Upgrade Guide

Upgrading to V5

So you have decided to upgrade to v5! Congratulations!!

Phalcon v5 contains a lot of changes in components and interfaces. Upgrading is going to be a time-consuming task, depending on how big and complex your application is. We hope that this document will make your upgrade journey smoother and also offer insight as to why certain changes were made and how it will help the framework in the future.

We will outline the areas that you need to pay attention to and make necessary changes so that your code can run as smoothly as it has been with v4. Although the changes are significant, it is more of a methodical task than a daunting one.

Requirements

PHP 7.4

Phalcon v5 supports only PHP 7.4 and above. PHP 7.4 active support expired roughly a month before the release of Phalcon 5, but support for security patches etc. will continue until November 2022. After that time, we will drop support for PHP 7.4 also.

Since Phalcon 4, we have been following the PHP releases and adjusting Phalcon accordingly to work with those releases.

Установка

Phalcon can be installed using PECL.

pecl install phalcon-5.0.0

Alternative installation

Download the latest zephir.phar from here. Add it to a folder that can be accessed by your system.

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon

Compile Phalcon

cd cphalcon/
git checkout tags/5.0.0 ./
zephir fullclean
zephir build

You will need to add the following line to your php.ini (in some cases both the CLI and web versions of it)

extension=phalcon.so

Check the module

php -m | grep phalcon

If the above does not work, check the php.ini that your CLI is looking for. If you are using phpinfo() and a web browser to check if Phalcon has been loaded, make sure that your php.ini file that your web server is looking for contains the extension=phalcon.so. You will need to restart your web server after you added the new line in php.ini.

General Notes

One of the biggest changes with this release is that we no longer have top level classes. All top level classes have been moved into relevant namespaces (except Phalcon\Tag). For instance Phalcon\Loader has been moved to Phalcon\Autoload\Loader. This change was necessary for the future expansion of the project.

Summary

Changes

Acl

The ACL component has had some methods and components renamed. The functionality remains the same as in previous versions.

• Renamed Phalcon\Acl\ComponentAware to Phalcon\Acl\ComponentAwareInterface
• Renamed Phalcon\Acl\RoleAware to Phalcon\Acl\RoleAwareInterface

Acl\Adapter\Memory - Acl\Adapter\AdapterInterface

• Added getInheritedRoles() to return an array of the inherited roles in the adapter.

Аннотации

Application

Phalcon\Application\AbstractApplication

• The getEventsManager() now returns a Phalcon\Events\ManagerInterface or null

Медиа-ресурсы

The Assets component has had changes to the interface as well as some methods were renamed. The functionality remains the same as in previous versions.

Phalcon\Assets\Asset

• getAssetKey() now uses sha256 to compute the key
• Renamed getLocal() to isLocal()
• Renamed setLocal() to setIsLocal()

Phalcon\Assets\Collection

• The class now uses ArrayIterator instead of Iterator
• Renamed getLocal() to isLocal()
• Renamed setLocal() to setIsLocal()
• Renamed getTargetLocal() to getTargetIsLocal()
• Renamed setTargetLocal() to setTargetIsLocal()
• Removed getPosition(), current(), key(), next(), rewind(), valid()

Phalcon\Assets\Inline

• getAssetKey() now uses sha256 to compute the key

Phalcon\Assets\Manager

• __construct() requires a Phalcon\Html\TagFactory as the first parameter

public function __construct(Phalcon\Html\TagFactory $tagFactory, array $options = [])

• addCss() now requires $local to be bool and $attributes to be an array

public function addCss(
    string $path,
    bool $local = true,
    bool $filter = true,
    array $attributes = [],
    string $version = null,
    bool $autoVersion = false
): Manager

• addInlineCss() now requires $filter to be bool and $attributes to be an array

public function addInlineCss(
    string $content,
    bool $filter = true,
    array $attributes = []
): Manager 

• addJs() now requires $local to be bool and $attributes to be an array

public function addJs(
    string $path,
    bool $local = true,
    bool $filter = true,
    array $attributes = [],
    string $version = null,
    bool $autoVersion = false
): Manager

• addInlineJs() now requires $filter to be bool and $attributes to be an array

public function addInlineJs(
    string $content,
    bool $filter = true,
    array $attributes = []
): Manager 

• Added has() method to return if a collection exists

Autoload

The Autoload\Loader component has been moved from the parent namespace. Some method names have been changed and new functionality introduced.

