security_helper>`. + - Added ellipsize() to the :doc:`Text + Helper <./helpers/text_helper>` + - Added elements() to the :doc:`Array + Helper <./helpers/array_helper>` + +- Other Changes + + - Added an optional second parameter to show_404() to disable + logging. + - Updated loader to automatically apply the sub-class prefix as an + option when loading classes. Class names can be prefixed with the + standard "CI\_" or the same prefix as the subclass prefix, or no + prefix at all. + - Increased randomness with is_really_writable() to avoid file + collisions when hundreds or thousands of requests occur at once. + - Switched some DIR_WRITE_MODE constant uses to FILE_WRITE_MODE + where files and not directories are being operated on. + - get_mime_by_extension() is now case insensitive. + - Added "default" to the list :doc:`Reserved + Names <general/reserved_names>`. + - Added 'application/x-msdownload' for .exe files and + ''application/x-gzip-compressed' for .tgz files to + config/mimes.php. + - Updated the output library to no longer compress output or send + content-length headers if the server runs with + zlib.output_compression enabled. + - Eliminated a call to is_really_writable() on each request unless + it is really needed (Output caching) + - Documented append_output() in the :doc:`Output + Class <libraries/output>`. + - Documented a second argument in the decode() function for the + :doc:`Encryption Class <libraries/encryption>`. + - Documented db->close(). + - Updated the router to support a default route with any number of + segments. + - Moved _remove_invisible_characters() function from the + :doc:`Security Library <libraries/security>` to :doc:`common + functions. <general/common_functions>` + - Added audio/mpeg3 as a valid mime type for MP3. + +Bug fixes for 2.0.0 +------------------- + +- Fixed a bug where you could not change the User-Agent when sending + email. +- Fixed a bug where the Output class would send incorrect cached output + for controllers implementing their own _output() method. +- Fixed a bug where a failed query would not have a saved query + execution time causing errors in the Profiler +- Fixed a bug that was writing log entries when multiple identical + helpers and plugins were loaded. +- Fixed assorted user guide typos or examples (#10693, #8951, #7825, + #8660, #7883, #6771, #10656). +- Fixed a language key in the profiler: "profiler_no_memory_usage" + to "profiler_no_memory". +- Fixed an error in the Zip library that didn't allow downloading on + PHP 4 servers. +- Fixed a bug in the Form Validation library where fields passed as + rule parameters were not being translated (#9132) +- Modified inflector helper to properly pluralize words that end in + 'ch' or 'sh' +- Fixed a bug in xss_clean() that was not allowing hyphens in query + strings of submitted URLs. +- Fixed bugs in get_dir_file_info() and get_file_info() in the + File Helper with recursion, and file paths on Windows. +- Fixed a bug where Active Record override parameter would not let you + disable Active Record if it was enabled in your database config file. +- Fixed a bug in reduce_double_slashes() in the String Helper to + properly remove duplicate leading slashes (#7585) +- Fixed a bug in values_parsing() of the XML-RPC library which + prevented NULL variables typed as 'string' from being handled + properly. +- Fixed a bug were form_open_multipart() didn't accept string + attribute arguments (#10930). +- Fixed a bug (#10470) where get_mime_by_extension() was case + sensitive. +- Fixed a bug where some error messages for the SQLite and Oracle + drivers would not display. +- Fixed a bug where files created with the Zip Library would result in + file creation dates of 1980. +- Fixed a bug in the Session library that would result in PHP error + when attempting to store values with objects. +- Fixed a bug where extending the Controller class would result in a + fatal PHP error. +- Fixed a PHP Strict Standards Error in the index.php file. +- Fixed a bug where getimagesize() was being needlessly checked on + non-image files in is_allowed_type(). +- Fixed a bug in the Encryption library where an empty key was not + triggering an error. +- Fixed a bug in the Email library where CC and BCC recipients were not + reset when using the clear() method (#109). +- Fixed a bug in the URL Helper where prep_url() could cause a PHP + error on PHP versions < 5.1.2. +- Added a log message in core/output if the cache directory config + value was not found. +- Fixed a bug where multiple libraries could not be loaded by passing + an array to load->library() +- Fixed a bug in the html helper where too much white space was + rendered between the src and alt tags in the img() function. +- Fixed a bug in the profilers _compile_queries() function. +- Fixed a bug in the date helper where the DATE_ISO8601 variable was + returning an incorrectly formatted date string. + +Version 1.7.2 +============= + +Release Date: September 11, 2009 +Hg Tag: v1.7.2 + +- Libraries + + - Added a new :doc:`Cart Class <libraries/cart>`. + - Added the ability to pass $config['file_name'] for the :doc:`File + Uploading Class <libraries/file_uploading>` and rename the + uploaded file. + - Changed order of listed user-agents so Safari would more + accurately report itself. (#6844) + +- Database + + - Switched from using gettype() in escape() to is\_* methods, since + future PHP versions might change its output. + - Updated all database drivers to handle arrays in escape_str() + - Added escape_like_str() method for escaping strings to be used + in LIKE conditions + - Updated Active Record to utilize the new LIKE escaping mechanism. + - Added reconnect() method to DB drivers to try to keep alive / + reestablish a connection after a long idle. + - Modified MSSQL driver to use mssql_get_last_message() for error + messages. + +- Helpers + + - Added form_multiselect() to the :doc:`Form + helper <helpers/form_helper>`. + - Modified form_hidden() in the :doc:`Form + helper <helpers/form_helper>` to accept multi-dimensional + arrays. + - Modified form_prep() in the :doc:`Form + helper <helpers/form_helper>` to keep track of prepped + fields to avoid multiple prep/mutation from subsequent calls which + can occur when using Form Validation and form helper functions to + output form fields. + - Modified directory_map() in the :doc:`Directory + helper <helpers/directory_helper>` to allow the inclusion of + hidden files, and to return FALSE on failure to read directory. + - Modified the :doc:`Smiley helper <helpers/smiley_helper>` to work + with multiple fields and insert the smiley at the last known + cursor position. + +- General + + - Compatible with PHP 5.3.0 + - Modified :doc:`show_error() <general/errors>` to allow sending + of HTTP server response codes. + - Modified :doc:`show_404() <general/errors>` to send 404 status + code, removing non-CGI compatible header() statement from + error_404.php template. + - Added set_status_header() to the :doc:`Common + functions <general/common_functions>` to allow use when the + Output class is unavailable. + - Added is_php() to :doc:`Common + functions <general/common_functions>` to facilitate PHP + version comparisons. + - Added 2 CodeIgniter "cheatsheets" (thanks to DesignFellow.com for + this contribution). + +Bug fixes for 1.7.2 +------------------- + +- Fixed assorted user guide typos or examples (#6743, #7214, #7516, + #7287, #7852, #8224, #8324, #8349). +- Fixed a bug in the Form Validation library where multiple callbacks + weren't working (#6110) +- doctype helper default value was missing a "1". +- Fixed a bug in the language class when outputting an error for an + unfound file. +- Fixed a bug in the Calendar library where the shortname was output + for "May". +- Fixed a bug with ORIG_PATH_INFO that was allowing URIs of just a + slash through. +- Fixed a fatal error in the Oracle and ODBC drivers (#6752) +- Fixed a bug where xml_from_result() was checking for a nonexistent + method. +- Fixed a bug where Database Forge's add_column and modify_column + were not looping through when sent multiple fields. +- Fixed a bug where the File Helper was using '/' instead of the + DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR constant. +- Fixed a bug to prevent PHP errors when attempting to use sendmail on + servers that have manually disabled the PHP popen() function. +- Fixed a bug that would cause PHP errors in XML-RPC data if the PHP + data type did not match the specified XML-RPC type. +- Fixed a bug in the XML-RPC class with parsing dateTime.iso8601 data + types. +- Fixed a case sensitive string replacement in xss_clean() +- Fixed a bug in form_textarea() where form data was not prepped + correctly. +- Fixed a bug in form_prep() causing it to not preserve entities in + the user's original input when called back into a form element +- Fixed a bug in _protect_identifiers() where the swap prefix + ($swap_pre) was not being observed. +- Fixed a bug where the 400 status header sent with the 'disallowed URI + characters' was not compatible with CGI environments. +- Fixed a bug in the typography class where heading tags could have + paragraph tags inserted when using auto_typography(). + +Version 1.7.1 +============= + +Release