Code Igniter User Guide

From 4979a12de4e18edb54af07cd187e2a193bc518eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: admin Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:40:07 +0000 Subject: --- user_guide/changelog.html | 105 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-) (limited to 'user_guide/changelog.html') diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html index 6fac208f2..4407b7f14 100644 --- a/user_guide/changelog.html +++ b/user_guide/changelog.html @@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ Code Igniter User Guide - - + + - - - + + + -

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Release Date: October 11, 2006

Added DB utility class, permitting DB backups, CVS or XML files from DB results, and various other functions.
Added Database Caching Class.
Added transaction support to the database classes.
Added Profiler Class which generates a report of Benchmark execution times, queries, and POST data at the bottom of your pages.
Added User Agent Library which allows browsers, robots, and mobile devises to be identified.
Added HTML Table Class , enabling tables to be generated from arrays or database results.
Added Zip Encoding Library.
Added DB utility class, permitting DB backups, CVS or XML files from DB results, and various other functions.
Added Database Caching Class.
Added transaction support to the database classes.
Added Profiler Class which generates a report of Benchmark execution times, queries, and POST data at the bottom of your pages.
Added User Agent Library which allows browsers, robots, and mobile devises to be identified.
Added HTML Table Class , enabling tables to be generated from arrays or database results.
Added Zip Encoding Library.
Added the ability to extend libraries and extend core classes, in addition to being able to replace them.
Added support for storing models within sub-folders.
Added Download Helper.
Added simple_query() function to the database classes
Added standard_date() function to the Date Helper.
Added $query->free_result() to database class.
Added $query->list_fields() function to database class
Added $this->db->platform() function
Added Download Helper.
Added simple_query() function to the database classes
Added standard_date() function to the Date Helper.
Added $query->free_result() to database class.
Added $query->list_fields() function to database class
Added $this->db->platform() function
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 Input Class to permit arrays contained cookies that are arrays to be run through the XSS filter.
Updated the input->cookie() and input->post() functions in Input Class to permit arrays contained cookies that are arrays to be run through the XSS filter.
Fixed a bug in the Email class related to SMTP Helo data.
Fixed a bug in the validation class.
Deprecated "init" folder. Initialization happens automatically now. Please see documentation.

Added a new feature that passes URI segments directly to your function calls as parameters. See the 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 Controllers page.
Added several new functions in the URI Class to let you retrieve and manipulate URI segments that have been re-routed using the URI Routing feature. Previously, the URI class did not permit you to access any re-routed URI segments, but now it does.
Added $this->output->set_header() function, which allows you to set server headers.
Added several new functions in the URI Class to let you retrieve and manipulate URI segments that have been re-routed using the URI Routing feature. Previously, the URI class did not permit you to access any re-routed URI segments, but now it does.
Added $this->output->set_header() 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 Inflector helper.
Added element() function in the array helper.
Added Inflector helper.
Added element() function in the array helper.
Added RAND() to active record orderby() function.
Added delete_cookie() and get_cookie() to Cookie helper, even though the input class has a cookie fetching function.
Added delete_cookie() and get_cookie() to 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.
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 -libraries or models instead. It was originally added before CI had user libraries or models, but it's not needed anymore.

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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().

Added the ability to remap function calls within your controllers.
Added the ability to replace core system classes with your own classes.
Added support for % character in URL.
Added the ability to supply full URLs using the anchor() helper function.
Added mode parameter to file_write() helper.
Added support for changing the port number in the Postgre driver.
Added the ability to supply full URLs using the anchor() helper function.
Added mode parameter to file_write() helper.
Added support for changing the port number in the Postgre driver.
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 do_upload().
Updated the Config Library 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 Upload class to allow the upload field name to be set when calling do_upload().
Updated the Config Library 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.

Models do not connect automatically to the database as of this version. More info here. +
Models do not connect automatically to the database as of this version. More info here.
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.

Release Date: April 11, 2006

Added a Unit Testing Library.
Added a Unit Testing Library.
Added the ability to pass objects to the insert() and update() database functions. -This feature enables you to (among other things) use your Model class variables to run queries with. See the Models page for details.
Added the ability to pass objects to the view loading function: $this->load->view('my_view', $object);
Added getwhere function to Active Record class.
Added count_all function to Active Record class.

Model class

Added the ability to pass objects to the view loading function: $this->load->view('my_view', $object);
Added getwhere function to Active Record class.
Added count_all function to Active Record class.
Added language file for scaffolding and fixed a scaffolding bug that occurs when there are no rows in the specified table.
Added $this->db->last_query(), which allows you to view your last query that was run.
Added $this->db->last_query(), 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).

Models

Redesigned the database libraries to support additional RDBMs (Postgre, MySQLi, etc.).
Redesigned the Active Record class 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 custom function calls.
Redesigned the Active Record class 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 custom function calls.
Added support for private functions 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 custom core libraries when using $this->load->library()
Added support for running standard query string URLs. These can be optionally enabled in your config file.
Added the ability to specify a "suffix", 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 string helpers.
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Added "alternator" function in the string helpers.
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 Code Igniter 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 found here.
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 Active Record page for information.
Deprecated: $this->db->use_table() has been deprecated. Please read the 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()

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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 get_instance() allowing the main Code Igniter object to be accessible throughout your own classes.
Added new File Helper: delete_files()
Added new URL Helpers: base_url(), index_page()
Added new File Helper: delete_files()
Added new URL Helpers: base_url(), index_page()
Added the ability to create your own core libraries and store them in your local application directory.
Added an overwrite option to the Upload class, enabling files to be overwritten rather than having the file name appended.
Added an overwrite option to the Upload class, 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.

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Release Date: March 10, 2006

Added a Calendaring class.
Added a Calendaring class.
Added support for running multiple applications that share a common Code Igniter 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.

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