Phalcon v5.0.0RC3 Released!

Phalcon v5.0.0RC3 has been released!!

This release addresses a few bugs identified and a few new features. The bugs were mostly focused on the PHP 8+ version.

We are working now full time on the documentation so as to get the stable release out! So far the upgrade guide is done and we are reviewing every document to ensure consistency and accuracy.

In parallel, we are working on the devtools/incubator repositories as well as sample applications.

As always, a huge thank you to our community for testing, reporting bugs, enhancing the framework in any way possible!

The changelog for this release (v5.0.0RC3) is as follows:

Fixed

• Fixed Phalcon\Tag::textArea() to check if the value is null before calling htmlspecialchars #15992
• Fixed
  • Phalcon/Filter/Validation/Validator/Alnum
  • Phalcon/Filter/Validation/Validator/Alpha
  • Phalcon/Filter/Validation/Validator/Confirmation
  • Phalcon/Filter/Validation/Validator/CreditCard
  • Phalcon/Filter/Validation/Validator/StringLength/Max
  • Phalcon/Filter/Validation/Validator/StringLength/Min to check if the value is null before calling internal PHP methods #15992
• Fixed Phalcon\Html\Helper\Title to properly use indent and delimiter #15984
• Fixed Phalcon\Mvc\View\Engine\Volt::isIncluded() and Phalcon\Mvc\View\Engine\Volt::length() to check for null values before calls to php methods #15984
• Fixed Phalcon\Mvc\View\Engine\Volt\Compiler::expression() to use double quotes instead of single ones #15984
• Fixed Phalcon\Support\Version::getPart() to always return string values #15984
• Fixed Phalcon\Dispatcher\DispatcherInterface::setModuleName() to accept null #15997
• Fixed Phalcon\Dispatcher\AbstractDispatcher::setModuleName() to accept null #15997
• Fixed Phalcon\Dispatcher\AbstractDispatcher::getModuleName() to also return null #15997

Added

• Added support for webp images for Phalcon\Image\Adapter\Gd #15977
• Added Phalcon\Mvc\Model\ManagerInterface::getBuilder() to return the existing builder (created by createBuilder()) #15966
• Added Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Manager::getBuilder() to return the existing builder (created by createBuilder()) #15966