Date: February 10, 2009 +Hg Tag: 1.7.1 + +- Libraries + + - Fixed an arbitrary script execution security flaw (#6068) in the + Form Validation library (thanks to hkk) + - Changed default current page indicator in the Pagination library + to use <strong> instead of <b> + - A "HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request" header is now sent when disallowed + characters are encountered. + - Added <big>, <small>, <q>, and <tt> to the Typography parser's + inline elements. + - Added more accurate error reporting for the Email library when + using sendmail. + - Removed a strict type check from the rotate() function of the + :doc:`Image Manipulation Class <libraries/image_lib>`. + - Added enhanced error checking in file saving in the Image library + when using the GD lib. + - Added an additional newline between multipart email headers and + the MIME message text for better compatibility with a variety of + MUAs. + - Made modest improvements to efficiency and accuracy of + explode_name() in the Image lib. + +- Database + + - Added where_in to the list of expected arguments received by + delete(). + +- Helpers + + - Added the ability to have optgroups in form_dropdown() within the + :doc:`form helper <helpers/form_helper>`. + - Added a doctype() function to the :doc:`HTML + helper <helpers/html_helper>`. + - Added ability to force lowercase for url_title() in the :doc:`URL + helper <helpers/url_helper>`. + - Changed the default "type" of form_button() to "button" from + "submit" in the :doc:`form helper <helpers/form_helper>`. + - Changed redirect() in the URL helper to allow redirections to URLs + outside of the CI site. + - Updated get_cookie() to try to fetch the cookie using the global + cookie prefix if the requested cookie name doesn't exist. + +- Other Changes + + - Improved security in xss_clean() to help prevent attacks + targeting Internet Explorer. + - Added 'application/msexcel' to config/mimes.php for .xls files. + - Added 'proxy_ips' config item to whitelist reverse proxy servers + from which to trust the HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR header to to + determine the visitor's IP address. + - Improved accuracy of Upload::is_allowed_filetype() for images + (#6715) + +Bug fixes for 1.7.1 +------------------- + +- Database + + - Fixed a bug when doing 'random' on order_by() (#5706). + - Fixed a bug where adding a primary key through Forge could fail + (#5731). + - Fixed a bug when using DB cache on multiple databases (#5737). + - Fixed a bug where TRUNCATE was not considered a "write" query + (#6619). + - Fixed a bug where csv_from_result() was checking for a + nonexistent method. + - Fixed a bug _protect_identifiers() where it was improperly + removing all pipe symbols from items + +- Fixed assorted user guide typos or examples (#5998, #6093, #6259, + #6339, #6432, #6521). +- Fixed a bug in the MySQLi driver when no port is specified +- Fixed a bug (#5702), in which the field label was not being fetched + properly, when "matching" one field to another. +- Fixed a bug in which identifers were not being escaped properly when + reserved characters were used. +- Fixed a bug with the regular expression used to protect submitted + paragraph tags in auto typography. +- Fixed a bug where double dashes within tag attributes were being + converted to em dash entities. +- Fixed a bug where double spaces within tag attributes were being + converted to non-breaking space entities. +- Fixed some accuracy issues with curly quotes in + Typography::format_characters() +- Changed a few docblock comments to reflect actual return values. +- Fixed a bug with high ascii characters in subject and from email + headers. +- Fixed a bug in xss_clean() where whitespace following a validated + character entity would not be preserved. +- Fixed a bug where HTML comments and <pre> tags were being parsed in + Typography::auto_typography(). +- Fixed a bug with non-breaking space cleanup in + Typography::auto_typography(). +- Fixed a bug in database escaping where a compound statement (ie: + SUM()) wasn't handled correctly with database prefixes. +- Fixed a bug when an opening quote is preceded by a paragraph tag and + immediately followed by another tag. +- Fixed a bug in the Text Helper affecting some locales where + word_censor() would not work on words beginning or ending with an + accented character. +- Fixed a bug in the Text Helper character limiter where the provided + limit intersects the last word of the string. +- Fixed a bug (#6342) with plural() in the Inflection helper with words + ending in "y". +- Fixed bug (#6517) where Routed URI segments returned by + URI::rsegment() method were incorrect for the default controller. +- Fixed a bug (#6706) in the Security Helper where xss_clean() was + using a deprecated second argument. +- Fixed a bug in the URL helper url_title() function where trailing + periods were allowed at the end of a URL. +- Fixed a bug (#6669) in the Email class when CRLF's are used for the + newline character with headers when used with the "mail" protocol. +- Fixed a bug (#6500) where URI::A_filter_uri() was exit()ing an + error instead of using show_error(). +- Fixed a bug (#6592) in the File Helper where get_dir_file_info() + where recursion was not occurring properly. +- Tweaked Typography::auto_typography() for some edge-cases. + +Version 1.7 +=========== + +Release Date: October 23, 2008 +Hg Tag: 1.7.0 + +- Libraries + + - Added a new :doc:`Form Validation + Class <libraries/form_validation>`. It simplifies setting + rules and field names, supports arrays as field names, allows + groups of validation rules to be saved in a config file, and adds + some helper functions for use in view files. **Please note that + the old Validation class is now deprecated**. We will leave it in + the library folder for some time so that existing applications + that use it will not break, but you are encouraged to migrate to + the new version. + - Updated the :doc:`Sessions class <libraries/sessions>` so that + any custom data being saved gets stored to a database rather than + the session cookie (assuming you are using a database to store + session data), permitting much more data to be saved. + - Added the ability to store libraries in subdirectories within + either the main "libraries" or the local application "libraries" + folder. Please see the :doc:`Loader class <libraries/loader>` for + more info. + - Added the ability to assign library objects to your own variable + names when you use $this->load->library(). Please see the :doc:`Loader + class <libraries/loader>` for more info. + - Added controller class/method info to :doc:`Profiler + class <general/profiling>` and support for multiple database + connections. + - Improved the "auto typography" feature and moved it out of the + helper into its own :doc:`Typography + Class <libraries/typography>`. + - Improved performance and accuracy of xss_clean(), including + reduction of false positives on image/file tests. + - Improved :doc:`Parser class <./libraries/parser>` to allow + multiple calls to the parse() function. The output of each is + appended in the output. + - Added max_filename option to set a file name length limit in the + :doc:`File Upload Class <libraries/file_uploading>`. + - Added set_status_header() function to :doc:`Output + class <libraries/output>`. + - Modified :doc:`Pagination <libraries/pagination>` class to only + output the "First" link when the link for page one would not be + shown. + - Added support for mb_strlen in the :doc:`Form + Validation <libraries/form_validation>` class so that + multi-byte languages will calculate string lengths properly. + +- Database + + - Improved Active Record class to allow full path column and table + names: hostname.database.table.column. Also improved the alias + handling. + - Improved how table and column names are escaped and prefixed. It + now honors full path names when adding prefixes and escaping. + - Added Active Record caching feature to "update" and "delete" + functions. + - Added removal of non-printing control characters in escape_str() + of DB drivers that do not have native PHP escaping mechanisms + (mssql, oci8, odbc), to avoid potential SQL errors, and possible + sources of SQL injection. + - Added port support to MySQL, MySQLi, and MS SQL database drivers. + - Added driver name variable in each DB driver, based on bug report + #4436. + +- Helpers + + - Added several new "setting" functions to the :doc:`Form + helper <helpers/form_helper>` that allow POST data to be + retrieved and set into forms. These are intended to be used on + their own, or with the new :doc:`Form Validation + Class <libraries/form_validation>`. + - Added current_url() and uri_segments() to :doc:`URL + helper <helpers/url_helper>`. + - Altered auto_link() in the :doc:`URL + helper <helpers/url_helper>` so that email addresses with + "+" included will be linked. + - Added meta() function to :doc:`HTML + helper <helpers/html_helper>`. + - Improved accuracy of calculations in :doc:`Number + helper <helpers/number_helper>`. + - Removed added newlines ("\\n") from most form and html helper + functions. + - Tightened up validation in the :doc:`Date + helper <helpers/date_helper>` function human_to_unix(), + and eliminated the POSIX regex. + - Updated :doc:`Date helper <helpers/date_helper>` to match the + world's current time zones and offsets. + - Modified url_title() in the :doc:`URL + helper <helpers/url_helper>` to remove characters and digits + that are part of character entities, to allow dashes, underscores, + and periods regardless of the $separator, and to allow uppercase + characters. + - Added support for arbitrary attributes in anchor_popup() of the + :doc:`URL helper <helpers/url_helper>`. + +- Other Changes + + - Added :doc:`PHP Style Guide <./general/styleguide>` to docs. + - Added sanitization in xss_clean() for a deprecated HTML tag that + could be abused in user input in Internet Explorer. + - Added a few openxml document mime types, and an additional mobile + agent to mimes.php and user_agents.php respectively. + - Added a file lock check during caching, before trying to write to + the file. + - Modified Cookie key cleaning to unset a few troublesome key names + that can be present in certain environments, preventing CI from + halting execution. + - Changed the output of the profiler to use style attribute rather + than clear, and added the id "codeigniter_profiler" to the + container div. + +Bug fixes for 1.7.0 +------------------- + +- Fixed bug in xss_clean() that could remove some desirable tag + attributes. +- Fixed assorted user guide typos or examples (#4807, #4812, #4840, + #4862, #4864, #4899, #4930, #5006, #5071, #5158, #5229, #5254, + #5351). +- Fixed an edit from 1.6.3 that made the $robots array in + user_agents.php go poof. +- Fixed a bug in the :doc:`Email library <libraries/email>` with + quoted-printable encoding improperly encoding space and tab + characters. +- Modified XSS sanitization to no longer add semicolons after &[single + letter], such as in M&M's, B&B, etc. +- Modified XSS sanitization to no longer strip XHTML image tags of + closing slashes. +- Fixed a bug in the Session class when database sessions are used + where upon session update all userdata would be errantly written to + the session cookie. +- Fixed a bug (#4536) in backups with the MySQL driver where some + legacy code was causing certain characters to be double escaped. +- Fixed a routing bug (#4661) that occurred when the default route + pointed to a subfolder. +- Fixed the spelling of "Dhaka" in the timezone_menu() function of the + :doc:`Date helper. <helpers/date_helper>` +- Fixed the spelling of "raspberry" in config/smileys.php. +- Fixed incorrect parenthesis in form_open() function (#5135). +- Fixed a bug that was ignoring case when comparing controller methods + (#4560). +- Fixed a bug (#4615) that was not setting SMTP authorization settings + when using the initialize function. +- Fixed a bug in highlight_code() in the :doc:`Text + helper <helpers/text_helper>` that would leave a stray </span> + in certain cases. +- Fixed Oracle bug (#3306) that was preventing multiple queries in one + action. +- Fixed ODBC bug that was ignoring connection params due to its use of + a constructor. +- Fixed a DB driver bug with num_rows() that would cause an error with + the Oracle driver. +- Fixed MS SQL bug (#4915). Added brackets around database name in MS + SQL driver when selecting the database, in the event that reserved + characters are used in the name. +- Fixed a DB caching bug (4718) in which the path was incorrect when no + URI segments were present. +- Fixed Image_lib class bug #4562. A path was not defined for NetPBM. +- Fixed Image_lib class bug #4532. When cropping an image with + identical height/width settings on output, a copy is made. +- Fixed DB_driver bug (4900), in which a database error was not being + logged correctly. +- Fixed DB backup bug in which field names were not being escaped. +- Fixed a DB Active Record caching bug in which multiple calls to + cached data were not being honored. +- Fixed a bug in the Session class that was disallowing slashes in the + serialized array. +- Fixed a Form Validation bug in which the "isset" error message was + being trigged by the "required" rule. +- Fixed a spelling error in a Loader error message. +- Fixed a bug (5050) with IP validation with empty segments. +- Fixed a bug in which the parser was being greedy if multiple + identical sets of tags were encountered. + +Version 1.6.3 +============= + +Release Date: June 26, 2008 +Hg Tag: v1.6.3 + +Version 1.6.3 is a security and maintenance release and is recommended +for all users. + +- Database + + - Modified MySQL/MySQLi Forge class to give explicit names to keys + - Added ability to set multiple column non-primary keys to the + :doc:`Forge class <database/forge>` + - Added ability to set additional database config values in :doc:`DSN + connections <database/connecting>` via the query string. + +- Libraries + + - Set the mime type check in the :doc:`Upload + class <libraries/file_uploading>` to reference the global + mimes variable. + - Added support for query strings to the :doc:`Pagination + class <libraries/pagination>`, automatically detected or + explicitly declared. + - Added get_post() to the :doc:`Input class <libraries/input>`. + - Documented get() in the :doc:`Input class <libraries/input>`. + - Added the ability to automatically output language items as form + labels in the :doc:`Language class <libraries/language>`. + +- Helpers + + - Added a :doc:`Language helper <helpers/language_helper>`. + - Added a :doc:`Number helper <helpers/number_helper>`. + - :doc:`Form helper <helpers/form_helper>` refactored to allow + form_open() and form_fieldset() to accept arrays or strings as + arguments. + +- Other changes + + - Improved security in xss_clean(). + - Removed an unused Router reference in _display_cache(). + - Added ability to :doc:`use xss_clean() to test + images <libraries/input>` for XSS, useful for upload + security. + - Considerably expanded list of mobile user-agents in + config/user_agents.php. + - Charset information in the userguide has been moved above title + for internationalization purposes (#4614). + - Added "Using Associative Arrays In a Request Parameter" example to + the :doc:`XMLRPC userguide page <libraries/xmlrpc>`. + - Removed maxlength and size as automatically added attributes of + form_input() in the :doc:`form helper <helpers/form_helper>`. + - Documented the language file use of byte_format() in the :doc:`number + helper <helpers/number_helper>`. + +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 + DB_active_rec. +- Fixed a syntax error in upload_lang.php. +- Fixed a bug (#4542) with a regular expression in the Image library. +- Fixed a bug (#4561) where orhaving() wasn't properly passing values. +- Removed some unused variables from the code (#4563). +- Fixed a bug where having() was not adding an = into the statement + (#4568). +- Fixed assorted user guide typos or examples (#4574, #4706). +- Added quoted-printable headers to Email class when the multi-part + override is used. +- Fixed a double opening <p> tag in the index pages of each system + directory. + +Version 1.6.2 +============= + +Release Date: May 13, 2008 +Hg Tag: 1.6.2 + +- Active Record + + - Added the ability to prevent escaping in having() clauses. + - Added rename_table() into :doc:`DBForge <./database/forge>`. + - Fixed a bug that wasn't allowing escaping to be turned off if the + value of a query was NULL. + - DB Forge is now assigned to any models that exist after loading + (#3457). + +- Database + + - Added :doc:`Strict Mode <./database/transactions>` to database + transactions. + - Escape behaviour in where() clauses has changed; values in those + with the "FALSE" argument are no longer escaped (ie: quoted). + +- Config + + - Added 'application/vnd.ms-powerpoint' to list of mime types. + - Added 'audio/mpg' to list of mime types. + - Added new user-modifiable file constants.php containing file mode + and fopen constants. + - Added the ability to set CRLF settings via config in the + :doc:`Email <libraries/email>` class. + +- Libraries + + - Added increased security for filename handling in the Upload + library. + - Added increased security for sessions for client-side data + tampering. + - The MySQLi forge class is now in sync with MySQL forge. + - Added the ability to set CRLF settings via config in the + :doc:`Email <libraries/email>` class. + - :doc:`Unit Testing <libraries/unit_testing>` results are now + colour coded, and a change was made to the default template of + results. + - Added a valid_emails rule to the Validation class. + - The :doc:`Zip class <libraries/zip>` now exits within download(). + - The :doc:`Zip class <libraries/zip>` has undergone a substantial + re-write for speed and clarity (thanks stanleyxu for the hard work + and code contribution in bug report #3425!) + +- Helpers + + - Added a Compatibility + Helper for using some common + PHP 5 functions safely in applications that might run on PHP 4 + servers (thanks Seppo for the hard work and code contribution!) + - Added form_button() in the :doc:`Form + helper <helpers/form_helper>`. + - Changed the radio() and checkbox() functions to default to not + checked by default. + - Added the ability to include an optional HTTP Response Code in the + redirect() function