Version 4.0.0-alpha.4

Release Date: Dec 15, 2018

Next alpha release of CodeIgniter4

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Highlights

Refactor for consistency: folder application renamed to app; constant BASEPATH renamed to SYSTEMPATH
Debug toolbar gets its own config, history collector
Numerous corrections and enhancements

Changed Files

The list of changed files follows, with PR numbers shown.

admin/
- docbot #1573
- framework/composer.json #1555
- release #1573
- release-deploy #1573
- starter/composer.json #1573, #1600
app/
- Config/
  - App #1571
  - Autoload #1579
  - ContentSecurityPolicy #1581
  - Events #1571, #1595
  - Paths #1579
  - Routes #1579
  - Services #1579
  - Toolbar #1571, #1579
- Filters/
  - Toolbar #1571
- Views/
  - errors/* #1579
public/
- index #1579
system/
- Autoloader/
  - Autoloader #1562
  - FileLocator #1562, #1579
- CLI/
  - CommandRunner #1562
- Config/
  - AutoloadConfig #1555, #1579
  - BaseConfig #1562
  - Services #1571, #1562
- Database/
  - BaseBuilder #a0fc68
  - MigrationRunner #1585
  - MySQLi/Connection #1561, #8f205a
- Debug/
  - Collectors/* #1571, #1589, #1579
  - Exceptions #1579
  - Toolbar #1571
  - Views/toolbar.tpl #1571
  - Views/toolbarloader.js #1594
- Helpers/
  - form_helper #1548
  - url_helper #1588
- HTTP/
  - ContentSecurityPolicy #1581
  - DownloadResponse
- I18n/
  - Time #1603
- Language/
  - Language #1587, #1562, #1610
  - en/
    - CLI #1562
    - HTTP #d7dfc5
- Log/
  - Handlers/FileHandler #1579
  - Logger #1562, #1579
- Session/
  - Handlers/DatabaseHandler #1598
- Test/
  - CIUnitTest #1581, #1593, #1579
  - FeatureResponse #1593
  - FeatureTestCase #1593
- View/
  - View #1571, #1579
- bootstrap #1579
- CodeIgniter #ab8b5b, #1579
- Common #1569, #1563, #1562, #1601, #1579
- Entity #4c7bfe, #1575
- Model #1602, #a0fc68
tests/
- Autoloader/
  - AutolaoderTest #1562, #1579
  - FileLocatorTest #1562, #1579
- Config/
  - ServicesTest #1562
- Database/
  - Live/ModelTest #1602, #a0fc68
- Files/
  - FileTest #1579
- Helpers/
  - FormHelperTest #1548
  - URLHelperTest #1588
- HTTP/
  - ContentSecurityPolicyTest #1581
  - DownloadResponseTest #1576, #1579
  - IncomingRequestDetectingTest #1576
  - IncomingRequestTest #1576
  - RedirectResponseTest #1562
  - ResponseTest #1576
- I18n/
  - TimeDifferenceTest #1603
  - TimeTest #1603
- Language/ -LanguageTest #1587, #1610
- Log/
  - FileHandlerTest #1579
- Router/
  - RouterCollectionTest #1562
  - RouterTest #1562
- Test/
  - FeatureResponseTest #1593
  - FeatureTestCaseTest #1593
  - TestCaseTest #1593
- Validation/
  - ValidationTest #1562
- View/
  - ParserPluginTest #1562
  - ParserTest #1562
  - ViewTest #1562
- CodeIgniterTest #1562
- CommonFunctionsTest #1569, #1562
- EntityTest #4c7bfe, #1575
user_guide_src/source/
- cli/
  - cli #1579
  - cli_commands #1579
- concepts/
  - autoloader #1579
  - mvc #1579
  - services #1579
  - structure #1579
- database/
  - configuration #1579
- dbmgt/
  - migration #1579
  - seeds #1579
- general/
  - common_functions #d7dfc5, #1579
  - configuration #1608
  - errors #1579
- installation/
  - downloads #1579
- models/
  - entities #547792, #1575
- outgoing/
  - localization #1610
  - response #1581, #1579
  - view_parser #1579
- testing/
  - debugging #1579
  - overview #1593, #1579
- tutorial/
  - news_section #1586
  - static_pages #1579
composer.json #1555
ComposerScripts #1551
spark #1579
Vagrantfile.dist #1459

PRs merged

#1610 Test, fix & enhance Language
#a0fc68 Clear binds after inserts, updates, and find queries
#1608 Note about environment configuration in UG
#1606 release framework script clean up
#1603 Flesh out I18n testing
#8f305a Catch mysql connection errors and sanitize username and password
#1602 Model's first and update didn't work primary key-less tables
#1601 clean up \Config\Services in Common.php
#1600 admin/starter/composer.json clean up
#1598 use $defaultGroup as default value for database session DBGroup
#1595 handle fatal error via pre_system
#1594 Fix Toolbar invalid css
#1593 Flesh out the Test package testing
#1589 Fix Toolbar file loading throw exception
#1588 Fix site_url generate invalid url
#1587 Add Language fallback
#1586 Fix model namespace in tutorial
#1585 Type hint MigrationRunner methods
#4c7bfe Entity fill() now respects mapped properties
#547792 Add _get and _set notes for Entity class
#1582 Fix changelog index & common functions UG indent
#1581 ContentSecurityPolicy testing & enhancement
#1579 Use Absolute Paths
#1576 Testing13/http
#1575 Adds ?integer, ?double, ?string, etc. cast types
#ab8b5b Set baseURL to example.com during testing by default.
#d7dfc5 Doc tweaks for redirects
#1573 Lessons learned
#1571 Toolbar updates
#1569 Test esc() with different encodings and ignore app-only helpers
#1563 id attribute support added for csrf_field
#1562 Integrates Autoloader and FileLocator
#1561 Update Connection.php
#1557 remove \ prefix on use statements
#1556 using protected intead of public modifier for setUp() function in tests
#1555 autoload clean up: remove Psr\Log namespace from composer.json
#1551 remove manual define "system/" directory prefix at ComposerScripts
#1548 allows to set empty html attr
#1459 Add Vagrantfile