CakePHP 3.2.7 Released

The CakePHP core team is happy to announce the immediate availability of CakePHP 3.2.7. 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 3.2.7. See the changelog for every commit.

  • Connection drivers now support short classname references. (@ndm2)
  • Exception types raised by SecurityComponent have been updated to match the documented values. (@justinyost)
  • FormHelper postLink elements generated inside an open form now work as expected. (@markstory)
  • Schema reflection in MySQL now preserves TEXT & BLOB column lengths. (@HavokInspiration)
  • The bundled Certificate Authority file was updated using the latest Mozilla Certificate bundle. (@markstory)
  • Empty JSON values can be read by HttpClient. (@ADmad)

Minor Enhancements

  • Text::slug() was added. This method leverages the intl extension, and will replace Inflector::slug() which is now deprecated. (@ADmad)
  • Text::transliterate() was added. This method allows unicode strings to be transliterated into ASCII using the intl extension. (@ADmad)
  • Support for TINYTEXT, MEDIUMTEXT and LONGTEXT was added. These types are compatible with all core drivers. (@HavokInspiration)
  • Support for TINYBLOB, MEDIUMBLOG and LONGBLOB was added. These types are compatible with all core drivers. (@HavokInspiration)

CakeFest Tickets Available Now

Tickets are now available for CakeFest 2016. Join us in Amsterdam for 2 days of workshops followed by 2 days of talks.

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.