of the :doc:`URL + Helper <helpers/url_helper>`. + - Modified img() in the :doc:`HTML Helper <helpers/html_helper>` to + remove an unneeded space (#4208). + - Modified anchor() in the :doc:`URL helper <helpers/url_helper>` + to no longer add a default title= attribute (#4209). + - The :doc:`Download helper <helpers/download_helper>` now exits + within force_download(). + - Added get_dir_file_info(), get_file_info(), and + get_mime_by_extension() to the :doc:`File + Helper <helpers/file_helper>`. + - Added symbolic_permissions() and octal_permissions() to the + :doc:`File helper <helpers/file_helper>`. + +- Plugins + + - Modified captcha generation to first look for the function + imagecreatetruecolor, and fallback to imagecreate if it isn't + available (#4226). + +- Other Changes + + - Added ability for :doc:`xss_clean() <libraries/input>` to accept + arrays. + - Removed closing PHP tags from all PHP files to avoid accidental + output and potential 'cannot modify headers' errors. + - Removed "scripts" from the auto-load search path. Scripts were + deprecated in Version 1.4.1 (September 21, 2006). If you still + need to use them for legacy reasons, they must now be manually + loaded in each Controller. + - Added a :doc:`Reserved Names <general/reserved_names>` page to + the userguide, and migrated reserved controller names into it. + - Added a :doc:`Common Functions <general/common_functions>` page + to the userguide for globally available functions. + - Improved security and performance of xss_clean(). + +Bugfixes for 1.6.2 +------------------ + +- Fixed a bug where SET queries were not being handled as "write" + queries. +- Fixed a bug (#3191) with ORIG_PATH_INFO URI parsing. +- Fixed a bug in DB Forge, when inserting an id field (#3456). +- Fixed a bug in the table library that could cause identically + constructed rows to be dropped (#3459). +- Fixed DB Driver and MySQLi result driver checking for resources + instead of objects (#3461). +- Fixed an AR_caching error where it wasn't tracking table aliases + (#3463). +- Fixed a bug in AR compiling, where select statements with arguments + got incorrectly escaped (#3478). +- Fixed an incorrect documentation of $this->load->language (#3520). +- Fixed bugs (#3523, #4350) in get_filenames() with recursion and + problems with Windows when $include_path is used. +- Fixed a bug (#4153) in the XML-RPC class preventing dateTime.iso8601 + from being used. +- Fixed an AR bug with or_where_not_in() (#4171). +- Fixed a bug with :doc:`xss_clean() <libraries/input>` that would + add semicolons to GET URI variable strings. +- Fixed a bug (#4206) in the Directory Helper where the directory + resource was not being closed, and minor improvements. +- Fixed a bug in the FTP library where delete_dir() was not working + recursively (#4215). +- Fixed a Validation bug when set_rules() is used with a non-array + field name and rule (#4220). +- Fixed a bug (#4223) where DB caching would not work for returned DB + objects or multiple DB connections. +- Fixed a bug in the Upload library that might output the same error + twice (#4390). +- Fixed an AR bug when joining with a table alias and table prefix + (#4400). +- Fixed a bug in the DB class testing the $params argument. +- Fixed a bug in the Table library where the integer 0 in cell data + would be displayed as a blank cell. +- Fixed a bug in link_tag() of the :doc:`URL + helper <helpers/url_helper>` where a key was passed instead of + a value. +- Fixed a bug in DB_result::row() that prevented it from returning + individual fields with MySQL NULL values. +- Fixed a bug where SMTP emails were not having dot transformation + performed on lines that begin with a dot. +- Fixed a bug in display_error() in the DB driver that was + instantiating new Language and Exception objects, and not using the + error heading. +- Fixed a bug (#4413) where a URI containing slashes only e.g. + 'http://example.com/index.php?//' would result in PHP errors +- Fixed an array to string conversion error in the Validation library + (#4425) +- Fixed bug (#4451, #4299, #4339) where failed transactions will not + rollback when debug mode is enabled. +- Fixed a bug (#4506) with overlay_watermark() in the Image library + preventing support for PNG-24s with alpha transparency +- Fixed assorted user guide typos (#3453, #4364, #4379, #4399, #4408, + #4412, #4448, #4488). + +Version 1.6.1 +============= + +Release Date: February 12, 2008 +Hg Tag: 1.6.1 + +- Active Record + + - Added :ref:`Active Record + Caching <ar-caching>`. + - Made Active Record fully database-prefix aware. + +- Database drivers + + - Added support for setting client character set and collation for + MySQLi. + +- Core Changes + + - Modified xss_clean() to be more intelligent with its handling of + URL encoded strings. + - Added $_SERVER, $_FILES, $_ENV, and $_SESSION to sanitization + of globals. + - Added a `Path Helper <./helpers/path_helper>`. + - Simplified _reindex_segments() in the URI class. + - Escaped the '-' in the default 'permitted_uri_chars' config + item, to prevent errors if developers just try to add additional + characters to the end of the default expression. + - Modified method calling to controllers to show a 404 when a + private or protected method is accessed via a URL. + - Modified framework initiated 404s to log the controller and method + for invalid requests. + +- Helpers + + - Modified get_filenames() in the File Helper to return FALSE if + the $source_dir is not readable. + +Bugfixes for 1.6.1 +------------------ + +- Deprecated is_numeric as a validation rule. Use of numeric and + integer are preferred. +- Fixed bug (#3379) in DBForge with SQLite for table creation. +- Made Active Record fully database prefix aware (#3384). +- Fixed a bug where DBForge was outputting invalid SQL in Postgres by + adding brackets around the tables in FROM. +- Changed the behaviour of Active Record's update() to make the WHERE + clause optional (#3395). +- Fixed a bug (#3396) where certain POST variables would cause a PHP + warning. +- Fixed a bug in query binding (#3402). +- Changed order of SQL keywords in the Profiler $highlight array so OR + would not be highlighted before ORDER BY. +- Fixed a bug (#3404) where the MySQLi driver was testing if + $this->conn_id was a resource instead of an object. +- Fixed a bug (#3419) connecting to a database via a DSN string. +- Fixed a bug (#3445) where the routed segment array was not re-indexed + to begin with 1 when the default controller is used. +- Fixed assorted user guide typos. + +Version 1.6.0 +============= + +Release Date: January 30, 2008 + +- DBForge + + - Added :doc:`DBForge <./database/forge>` to the database tools. + - Moved create_database() and drop_database() into + :doc:`DBForge <./database/forge>`. + - Added add_field(), add_key(), create_table(), drop_table(), + add_column(), drop_column(), modify_column() into + :doc:`DBForge <./database/forge>`. + +- Active Record + + - Added protect_identifiers() in :doc:`Active + Record <./database/active_record>`. + - All AR queries are backticked if appropriate to the database. + - Added where_in(), or_where_in(), where_not_in(), + or_where_not_in(), not_like() and or_not_like() to :doc:`Active + Record <./database/active_record>`. + - Added support for limit() into update() and delete() statements in + :doc:`Active Record <./database/active_record>`. + - Added empty_table() and truncate_table() to :doc:`Active + Record <./database/active_record>`. + - Added the ability to pass an array of tables to the delete() + statement in :doc:`Active Record <./database/active_record>`. + - Added count_all_results() function to :doc:`Active + Record <./database/active_record>`. + - Added select_max(), select_min(), select_avg() and + select_sum() to :doc:`Active Record <./database/active_record>`. + - Added the ability to use aliases with joins in :doc:`Active + Record <./database/active_record>`. + - Added a third parameter to Active Record's like() clause to + control where the wildcard goes. + - Added a third parameter to set() in :doc:`Active + Record <./database/active_record>` that withholds escaping + data. + - Changed the behaviour of variables submitted to the where() clause + with no values to auto set "IS NULL" + +- Other Database Related + + - MySQL driver now requires MySQL 4.1+ + - Added $this->DB->save_queries variable to DB driver, enabling + queries to get saved or not. Previously they were always saved. + - Added $this->db->dbprefix() to manually add database prefixes. + - Added 'random' as an order_by() option , and removed "rand()" as + a listed option as it was MySQL only. + - Added a check for NULL fields in the MySQL database backup + utility. + - Added "constrain_by_prefix" parameter to db->list_table() + function. If set to TRUE it will limit the result to only table + names with the current prefix. + - Deprecated from Active Record; getwhere() for get_where(); + groupby() for group_by(); havingor() for having_or(); orderby() + for order_by; orwhere() for or_where(); and orlike() for + or_like(). + - Modified csv_from_result() to output CSV data more in the spirit + of basic rules of RFC 4180. + - Added 'char_set' and 'dbcollat' database configuration settings, + to