Change Log

Version 3.0 (planned)

Release Date: Not Released

• License
  • CodeIgniter has been relicensed with the Open Software License (3.0), eliminating its old proprietary licensing.
    • All system files are licensed with OSL 3.0.
    • Config, error, and sample files shipped in the application folder are licensed with the Academic Free License (3.0) to allow you to retain all licensing authority over your own application code.
• General Changes
  • Added an optional backtrace to php-error template.
  • Added Android to the list of user agents.
  • Added Windows 7 to the list of user platforms.
  • Callback validation rules can now accept parameters like any other validation rule.
  • Ability to log certain error types, not all under a threshold.
  • Added html_escape() to Common functions to escape HTML output for preventing XSS.
  • Added support for pem,p10,p12,p7a,p7c,p7m,p7r,p7s,crt,crl,der,kdb,rsa,cer,sst,csr Certs to mimes.php.
  • Added support pgp,gpg to mimes.php.
  • Added support 3gp, 3g2, mp4, wmv, f4v, vlc Video files to mimes.php.
  • Added support m4a, aac, m4u, xspf, au, ac3, flac, ogg Audio files to mimes.php.
• Helpers
  • Added increment_string() to String Helper to turn “foo” into “foo-1” or “foo-1” into “foo-2”.
  • Altered form helper - made action on form_open_multipart helper function call optional. Fixes (#65)
  • url_title() will now trim extra dashes from beginning and end.
  • Improved speed of String Helper‘s random_string() method
  • Added XHTML Basic 1.1 doctype to HTML Helper.
• Database
  • Added a CUBRID driver to the Database Driver. Thanks to the CUBRID team for supplying this patch.
  • Added a PDO driver to the Database Driver.
  • Typecast limit and offset in the Database Driver to integers to avoid possible injection.
  • Added additional option ‘none’ for the optional third argument for $this->db->like() in the Database Driver.
  • Added $this->db->insert_batch() support to the OCI8 (Oracle) driver.
  • Added new Active Record methods that return the SQL string of queries without executing them: get_compiled_select(), get_compiled_insert(), get_compiled_update(), get_compiled_delete().
• Libraries
  • Changed $this->cart->insert() in the Cart Library to return the Row ID if a single item was inserted successfully.
  • Added support to set an optional parameter in your callback rules of validation using the Form Validation Library.
  • Added a Migration Library to assist with applying incremental updates to your database schema.
  • Driver children can be located in any package path.
  • Added max_filename_increment config setting for Upload library.
  • CI_Loader::_ci_autoloader() is now a protected method.
  • Added is_unique to the Form Validation library.
  • Modified valid_ip() to use PHP’s filter_var() when possible (>= PHP 5.2) in the Form Validation library.
  • Added $config[‘use_page_numbers’] to the Pagination library, which enables real page numbers in the URI.
  • Added TLS and SSL Encryption for SMTP.
• Core
  • Changed private functions in CI_URI to protected so MY_URI can override them.
  • Removed CI_CORE boolean constant from CodeIgniter.php (no longer Reactor and Core versions).