Changes Since 3.1.0-beta

There have been several changes to 3.1 through feedback on the beta releases. The following aspects have changed since the beta releases:

• Controller::getView() has been removed. In its place viewBuilder() has been added. This method and new builder class resolves the issues that were caused by creating view instances eagerly.
• Mailer instances now set their template names based on the action that was invoked.
• View::viewPath() is now View::templatePath().
• Auth.redirect is no longer set to referrer URL when accessing login action. Instead it is only set to a protected URL when trying to access it without authentication, before redirecting to login action.

Additional Features

• Validation::latitude(), and Validation::longitude() were added.
• Validation::ascii(), Validation::utf8(), and Validation::isInteger() were added.
• Cache::add() was ported from 2.x. This method allows you to atomically add data to a cache backend if the key did not already exist.
• Time::listTimezones() now supports options to display timezone abbreviations.
• Hash::get() now supports objects implementing ArrayAccess.
• Hash::sort() supports case-insensitive sorting through a new ignoreCase option.

Unless there are major issues with the 3.1.0-RC release, we will have a stable release packaged in the 2-3 weeks. The 3.1 migration guide has a full list of all the changes in 3.1.0 and is recommended reading for those considering upgrading.

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.