explicitly set the client communication properly. + - Removed 'active_r' configuration setting and replaced with a + global $active_record setting, which is more in harmony with the + global nature of the behavior (#1834). + +- Core changes + + - Added ability to load multiple views, whose content will be + appended to the output in the order loaded. + - Added the ability to :doc:`auto-load <./general/autoloader>` + :doc:`Models <./general/models>`. + - Reorganized the URI and Routes classes for better clarity. + - Added Compat.php to allow function overrides for older versions of + PHP or PHP environments missing certain extensions / libraries + - Added memory usage, GET, URI string data, and individual query + execution time to Profiler output. + - Deprecated Scaffolding. + - Added is_really_writable() to Common.php to provide a + cross-platform reliable method of testing file/folder writability. + +- Libraries + + - Changed the load protocol of Models to allow for extension. + - Strengthened the Encryption library to help protect against man in + the middle attacks when MCRYPT_MODE_CBC mode is used. + - Added Flashdata variables, session_id regeneration and + configurable session update times to the :doc:`Session + class. <./libraries/sessions>` + - Removed 'last_visit' from the Session class. + - Added a language entry for valid_ip validation error. + - Modified prep_for_form() in the Validation class to accept + arrays, adding support for POST array validation (via callbacks + only) + - Added an "integer" rule into the Validation library. + - Added valid_base64() to the Validation library. + - Documented clear() in the :doc:`Image + Processing <../libraries/image_lib>` library. + - Changed the behaviour of custom callbacks so that they no longer + trigger the "required" rule. + - Modified Upload class $_FILES error messages to be more precise. + - Moved the safe mode and auth checks for the Email library into the + constructor. + - Modified variable names in _ci_load() method of Loader class to + avoid conflicts with view variables. + - Added a few additional mime type variations for CSV. + - Enabled the 'system' methods for the XML-RPC Server library, + except for 'system.multicall' which is still disabled. + +- Helpers & Plugins + + - Added link_tag() to the :doc:`HTML + helper. <./helpers/html_helper>` + - Added img() to the :doc:`HTML helper. <./helpers/html_helper>` + - Added ability to :doc:`"extend" Helpers <./general/helpers>`. + - Added an :doc:`email helper <./helpers/email_helper>` into core + helpers. + - Added strip_quotes() function to :doc:`string + helper <./helpers/string_helper>`. + - Added reduce_multiples() function to :doc:`string + helper <./helpers/string_helper>`. + - Added quotes_to_entities() function to :doc:`string + helper <./helpers/string_helper>`. + - Added form_fieldset(), form_fieldset_close(), form_label(), + and form_reset() function to :doc:`form + helper <./helpers/form_helper>`. + - Added support for external urls in form_open(). + - Removed support for db_backup in MySQLi due to incompatible + functions. + - Javascript Calendar plugin now uses the months and days from the + calendar language file, instead of hard-coded values, + internationalizing it. + +- Documentation Changes + + - Added Writing Documentation section + for the community to use in writing their own documentation. + - Added titles to all user manual pages. + - Added attributes into <html> of userguide for valid html. + - Added `Zip Encoding + Class <http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/zip>`_ to + the table of contents of the userguide. + - Moved part of the userguide menu javascript to an external file. + - Documented distinct() in :doc:`Active + Record <./database/active_record>`. + - Documented the timezones() function in the :doc:`Date + Helper <./helpers/date_helper>`. + - Documented unset_userdata in the :doc:`Session + class <./libraries/sessions>`. + - Documented 2 config options to the :doc:`Database + configuration <./database/configuration>` page. + +Bug fixes for Version 1.6.0 +--------------------------- + +- Fixed a bug (#1813) preventing using $CI->db in the same application + with returned database objects. +- Fixed a bug (#1842) where the $this->uri->rsegments array would not + include the 'index' method if routed to the controller without an + implicit method. +- Fixed a bug (#1872) where word_limiter() was not retaining + whitespace. +- Fixed a bug (#1890) in csv_from_result() where content that + included the delimiter would break the file. +- Fixed a bug (#2542)in the clean_email() method of the Email class to + allow for non-numeric / non-sequential array keys. +- Fixed a bug (#2545) in _html_entity_decode_callback() when + 'global_xss_filtering' is enabled. +- Fixed a bug (#2668) in the :doc:`parser class <./libraries/parser>` + where numeric data was ignored. +- Fixed a bug (#2679) where the "previous" pagination link would get + drawn on the first page. +- Fixed a bug (#2702) in _object_to_array that broke some types of + inserts and updates. +- Fixed a bug (#2732) in the SQLite driver for PHP 4. +- Fixed a bug (#2754) in Pagination to scan for non-positive + num_links. +- Fixed a bug (#2762) in the :doc:`Session + library <./libraries/sessions>` where user agent matching would + fail on user agents ending with a space. +- Fixed a bug (#2784) $field_names[] vs $Ffield_names[] in postgres + and sqlite drivers. +- Fixed a bug (#2810) in the typography helper causing extraneous + paragraph tags when string contains tags. +- Fixed a bug (#2849) where arguments passed to a subfolder controller + method would be incorrectly shifted, dropping the 3rd segment value. +- Fixed a bug (#2858) which referenced a wrong variable in the Image + class. +- Fixed a bug (#2875)when loading plugin files as _plugin. and not + _pi. +- Fixed a bug (#2912) in get_filenames() in the :doc:`File + Helper <helpers/file_helper>` where the array wasn't cleared + after each call. +- Fixed a bug (#2974) in highlight_phrase() that caused an error with + slashes. +- Fixed a bug (#3003) in the Encryption Library to support modes other + than MCRYPT_MODE_ECB +- Fixed a bug (#3015) in the :doc:`User Agent + library <./libraries/user_agent>` where more then 2 languages + where not reported with languages(). +- Fixed a bug (#3017) in the :doc:`Email <./libraries/email>` library + where some timezones were calculated incorrectly. +- Fixed a bug (#3024) in which master_dim wasn't getting reset by + clear() in the Image library. +- Fixed a bug (#3156) in Text Helper highlight_code() causing PHP tags + to be handled incorrectly. +- Fixed a bug (#3166) that prevented num_rows from working in Oracle. +- Fixed a bug (#3175) preventing certain libraries from working + properly when autoloaded in PHP 4. +- Fixed a bug (#3267) in the Typography Helper where unordered list was + listed "un. +- Fixed a bug (#3268) where the Router could leave '/' as the path. +- Fixed a bug (#3279) where the Email class was sending the wrong + Content-Transfer-Encoding for some character sets. +- Fixed a bug (#3284) where the rsegment array would not be set + properly if the requested URI contained more segments than the routed + URI. +- Removed extraneous load of $CFG in _display_cache() of the Output + class (#3285). +- Removed an extraneous call to loading models (#3286). +- Fixed a bug (#3310) with sanitization of globals in the Input class + that could unset CI's global variables. +- Fixed a bug (#3314) which would cause the top level path to be + deleted in delete_files() of the File helper. +- Fixed a bug (#3328) where the smiley helper might return an undefined + variable. +- Fixed a bug (#3330) in the FTP class where a comparison wasn't + getting made. +- Removed an unused parameter from Profiler (#3332). +- Fixed a bug in database driver where num_rows property wasn't + getting updated. +- Fixed a bug in the :doc:`upload + library <./libraries/file_uploading>` when allowed_files + wasn't defined. +- Fixed a bug in word_wrap() of the Text Helper that incorrectly + referenced an object. +- Fixed a bug in Validation where valid_ip() wasn't called properly. +- Fixed a bug in Validation where individual error messages for + checkboxes wasn't supported. +- Fixed a bug in captcha calling an invalid PHP function. +- Fixed a bug in the cookie helper "set_cookie" function. It was not + honoring the config settings. +- Fixed a bug that was making validation callbacks required even when + not set as such. +- Fixed a bug in the XML-RPC library so if a type is specified, a more + intelligent decision is made as to the default type. +- Fixed an example of comma-separated emails in the email library + documentation. +- Fixed an example in the Calendar library for Showing Next/Previous + Month Links. +- Fixed a typo in the database language file. +- Fixed a typo in the image language file "suppor" to "support". +- Fixed an example for XML RPC. +- Fixed an example of accept_charset() in the :doc:`User Agent + Library <./libraries/user_agent>`. +- Fixed a typo in the docblock comments that had CodeIgniter spelled + CodeIgnitor. +- Fixed a typo in the :doc:`String Helper <./helpers/string_helper>` + (uniquid changed to