Phalcon\Autoload\Loader

• __construct(bool $isDebug = false) The constructor now accepts a boolean, which allows the loader to collect and store debug information during the discovery and loading process of files, classes etc. If the variable is set to true, getDebug() will return an array with all the debugging information during the autoload operation. This mode is only for debugging purposes and must not be used in production environments.

use Phalcon\Autoload\Loader;
use Adapter\Another;

$loader = new Loader(true);

$loader
    ->addNamespace('Base', './Namespaces/Base/')
    ->addNamespace('Adapter', './Namespaces/Adapter/')
    ->addNamespace('Namespaces', './Namespaces/')
;

$loader->autoload(Another::class);

var_dump($loader->getDebug());

// [
//     'Loading: Adapter\Another',
//     'Class: 404: Adapter\Another',
//     'Require: 404: ./Namespaces/Adapter/Another.php',
//     'Require: ./Namespaces/Another.php',
//     'Namespace: Namespaces\Adapter - ./Namespaces/Another.php',
// ];

• add* methods have been introduced to help with the setup of the autoloader
  • addClass(string $name, string $file): Loader
  • addDirectory(string $directory): Loader
  • addExtension(string $extension): Loader
  • addFile(string $file): Loader
  • addNamespace(string $name, string|array $directories, bool $prepend = false): Loader
• getCheckedPath() now returns either a string or a null (if not populated yet)
• getDebug() returns an array of debug information, if the Loader has been instantiated with $isDebug = true
• getDirs() has been renamed to getDirectories()
• getFoundPath() now returns either a string or a null (if not populated yet)
• registerClasses() has been renamed to setClasses()
• registerDirs() has been renamed to setDirectories()
• registerExtensions() has been renamed to setExtensions()
• setExtensions() now accepts a second parameter (bool $merge) which allows you to merge the data set with what is already set in the Loader
• registerFiles() has been renamed to setFiles()
• registerNamespaces() has been renamed to setNamespaces()

Кэш

The Cache component has been moved to the Cache namespace.

Phalcon\Cache\AdapterFactory

• The constructor now requires a Phalcon\Storage\SerializerFactory to be passed as the first parameter
• The getAdapters() protected method has been renamed to getServices()
• A new protected method getExceptionClass() was introduced to return the exception class to throw from this factory when necessary

Phalcon\Cache\CacheFactory

• A new protected method getExceptionClass() was introduced to return the exception class to throw from this factory when necessary

Phalcon\Cache\Cache

• Moved Phalcon\Cache to Phalcon\Cache\Cache
• The component has been refactored and the dependency to PSR has been removed. more

Phalcon\Cache\CacheInterface

• A new interface has been introduced (Phalcon\Cache\CacheInterface) to offer more flexibility when extending the cache object.

CLI

Collection

The Collection component has been moved to the Support namespace. more

Конфигурация

The Config component has been moved to the Config namespace.

Phalcon\Config\Config

• Moved Phalcon\Config to Phalcon\Config\Config

Phalcon\Config\ConfigInterface

• A new interface has been introduced (Phalcon\Config\ConfigInterface) to offer more flexibility when extending the config object.

Container

The Container component has been removed from the framework. It is in our roadmap to develop a new container that will support auto wiring, as well as providers. Additionally, the container will be designed and implemented in such a way that could be used as a PSR-11 container (with the help of a Proxy class).

