Version 4.0.0-beta.3

Release Date: May 7, 2019

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Highlights

Type hinting added throughout & typos corrected (see API docs)
Fixed a number of model, database, validation & debug toolbar issues

New Messages

Database.FieldNotExists
Validation.equals, not_equals

App Changes

Removed $salt config item in app/Config/App
Enabled migrations by default in app/Config/Migrations
Simplified public/.htaccess

Changed Files

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

admin/
- framework/composer.json #1935
- starter/composer.json #1935
app/
- Config/
  - App #1973
  - Migrations #1973
public/
- .htaccess #1973
system/
- API/
  - ResponseTrait #1962
- Commands/
  - Server/rewrite #1925
- Config/
  - AutoloadConfig #1974
  - BaseConfig #1947
- Database/ #1938
  - BaseBuilder #1923, #1933, #1950
  - BaseConnection #1950
  - BaseResult #1917
  - BaseUtils #1917
  - Forge #1917
  - SQLite3/
    - Connection #1917
    - Result #1917
- Debug/
  - Toolbar #1916
  - Toolbar/Collectors/
    - BaseCollector #1972
    - Config #1973
    - History #1945
    - Routes #1949
  - Toolbar/Views/
    - _config.tpl.php #1973
    - toolbar.tpl.php #1972
    - toolbarloader.js #1931, #1961
- Exceptions/
  - EntityException #1927
- Filters/ Filters #1970, #1985
- Format/
  - FormatterInterface #1918
  - JSONFormatter #1918
  - XMLFormatter #1918
- HTTP/
  - CLIRequest #1956
  - CURLRequest #1915
- Images/Handlers/
  - BaseHandler #1956
- Language/en/
  - Database #1917
  - Validation #1952
- Router/
  - Router #1968
  - RouteCollection #1977
- Session/Handlers/
  - RedisHandler #1980
- Test/
  - FeatureResponse #1977
  - FeatureTestCase #1977
- Validation/
  - FormatRules #1957
  - Rules #1952
- View/
  - Table #1984
- Entity #1911, #1927, #1943, #1950, #1955
- Model #1930, #1943, #1963, #1981
tests/system/
- Config/
  - BaseConfigTest #1947
- Database/
  - BaseQueryTest #1917
  - Live/
    - DbUtilsTest #1917, #1943
    - ForgeTest #1917
    - GetTest #1917, #1943
    - ModelTest #1930, #1943, #1981
  - Migrations/
    - MigrationRunnerTest #1917
    - MigrationTest #1943
- Filters/
  - FilterTest #1985
- Test/
  - FeatureTestCaseTest #1977
- Validation/
  - FormatRulesTest #1957
  - RulesTest #1952, #cbe4b1d
- View/
  - TableTest #1978, #1984
- EntityTest #1911
user_guide_src/
- dbmgmt/
  - migrations #1973
- installation/
  - installing_composer #1926
  - running #1935
- libraries/
  - validation #1952, #1954, #1957
- outgoing/
  - index #1978
  - table #1978, #1984
- testing/
  - feature #1977
  - overview #1936
.htaccess #1939
composer.json #1935
phpdoc.dist.xml #1987

PRs merged

#1987 Correct API docblock problems for phpdocs
#1986 Update docblock version to 4.0.0
#1985 Fix filter processing. Fixes #1907
#cbe4b1d Fix SQLite tests
#1984 Add footing to HTML Table
#1981 Using soft deletes should not return an ambiguous field message when joining tables
#1980 Corrected return value for Session/RedisHandler::read
#1978 Implement HTML Table for CI4 (missed feature)
#1977 Test/featuretestcase
#1974 Remove framework classes from the autoloader classmap
#1973 Defaultfixes
#1972 Toolbar fix for custom collectors
#1970 Add back filter arguments
#1968 Fixed pathinfo mode 404 error
#1963 String type primary key should also wrap into an array during db update
#1962 Fix side issue
#1961 Fix Debugbar url tail slash issue
#1957 New generic string validation rule
#1956 Use Null Coalesce Operator
#1955 Travis-CI build failed fix
#1954 Fix validation table format
#1952 Add Validations for equals() and not_equals()
#1951 System typos changes & code cleanup
#1950 Fix some side issue
#1949 Toobar/Routes correction
#1947 Fix BaseConfig didn't load Registrar files properly
#1945 Fix datetime extraction from debugbar file
#1943 Model, Entity, Exception & Migration test cases
#1939 Remove section that prevents hotlinking
#1938 Database typos changes
#1936 Docs: improve app testing writeup
#1935 Update phpunit.xml scripts. Fixes #1932
#1933 having (Is NULL deletion)
#1931 Toolbar IE11 fix
#1930 Model Changes w.r.t. #1773
#1927 Entity exception for non existed props
#1926 Docs: update installation guide
#1925 removed $_SERVER['CI_ENVIRONMENT']
#1923 missing return
#1918 JSONFormatter
#1917 Database Test Cases
#1916 Check if the value is string
#1915 Fix for POST + JSON (Content-Length added)
#1911 JSON Cast exception test cases