CakePHP 3.2.9 Released

The CakePHP core team is happy to announce the immediate availability of CakePHP 3.2.9. This is a maintenance release for the 3.2 branch that fixes several community reported issues and adds a few minor features.

Bugfixes

You can expect the following changes in 3.2.9. See the changelog for every commit.

  • ‘chef’ is now pluralized correctly. (@ADmad)
  • Valiation::notBlank() now accepts ‘0’. (@dereuromark)
  • CookieComponent now correctly uses the encryption key configured on specific top-level keys. (@jorisvaesen)
  • SQLite schema generation now handles DEFAULT 'NULL' correctly. (@chinpei25)
  • Cache\Engine\FileEngine uses less memory when writing cache data. (@psaintjust)
  • EntityContext no longer modifies query objects. (@lorenzo)
  • Session::renew() no longer triggers errors when object destruction fails. (@lorenzo)
  • The ExistsIn rule now correctly applies on new entities that don’t have the required columns set. (@raul338)
  • View classes set with viewBuilder() now take precedence over those defined with the deprecated viewClass property. (@markstory)
  • CompletionShell now correctly lists all subcommand names. (@markstory)
  • Bound parameters in eagerly loaded associations via the subquery strategy now work correctly. (@greew)
  • The IsUnique rule no longer emits field = NULL when properties are null. Instead it emits IS NULL. (@markstory)
  • Hash::merge() no longer emits an error when merging more than 2 arrays, containing mixed string/array values. (@markstory)
  • FormHelper::input() now forwards additional options to error() allowing you to turn of HTML escaping if you so wish. (@pperejon)

Minor Enhancements

  • Cache::clearAll() was added. This method lets you clear all data from all configured cache engines. (@mirkopagliai)
  • The ValidCount rule was added. This rule lets you ensure associations have the required number of associated values more easily. (@burzum)
  • BaseAuth now passes the ‘username’ to custom finders. (@phillaf)
  • Validator::hasAtLeast() and Validator::hasAtMost() were added. (@lorenzo)
  • Folder::read() now supports ordering files by modified time, or name. (@Tzaoh)
  • New mastercard numbers are now accepted by Validation::luhn (@psaintjust)
  • Date::setDefaultLocale() and Time::setDefaultLocale() were added. These methods replace direct access to the $defaultLocale property. (@markstory)
  • Named route mismatches now have better error messages. (@markstory)

As always, a huge thanks to all the community members that helped make this release happen by reporting issues and sending pull requests.

Download a packaged release on github.