uniqid). +- Fixed typos in the email Language class + (email_attachment_unredable, email_filed_smtp_login), and FTP + Class (ftp_unable_to_remame). +- Added a stripslashes() into the Upload Library. +- Fixed a series of grammatical and spelling errors in the language + files. +- Fixed assorted user guide typos. + +Version 1.5.4 +============= + +Release Date: July 12, 2007 + +- Added :doc:`custom Language files <./libraries/language>` to the + :doc:`autoload <./general/autoloader>` options. +- Added stripslashes() to the _clean_input_data() function in the + :doc:`Input class <./libraries/input>` when magic quotes is on so + that data will always be un-slashed within the framework. +- Added array to string into the :doc:`profiler <general/profiling>`. +- Added some additional mime types in application/config/mimes.php. +- Added filename_security() method to :doc:`Input + library <./libraries/input>`. +- Added some additional arguments to the :doc:`Inflection + helper <./helpers/inflector_helper>` singular() to compensate + for words ending in "s". Also added a force parameter to pluralize(). +- Added $config['charset'] to the config file. Default value is + 'UTF-8', used in some string handling functions. +- Fixed MSSQL insert_id(). +- Fixed a logic error in the DB trans_status() function. It was + incorrectly returning TRUE on failure and FALSE on success. +- Fixed a bug that was allowing multiple load attempts on extended + classes. +- Fixed a bug in the bootstrap file that was incorrectly attempting to + discern the full server path even when it was explicity set by the + user. +- Fixed a bug in the escape_str() function in the MySQL driver. +- Fixed a typo in the :doc:`Calendar library <./libraries/calendar>` +- Fixed a typo in rpcs.php library +- Fixed a bug in the :doc:`Zip library <./libraries/zip>`, providing + PC Zip file compatibility with Mac OS X +- Fixed a bug in router that was ignoring the scaffolding route for + optimization +- Fixed an IP validation bug. +- Fixed a bug in display of POST keys in the + :doc:`Profiler <./general/profiling>` output +- Fixed a bug in display of queries with characters that would be + interpreted as HTML in the :doc:`Profiler <./general/profiling>` + output +- Fixed a bug in display of Email class print debugger with characters + that would be interpreted as HTML in the debugging output +- Fixed a bug in the Content-Transfer-Encoding of HTML emails with the + quoted-printable MIME type +- Fixed a bug where one could unset certain PHP superglobals by setting + them via GET or POST data +- Fixed an undefined function error in the insert_id() function of the + PostgreSQL driver +- Fixed various doc typos. +- Documented two functions from the :doc:`String + helper <./helpers/string_helper>` that were missing from the + user guide: trim_slashes() and reduce_double_slashes(). +- Docs now validate to XHTML 1 transitional +- Updated the XSS Filtering to take into account the IE expression() + ability and improved certain deletions to prevent possible exploits +- Modified the Router so that when Query Strings are Enabled, the + controller trigger and function trigger values are sanitized for + filename include security. +- Modified the is_image() method in the Upload library to take into + account Windows IE 6/7 eccentricities when dealing with MIMEs +- Modified XSS Cleaning routine to be more performance friendly and + compatible with PHP 5.2's new PCRE backtrack and recursion limits. +- Modified the :doc:`URL Helper <./helpers/url_helper>` to type cast + the $title as a string in case a numeric value is supplied +- Modified Form Helper form_dropdown() to type cast the keys and + values of the options array as strings, allowing numeric values to be + properly set as 'selected' +- Deprecated the use if is_numeric() in various places since it allows + periods. Due to compatibility problems with ctype_digit(), making it + unreliable in some installations, the following regular expression + was used instead: preg_match("/[^0-9]/", $n) +- Deprecated: APPVER has been deprecated and replaced with CI_VERSION + for clarity. + +Version 1.5.3 +============= + +Release Date: April 15, 2007 + +- Added array to string into the profiler +- Code Igniter references updated to CodeIgniter +- pMachine references updated to EllisLab +- Fixed a bug in the repeater function of :doc:`string + helper <./helpers/string_helper>`. +- Fixed a bug in ODBC driver +- Fixed a bug in result_array() that was returning an empty array when + no result is produced. +- Fixed a bug in the redirect function of the :doc:`url + helper <./helpers/url_helper>`. +- Fixed an undefined variable in Loader +- Fixed a version bug in the Postgres driver +- Fixed a bug in the textarea function of the form helper for use with + strings +- Fixed doc typos. + +Version 1.5.2 +============= + +Release Date: February 13, 2007 + +- Added subversion information + to the `downloads <installation/downloads>` page. +- Added support for captions in the :doc:`Table + Library <./libraries/table>` +- Fixed a bug in the + :doc:`download_helper <helpers/download_helper>` that was causing + Internet Explorer to load rather than download +- Fixed a bug in the Active Record Join function that was not taking + table prefixes into consideration. +- Removed unescaped variables in error messages of Input and Router + classes +- Fixed a bug in the Loader that was causing errors on Libraries loaded + twice. A debug message is now silently made in the log. +- Fixed a bug in the :doc:`form helper <helpers/form_helper>` that + gave textarea a value attribute +- Fixed a bug in the :doc:`Image Library <libraries/image_lib>` that + was ignoring resizing the same size image +- Fixed some doc typos. + +Version 1.5.1 +============= + +Release Date: November 23, 2006 + +- Added support for submitting arrays of libraries in the + $this->load->library function. +- Added support for naming custom library files in lower or uppercase. +- Fixed a bug related to output buffering. +- Fixed a bug in the active record class that was not resetting query + data after a completed query. +- Fixed a bug that was suppressing errors in controllers. +- Fixed a problem that can cause a loop to occur when the config file + is missing. +- Fixed a bug that occurred when multiple models were loaded with the + third parameter set to TRUE. +- Fixed an oversight that was not unsetting globals properly in the + input sanitize function. +- Fixed some bugs in the Oracle DB driver. +- Fixed an incorrectly named variable in the MySQLi result driver. +- Fixed some doc typos. + +Version 1.5.0.1 +=============== + +Release Date: October 31, 2006 + +- Fixed a problem in which duplicate attempts to load helpers and + classes were not being stopped. +- Fixed a bug in the word_wrap() helper function. +- Fixed an invalid color Hex number in the Profiler class. +- Fixed a corrupted image in the user guide. + +Version 1.5.0 +============= + +Release Date: October 30, 2006 + +- Added `DB utility class <./database/utilities>`, permitting DB + backups, CVS or XML files from DB results, and various other + functions. +- Added :doc:`Database Caching Class <./database/caching>`. +- Added :doc:`transaction support <./database/transactions>` to the + database classes. +- Added :doc:`Profiler Class <./general/profiling>` which generates a + report of Benchmark execution times, queries, and POST data at the + bottom of your pages. +- Added :doc:`User Agent Library <./libraries/user_agent>` which + allows browsers, robots, and mobile devises to be identified. +- Added :doc:`HTML Table Class <./libraries/table>` , enabling tables + to be generated from arrays or database results. +- Added :doc:`Zip Encoding Library <./libraries/zip>`. +- Added :doc:`FTP Library <./libraries/ftp>`. +- Added the ability to :doc:`extend + libraries <./general/creating_libraries>` and :doc:`extend core + classes <./general/core_classes>`, in addition to being able to + replace them. +- Added support for storing :doc:`models within + sub-folders <./general/models>`. +- Added :doc:`Download Helper <./helpers/download_helper>`. +- Added :doc:`simple_query() <./database/queries>` function to the + database classes +- Added :doc:`standard_date() <./helpers/date_helper>` function to + the Date Helper. +- Added :doc:`$query->free_result() <./database/results>` to database + class. +- Added :doc:`$query->list_fields() <./database/fields>` function to + database class +- Added :doc:`$this->db->platform() <./database/helpers>` function +- Added new :doc:`File Helper <./helpers/file_helper>`: + get_filenames() +- Added new helper: :doc:`Smiley Helper <./helpers/smiley_helper>` +- Added support for <ul> and <ol> lists in the :doc:`HTML + Helper <./helpers/html_helper>` +- Added the ability to rewrite :doc:`short + tags <./general/alternative_php>` on-the-fly, converting them + to standard PHP statements, for those servers that do not support + short tags. This allows the cleaner syntax to be used regardless of + whether it's supported by the server. +- Added the ability to :doc:`rename or relocate the "application" + folder <./general/managing_apps>`. +- Added more thorough initialization in the upload class so that all + class