Version 4.0.0-rc.2

Release Date: Sept 27, 2019

RC.2 release of CodeIgniter4

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Enhancements

query builder testability simplified with new property, but dropped method parameters (breaking change)
database, migrations and sessions beefed up
numerous smaller bugs corrected

App Changes

Config/Constants, Paths & some config settings have had changes

Message Changes

Changed Files

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

admin/
app/
- Config/
  - Boot/* #2241
  - Constants #2183
  - Paths #2181
public/
system/
- CLI/
  - BaseCommand #2231
- Database/
  - MySQLi/Connection #2201, 2229
  - Postgre/
    - BaseBuilder #2269
    - Connection #2201
  - SQLite3/Connection #2201, 2228, 2230
  - BaseBuilder #2257, 2232, 2269, 2270
  - BaseConnection #2208, 2213, 2231
  - Config #2224
  - Forge #2205
  - MigrationRunner #2191
- Debug/
  - Exceptions #2262
- Encryption/
  - Encryption #2231
  - Handlers/BaseHandler #2231
- Files/
  - FileCollection #2265
- HTTP/
  - CURLRequest #2168
  - IncomingRequest #2265
  - Request #2253
  - Response #2253
- I18n/
  - Time #2231
  - TimeDifference #2231
- Images/
  - Handlers/BaseHandler #2246
- RESTful/
  - ResourcePresenter #2271
- Security/
  - Security #2240
- Session/
  - Session #2197, 2231
- Test/
  - CIDatabaseTestCase #2205
  - CIDatabaseUnitTestCase #2184
- Validation/
  - FileRules #2265
  - Validation #2268
- View/
  - Parser #2264
- Common #2200, 2209, 2261
- Model #2231
tests/_support/
tests/system/
- Commands/
  - CommandClassTest #2231
- Database/
  - Builder/
    - GetTest #2232 - CountTest #2269 - DeleteTest #2269 - EmptyTest #2269 - GetTest #2269
    - GroupTest #2257 - InsertTest #2269 - ReplaceTest #2269 - TruncateTest #2269 - UpdateTest #2269
  - Live/
    - EscapeTest #2229
    - ForgeTest #2201, 2211
    - GroupTest #2257
    - MetadataTest #2211
    - ModelTest #2231
  - BaseConnectionTest #2229, 2231
- Encryption/
  - EncryptionTest #2231
- Helpers/
  - URLHelperTest #2259
- HTTP/
  - CURLRequestTest #2168
  - FileCOllectionTest #2265
  - URITest #2259
- I18n/
  - TimeDifferenceTest #2231
  - TimeTest #2231
- Pager/
  - pagerTest #2259
- RESTful/
  - ResourcePresenterTest #2271
- Session/
  - SessionTest #2231
- View/
  - ParserTest #2264
user_guide_src/
- concepts/
  - structure #2221
- database/
  - metadata #2199, 2201, 2208
  - queries #2208
  - query_builder #2257, 2232, 2269
- dbmgmt/
  - migration #2190, 2191
- extending/
  - contributing #2221
- general/
  - errors #2221
- helpera/
  - url_helper #2259
- incoming/
  - restful #2189
  - routing #2221
- installation/
  - troubleshooting #2260
- libraries/
  - encryption #2221
  - pagination #2216
  - time #2221
  - uti #2216
- outgoing/
  - api_responses #2245
  - view_layouts #2218
  - view_parser #2218, 2264
- testing/
  - controllers #2221
  - debugging #2221, 2209
  - feature #2218, 2221
  - overview #2221
- tutorial/
  - news_section #2221
  - static_pages #2221

PRs merged

#2271 fix ResourcePresenter::setModel()
#2270 groupStart() refactorization
#2269 testMode() method for BaseBuilder
#2268 Validation session use only if exists
#2267 Tests setUp and tearDown: void
#2265 Fix a validation issue on multiple file upload
#2264 fix. Parser allow other extension
#2262 Fix parameter type in Debug/Exceptions
#2261 Fix lang() signature
#2260 Explain the whoops page
#2259 Add URI & url_helper tests
#2257 Several updates to the HAVING clauses
#2253 Fix invalid parameters
#2246 EXIF not supported for GIF
#2245 Fix class ref parameter types
#2241 Fix ini_set parameter type
#2240 Handle JSON POSTs in CSRF
#2232 Fixes BaseBuilder getWhere() bug
#2231 Add magic __isset to classes with __get
#2230 Add escape to SQLite _listTables()
#2229 MySQLi escapeLikeStringDirect()
#2228 Exclude sqlite_% from listTables()
#2224 change new \Config\Database() to config('Database')
#2221 Documentation fixes
#2218 Typo corrected
#2216 Update uri.rst
#2213 Filter listTables cache response on constrainPrefix
#2211 Add listTable() tests
#2209 Add trace()
#2208 Add $db->getPrefix()
#2205 Fix empty() bug on DBPrefix
#2201 Foreign key columns
#2200 Notify Kint of dd alias
#2199 Add getForeignKeyData to User Guide
#2187 Update Session.php
#2191 Migration rollback reverse
#2190 Fix name of ForeignKeyChecks
#2189 missing return
#2184 Fix case on "Seeds/" directory
#2183 Check defined for constants
#2181 Remove copy-paste extraneous text
#2168 Fix for CURL for 'debug' option