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diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_310.rst b/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_310.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..37772cd4f --- /dev/null +++ b/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_310.rst @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +############################# +Upgrading from 3.0.x to 3.1.x +############################# + +Before performing an update you should take your site offline by +replacing the index.php file with a static one. + +Step 1: Update your CodeIgniter files +===================================== + +Replace all files and directories in your *system/* directory. + +.. note:: If you have any custom developed files in these directories, + please make copies of them first. + +Step 2: Change database connection handling +=========================================== + +"Loading" a database, whether by using the *config/autoload.php* settings +or manually via calling ``$this->load->database()`` or the less-known +``DB()`` function, will now throw a ``RuntimeException`` in case of a +failure. + +In addition, being unable to set the configured character set is now also +considered a connection failure. + +.. note:: This has been the case for most database drivers in the in the + past as well (i.e. all but the 'mysql', 'mysqli' and 'postgre' + drivers). + +What this means is that if you're unable to connect to a database, or +have an erroneous character set configured, CodeIgniter will no longer +fail silently, but will throw an exception instead. + +You may choose to explicitly catch it (and for that purpose you can't use +*config/autoload.php* to load the :doc:`Database Class <../database/index>`) +:: + + try + { + $this->load->database(); + } + catch (RuntimeException $e) + { + // Handle the failure + } + +Or you may leave it to CodeIgniter's default exception handler, which would +log the error message and display an error screen if you're running in +development mode. + +Remove db_set_charset() calls +----------------------------- + +With the above-mentioned changes, the purpose of the ``db_set_charset()`` +method would now only be to change the connection character set at runtime. +That doesn't make sense and that's the reason why most database drivers +don't support it at all. +Thus, ``db_set_charset()`` is no longer necessary and is removed. |