variables are reset. +- Added "is_numeric" to validation, which uses the native PHP + is_numeric function. +- Improved the URI handler to make it more reliable when the + $config['uri_protocol'] item is set to AUTO. +- Moved most of the functions in the Controller class into the Loader + class, allowing fewer reserved function names for controllers when + running under PHP 5. +- Updated the DB Result class to return an empty array when + $query->result() doesn't produce a result. +- Updated the input->cookie() and input->post() functions in :doc:`Input + Class <./libraries/input>` to permit arrays contained cookies + that are arrays to be run through the XSS filter. +- Documented three functions from the Validation + class that were missing from the user + guide: set_select(), set_radio(), and set_checkbox(). +- Fixed a bug in the Email class related to SMTP Helo data. +- Fixed a bug in the word wrapping helper and function in the email + class. +- Fixed a bug in the validation class. +- Fixed a bug in the typography helper that was incorrectly wrapping + block level elements in paragraph tags. +- Fixed a problem in the form_prep() function that was double encoding + entities. +- Fixed a bug that affects some versions of PHP when output buffering + is nested. +- Fixed a bug that caused CI to stop working when the PHP magic + __get() or __set() functions were used within models or + controllers. +- Fixed a pagination bug that was permitting negative values in the + URL. +- Fixed an oversight in which the Loader class was not allowed to be + extended. +- Changed _get_config() to get_config() since the function is not a + private one. +- **Deprecated "init" folder**. Initialization happens automatically + now. :doc:`Please see documentation <./general/creating_libraries>`. +- **Deprecated** $this->db->field_names() USE + $this->db->list_fields() +- **Deprecated** the $config['log_errors'] item from the config.php + file. Instead, $config['log_threshold'] can be set to "0" to turn it + off. + +Version 1.4.1 +============= + +Release Date: September 21, 2006 + +- Added a new feature that passes URI segments directly to your + function calls as parameters. See the + :doc:`Controllers <general/controllers>` page for more info. +- Added support for a function named _output(), which when used in + your controllers will received the final rendered output from the + output class. More info in the :doc:`Controllers <general/controllers>` + page. +- Added several new functions in the :doc:`URI + Class <./libraries/uri>` to let you retrieve and manipulate URI + segments that have been re-routed using the :doc:`URI + Routing <general/routing>` feature. Previously, the URI class did not + permit you to access any re-routed URI segments, but now it does. +- Added :doc:`$this->output->set_header() <./libraries/output>` + function, which allows you to set server headers. +- Updated plugins, helpers, and language classes to allow your + application folder to contain its own plugins, helpers, and language + folders. Previously they were always treated as global for your + entire installation. If your application folder contains any of these + resources they will be used *instead* the global ones. +- Added :doc:`Inflector helper <./helpers/inflector_helper>`. +- Added element() function in the :doc:`array + helper <./helpers/array_helper>`. +- Added RAND() to active record orderby() function. +- Added delete_cookie() and get_cookie() to :doc:`Cookie + helper <./helpers/cookie_helper>`, even though the input class + has a cookie fetching function. +- Added Oracle database driver (still undergoing testing so it might + have some bugs). +- Added the ability to combine pseudo-variables and php variables in + the template parser class. +- Added output compression option to the config file. +- Removed the is_numeric test from the db->escape() function. +- Fixed a MySQLi bug that was causing error messages not to contain + proper error data. +- Fixed a bug in the email class which was causing it to ignore + explicitly set alternative headers. +- Fixed a bug that was causing a PHP error when the Exceptions class + was called within the get_config() function since it was causing + problems. +- Fixed an oversight in the cookie helper in which the config file + cookie settings were not being honored. +- Fixed an oversight in the upload class. An item mentioned in the 1.4 + changelog was missing. +- Added some code to allow email attachments to be reset when sending + batches of email. +- Deprecated the application/scripts folder. It will continue to work + for legacy users, but it is recommended that you create your own + :doc:`libraries <./general/libraries>` or + :doc:`models <./general/models>` instead. It was originally added + before CI had user libraries or models, but it's not needed anymore. +- Deprecated the $autoload['core'] item from the autoload.php file. + Instead, please now use: $autoload['libraries'] +- Deprecated the following database functions: + $this->db->smart_escape_str() and $this->db->fields(). + +Version 1.4.0 +============= + +Release Date: September 17, 2006 + +- Added :doc:`Hooks <./general/hooks>` feature, enabling you to tap + into and modify the inner workings of the framework without hacking + the core files. +- Added the ability to organize controller files :doc:`into + sub-folders <general/controllers>`. Kudos to Marco for + `suggesting <http://codeigniter.com/forums/viewthread/627/>`_ this + (and the next two) feature. +- Added regular expressions support for `routing + rules <./general/routing>`. +- Added the ability to :doc:`remap function + calls <./general/controllers>` within your controllers. +- Added the ability to :doc:`replace core system + classes <./general/core_classes>` with your own classes. +- Added support for % character in URL. +- Added the ability to supply full URLs using the + :doc:`anchor() <./helpers/url_helper>` helper function. +- Added mode parameter to :doc:`file_write() <./helpers/file_helper>` + helper. +- Added support for changing the port number in the :doc:`Postgres + driver <./database/configuration>`. +- Moved the list of "allowed URI characters" out of the Router class + and into the config file. +- Moved the MIME type array out of the Upload class and into its own + file in the applications/config/ folder. +- Updated the Upload class to allow the upload field name to be set + when calling :doc:`do_upload() <./libraries/file_uploading>`. +- Updated the :doc:`Config Library <./libraries/config>` to be able to + load config files silently, and to be able to assign config files to + their own index (to avoid collisions if you use multiple config + files). +- Updated the URI Protocol code to allow more options so that URLs will + work more reliably in different environments. +- Updated the form_open() helper to allow the GET method to be used. +- Updated the MySQLi execute() function with some code to help prevent + lost connection errors. +- Updated the SQLite Driver to check for object support before + attempting to return results as objects. If unsupported it returns an + array. +- Updated the Models loader function to allow multiple loads of the + same model. +- Updated the MS SQL driver so that single quotes are escaped. +- Updated the Postgres and ODBC drivers for better compatibility. +- Removed a strtolower() call that was changing URL segments to lower + case. +- Removed some references that were interfering with PHP 4.4.1 + compatibility. +- Removed backticks from Postgres class since these are not needed. +- Renamed display() to _display() in the Output class to make it clear + that it's a private function. +- Deprecated the hash() function due to a naming conflict with a native + PHP function with the same name. Please use dohash() instead. +- Fixed an bug that was preventing the input class from unsetting GET + variables. +- Fixed a router bug that was making it too greedy when matching end + segments. +- Fixed a bug that was preventing multiple discrete database calls. +- Fixed a bug in which loading a language file was producing a "file + contains no data" message. +- Fixed a session bug caused by the XSS Filtering feature inadvertently + changing the case of certain words. +- Fixed some missing prefixes when using the database prefix feature. +- Fixed a typo in the Calendar class (cal_november). +- Fixed a bug in the form_checkbox() helper. +- Fixed a bug that was allowing the second segment of the URI to be + identical to the class name. +- Fixed an evaluation bug in the database initialization function. +- Fixed a minor bug in one of the error messages in the language class. +- Fixed a bug in the date helper timespan function. +- Fixed an undefined variable in the DB Driver class. +- Fixed a bug in which dollar signs used as binding replacement values + in the DB class would be treated as RegEx back-references. +- Fixed a bug in the set_hash() function which was preventing MD5 from + being used. +- Fixed a couple bugs in the Unit Testing class. +- Fixed an incorrectly named variable in the Validation class. +- Fixed an incorrectly named variable in the URI class. +- Fixed a bug in the config class that was preventing the base URL from + being called