CakePHP 3.4.0-RC4 Released

The CakePHP core team is happy to announce the immediate availability of CakePHP 3.4.0-RC4. This is a release candidate for 3.4.0. 3.4.0 provides a number improvements both large and small to CakePHP. It also deprecates several features that will be removed in 4.0.0.

Upgrading to this version You can use composer to upgrade to the RC version of CakePHP 3.4.0: php composer . phar require "cakephp/cakephp:3.4.0-RC4"

What’s new in 3.4.0? The migration guide has a complete list of what’s new in 3.4.0, and what has been deprecated. We recommend you give that page a read when upgrading.

Bugfixes and Minor Features This release fixes a few issues identified in the 3.4.0-RC3, as well as the recent bugfixes from master. This release contains the following changes: Email::setPriority() was added. This method lets you set the X-Priority header in email messages.

was added. This method lets you set the header in email messages. EntityTrait had the following methods added: getVirtual() , setVirtual() , getHidden() , setHidden() , setAccess() , isAccessible() , isDirty() , setDirty() , setErrors() , setError() , getErrors() , and getError() . These methods provide separate get/set methods for the combined get/set methods on EntityInterface .

had the following methods added: , , , , , , , , , , , and . These methods provide separate get/set methods for the combined get/set methods on . HasMany::link() now uses a single transaction to link all records.

now uses a single transaction to link all records. FormHelper::input() no longer emits the nestedInput option as an attribute.

no longer emits the option as an attribute. Improved API documentation examples.

ValueBinder::placeholder() now works as documented when anonymous placeholders are used.

now works as documented when anonymous placeholders are used. TestCase::assertHtml() now accepts whitespace before a closing tag.

now accepts whitespace before a closing tag. The translation helper functions e.g. __() now correctly string cast explict null parameters.

now correctly string cast explict null parameters. Caching result sets on PHP 7.1.1 works again. There was an incompatibility due to a change in how SplFixedArray was unserialized.

CakePHP internals no longer use config() where possible.

where possible. Validation::notBlank() now works with float 0.

now works with float 0. Collection::transpose() with different number of columns and rows now works as expected.

with different number of columns and rows now works as expected. Session destruction now works properly using the cache engine and memcached. If there are no major issues reported, we will release 3.4.0 in the following week.