Version 4.0.4

Release Date: July 15, 2020

4.0.4 release of CodeIgniter4

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BREAKING

• Added $arguments parameter to after() and before() in FilterInterface. This is a breaking change, so all code implementing the FilterInterface must be updated.

Enhancements

• The location for the SQLite3 database has changed and by default will be now located in a writable folder instead of the public folder.
• New CLI command: cache:clear that will destroy all data within the current cache engine.
• Thanks to samsonasik, we have several libraries brought up to 100% test coverage.
• A few small performance increases. Every ounce matters!
• getFieldData() in the database results class now returns column type and length.
• Default .htaccess file updated to work better with extended characters.
• New Testing Feature: :doc:Fabricator </testing/fabricator> makes creating mock classes simple and repeatable in your tests.
• Model class can now have the callbacks overridden at runtime. Useful for testing.
• A number of improvements to :doc:Feature Tests </testing/feature> in general.
• New :doc:command() helper function </cli/spark_commands> to programatically run your CLI commands. Useful for testing and cron jobs.
• New command, make:seeder to generate a :doc:Database Seed class </dbmgmt/seeds> skeleton file.
• Colors now available on the CLI within Windows, as well as other Windows-related CLI improvements.
• New helper :doc:mb_url_title() </helpers/url_helper> that functions like url_title() but automatically escapes and extended URL characters.
• :doc:Image library </libraries/images> now supports webp images.
• Added Unicode support for regular expressions in the Router.
• Added support for removing hidden folders in the :doc:delete_files() </helpers/filesystem_helper> helper.
• fetchGlobal() in the Request class now supports applying filters to arrays of data, not just the first item.
• file validation now works with arrays of files.
• URI class now supports a setSilent() method that will disable the throwing of Exceptions.
• New argument to URI::getSegment() that allows us to change the default value returned if nothing exists.
• Implemented a withResource() in Image so that you can use method chaining instead of using the provided getResource() (used in tests). To just compress your image.
• Cookies and headers can be copied from the global Response object when doing a redirect using the new withCookies() and withHeaders() methods.
• Support for special prefix "hex2bin:" which can be used with $key parameter in :doc:Encryption class</libraries/encryption> or in .env file.

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed location for the SQLite3 database which by default will be now located in a writable folder instead of the public folder.
• Fixed bug where force_https() could add https:// a second time.
• Fixed a bug with CurlRequest that could result in incorrect "100 Continue" headers.
• Image::save() bug fixed when $target parameter was null.
• fixes for set_checkbox() and set_radio() when the $default parameter is set to true.
• fix for result object handling in Model class.
• fixed escape character SQLite database.
• fix for inserts on Postgres and Entities when the primary key was null.
• CLI scripts can now correctly recognize dashes within arguments.
• CURLRequest now properly sets content length with multipart data.
• Misc. stability improvements for the ImageMagick handler.
• setting validation errors within a config file should now work.
• Unicode characters are not escaped when saving JSON from Entities.
• redirecting with a custom HTTP code should work correctly now.
• Time::setTimezone() now working correctly.
• added full outer join support for Postgres.
• some cast items in the Entity (like array, json) were not being set correctly during a fill() process.
• Fixed bug in Image GD handler that would try to compress images twice in certain cases.
• Ensure get translation output logic work on selected locale, dashed locale, and fallback "en".
• Fix is_unique/is_not_unique validation called on POST/PUT via API in PostgreSQL.
• Fixed a bug where filter arguments were not passed to after().

See the repo's CHANGELOG_4.0.md <https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/blob/develop/changelogs/CHANGELOG_4.0.md>_ for a complete list of bugs fixed.