Bugfixes

You can expect the following changes in 3.1.7. See the changelog for every commit.

• Paginator::numbers() now treats numeric string values in first and last as strings.
• Using invalid associations in ExistsIn rules now raises a helpful error.
• BelongsToMany associations can have their fields limited through queryBuilder closures.
• The $query->func()->now() query function works as expected in where conditions now.
• XmlView no longer fails when attempting to output XML documents built with DOMDocument.
• BelongsToMany _joinData is now marshalled consistently by Table::patchEntity().
• Missing Controller error pages display the correct class name and path for prefixed controllers.

Minor Enhancements

• IntegrationTestCase::cookieEncrypted() was added. This helper lets you set the value of encrypted cookies.
• IntegrationTestCase::assertCookieEncrypted() was added. This assertion lets you compare encrypted cookie values.
• FormHelper now forwards templateVars to the templates for submitContainer and inputSubmit.
• Collection::chunk() was added. This method lets you split a collection into equal sized chunks.
• Exception classes were added for Conflict (409), Gone (410), Not Acceptable (406) and Service Unavailable (506).
• Configure::readOrFail() was added. This method will read a value from Configure and raise an exception if it does not exist.

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.