properly. +- Fixed a bug in the validation class that was not permitting callbacks + if the form field was empty. +- Fixed a problem that was preventing scaffolding from working properly + with MySQLi. +- Fixed some MS SQL bugs. +- Fixed some doc typos. + +Version 1.3.3 +============= + +Release Date: June 1, 2006 + +- Models do **not** connect automatically to the database as of this + version. :doc:`More info here <./general/models>`. +- Updated the Sessions class to utilize the active record class when + running session related queries. Previously the queries assumed MySQL + syntax. +- Updated alternator() function to re-initialize when called with no + arguments, allowing multiple calls. +- Fixed a bug in the active record "having" function. +- Fixed a problem in the validation class which was making checkboxes + be ignored when required. +- Fixed a bug in the word_limiter() helper function. It was cutting + off the fist word. +- Fixed a bug in the xss_clean function due to a PHP bug that affects + some versions of html_entity_decode. +- Fixed a validation bug that was preventing rules from being set twice + in one controller. +- Fixed a calendar bug that was not letting it use dynamically loaded + languages. +- Fixed a bug in the active record class when using WHERE clauses with + LIKE +- Fixed a bug in the hash() security helper. +- Fixed some typos. + +Version 1.3.2 +============= + +Release Date: April 17, 2006 + +- Changed the behavior of the validation class such that if a + "required" rule is NOT explicitly stated for a field then all other + tests get ignored. +- Fixed a bug in the Controller class that was causing it to look in + the local "init" folder instead of the main system one. +- Fixed a bug in the init_pagination file. The $config item was not + being set correctly. +- Fixed a bug in the auto typography helper that was causing + inconsistent behavior. +- Fixed a couple bugs in the Model class. +- Fixed some documentation typos and errata. + +Version 1.3.1 +============= + +Release Date: April 11, 2006 + +- Added a :doc:`Unit Testing Library <./libraries/unit_testing>`. +- Added the ability to pass objects to the **insert()** and + **update()** database functions. This feature enables you to (among + other things) use your :doc:`Model class <./general/models>` + variables to run queries with. See the Models page for details. +- Added the ability to pass objects to the :doc:`view loading + function <./general/views>`: $this->load->view('my_view', + $object); +- Added getwhere function to :doc:`Active Record + class <./database/active_record>`. +- Added count_all function to :doc:`Active Record + class <./database/active_record>`. +- Added language file for scaffolding and fixed a scaffolding bug that + occurs when there are no rows in the specified table. +- Added :doc:`$this->db->last_query() <./database/queries>`, which + allows you to view your last query that was run. +- Added a new mime type to the upload class for better compatibility. +- Changed how cache files are read to prevent PHP errors if the cache + file contains an XML tag, which PHP wants to interpret as a short + tag. +- Fixed a bug in a couple of the active record functions (where and + orderby). +- Fixed a bug in the image library when realpath() returns false. +- Fixed a bug in the Models that was preventing libraries from being + used within them. +- Fixed a bug in the "exact_length" function of the validation class. +- Fixed some typos in the user guide + +Version 1.3 +=========== + +Release Date: April 3, 2006 + +- Added support for :doc:`Models <general/models>`. +- Redesigned the database libraries to support additional RDBMs + (Postgres, MySQLi, etc.). +- Redesigned the :doc:`Active Record class <./database/active_record>` + to enable more varied types of queries with simpler syntax, and + advanced features like JOINs. +- Added a feature to the database class that lets you run :doc:`custom + function calls <./database/call_function>`. +- Added support for :doc:`private functions <general/controllers>` in your + controllers. Any controller function name that starts with an + underscore will not be served by a URI request. +- Added the ability to pass your own initialization parameters to your + :doc:`custom core libraries <general/creating_libraries>` when using + $this->load->library() +- Added support for running standard :doc:`query string URLs <general/urls>`. + These can be optionally enabled in your config file. +- Added the ability to :doc:`specify a "suffix" <general/urls>`, which will be + appended to your URLs. For example, you could add .html to your URLs, + making them appear static. This feature is enabled in your config + file. +- Added a new error template for use with native PHP errors. +- Added "alternator" function in the :doc:`string + helpers <./helpers/string_helper>`. +- Removed slashing from the input class. After much debate we decided + to kill this feature. +- Change the commenting style in the scripts to the PEAR standard so + that IDEs and tools like phpDocumenter can harvest the comments. +- Added better class and function name-spacing to avoid collisions with + user developed classes. All CodeIgniter classes are now prefixed with + CI\_ and all controller methods are prefixed with _ci to avoid + controller collisions. A list of reserved function names can be + :doc:`found here <general/controllers>`. +- Redesigned how the "CI" super object is referenced, depending on + whether PHP 4 or 5 is being run, since PHP 5 allows a more graceful + way to manage objects that utilizes a bit less resources. +- Deprecated: $this->db->use_table() has been deprecated. Please read + the :doc:`Active Record <./database/active_record>` page for + information. +- Deprecated: $this->db->smart_escape_str() has been deprecated. + Please use this instead: $this->db->escape() +- Fixed a bug in the exception handler which was preventing some PHP + errors from showing up. +- Fixed a typo in the URI class. $this->total_segment() should be + plural: $this->total_segments() +- Fixed some typos in the default calendar template +- Fixed some typos in the user guide + +Version 1.2 +=========== + +Release Date: March 21, 2006 + +- Redesigned some internal aspects of the framework to resolve scoping + problems that surfaced during the beta tests. The problem was most + notable when instantiating classes in your constructors, particularly + if those classes in turn did work in their constructors. +- Added a global function named + :doc:`get_instance() <general/ancillary_classes>` allowing the main + CodeIgniter object to be accessible throughout your own classes. +- Added new :doc:`File Helper <./helpers/file_helper>`: + delete_files() +- Added new :doc:`URL Helpers <./helpers/url_helper>`: base_url(), + index_page() +- Added the ability to create your own :doc:`core + libraries <general/creating_libraries>` and store them in your local + application directory. +- Added an overwrite option to the :doc:`Upload + class <./libraries/file_uploading>`, enabling files to be + overwritten rather than having the file name appended. +- Added Javascript Calendar plugin. +- Added search feature to user guide. Note: This is done using Google, + which at the time of this writing has not crawled all the pages of + the docs. +- Updated the parser class so that it allows tag pars within other tag + pairs. +- Fixed a bug in the DB "where" function. +- Fixed a bug that was preventing custom config files to be + auto-loaded. +- Fixed a bug in the mysql class bind feature that prevented question + marks in the replacement data. +- Fixed some bugs in the xss_clean function + +Version Beta 1.1 +================ + +Release Date: March 10, 2006 + +- Added a :doc:`Calendaring class <./libraries/calendar>`. +- Added support for running :doc:`multiple + applications <general/managing_apps>` that share a common CodeIgniter + backend. +- Moved the "uri protocol" variable from the index.php file into the + config.php file +- Fixed a problem that was preventing certain function calls from + working within constructors. +- Fixed a problem that was preventing the $this->load->library function + from working in constructors. +- Fixed a bug that occurred when the session class was loaded using the + auto-load routine. +- Fixed a bug that can happen with PHP versions that do not support the + E_STRICT constant +- Fixed a data type error in the form_radio function (form helper) +- Fixed a bug that was preventing the xss_clean function from being + called from the validation class. +- Fixed the cookie related config names, which were incorrectly + specified as $conf rather than $config +- Fixed a pagination problem in the scaffolding. +- Fixed a bug in the mysql class "where" function. +- Fixed a regex problem in some code that trimmed duplicate slashes. +- Fixed a bug in the br() function in the HTML helper +- Fixed a syntax mistake in the form_dropdown function in the Form + Helper. +- Removed the "style" attributes form the form helpers. +- Updated the documentation. Added "next/previous" links to each page + and fixed various typos. + +Version Beta 1.0 +================ + +Release Date: February 28, 2006 + +First publicly released version. |