Crypt

The Crypt component has been moved to the Encryption namespace. more

DataMapper

Db

Phalcon\Db\Adapter\Pdo\AbstractPdo

• Changed connect(array descriptor = null): bool to connect(array descriptor = []): void
• Changed execute(string $sqlStatement, $bindParams = null, $bindTypes = null): bool to execute(string $sqlStatement, array $bindParams = [], array $bindTypes = []) -> bool
• Changed getErrorInfo() to getErrorInfo(): array
• Changed getInternalHandler(): \PDO to getInternalHandler(): mixed
• Changed lastInsertId($sequenceName = null): int | bool to lastInsertId(string $name = null) -> string | bool
• Changed query(string $sqlStatement, $bindParams = null, $bindTypes = null): ResultInterface | bool to query(string $sqlStatement, array $bindParams = [], array $bindTypes = []): ResultInterface | bool

Phalcon\Db\Adapter\Pdo\Mysql

• Changed bind type for Column::TYPE_BIGINT to be Column::BIND_PARAM_STR
• Added bind type for Column::TYPE_BINARY to cater for VARBINARY and BINARY fields
• Added support for comments

Phalcon\Db\Adapter\Pdo\Postgresql

• Changed bind type for Column::TYPE_BIGINT to be Column::BIND_PARAM_STR
• Added support for comments

Phalcon\Db\Adapter\AbstractAdapter

• Changed property connectionId to int
• Added property realSqlStatement to store the real SQL statement executed
• Changed delete($table, $whereCondition = null, $placeholders = null, $dataTypes = null): bool to delete($table, string $whereCondition = null, array $placeholders = [], array $dataTypes = []): bool
• Changed fetchAll(string $sqlQuery, int $fetchMode = Enum::FETCH_ASSOC, $bindParams = null, $bindTypes = null): array to fetchAll(string $sqlQuery, int $fetchMode = Enum::FETCH_ASSOC, array $bindParams = [], array $bindTypes = []): array
• Changed fetchOne(string $sqlQuery, $fetchMode = Enum::FETCH_ASSOC, $bindParams = null, $bindTypes = null): array to fetchOne(string $sqlQuery, $fetchMode = Enum::FETCH_ASSOC, array $bindParams = [], array $bindTypes = []): array
• Changed getEventsManager(): ManagerInterface to getEventsManager(): ManagerInterface | null
• Added getSQLVariables(): array to return the SQL variables used
• Added supportsDefaultValue(): bool to allow checking for adapters that support the DEFAULT keyword

Phalcon\Db\Adapter\AdapterInterface

• Changed close(): bool to close(): void
• Changed connect(array $descriptor = null): bool to connect(array $descriptor = []): void
• Changed delete($table, $whereCondition = null, $placeholders = null, $dataTypes = null): bool to delete($table, string $whereCondition = null, array $placeholders = [], array $dataTypes = []): bool
• Changed execute(string $sqlStatement, $placeholders = null, $dataTypes = null): bool to execute(string $sqlStatement, array $bindParams = [], array $bindTypes = []): bool
• Changed fetchAll(string $sqlQuery, int $fetchMode = 2, $placeholders = null): array to fetchAll(string $sqlQuery, int $fetchMode = 2, array $bindParams = [], array $bindTypes = []): array
• Changed fetchOne(string $sqlQuery, int $fetchMode = 2, $placeholders = null): array; to fetchOne(string $sqlQuery, int $fetchMode = 2, array $bindParams = [], array $bindTypes = []): array
• Added getDefaultValue(): RawValue
• Changed getInternalHandler(): \PDO to getInternalHandler(): mixed
• Changed lastInsertId($sequenceName = null): int | bool to lastInsertId(string $name = null) -> string | bool
• Changed query(string $sqlStatement, $bindParams = null, $bindTypes = null): ResultInterface | bool to query(string $sqlStatement, array $bindParams = [], array $bindTypes = []): ResultInterface | bool
• Added supportsDefaultValue(): bool

Phalcon\Db\Adapter\PdoFactory

• Added getExceptionClass() to return the exception class for the factory
• Renamed getAdapters() to getServices()

Phalcon\Db\Dialect\*

• Added support for comments
• Added support for SMALLINT for Postgresql

Phalcon\Db\Result\ResultPdo

• Renamed Phalcon\Db\Result\Pdo to Phalcon\Db\Result\ResultPdo

Phalcon\Db\Column

• Added support for comments
• Added TYPE_BINARY constant
• Added TYPE_VARBINARY constant
• Added getComment(): string | null

Phalcon\Db\DialectInterface

• Changed getSqlExpression(array $expression, string $escapeChar = null, $bindCounts = null): string; to getSqlExpression(array $expression, string $escapeChar = null, array $bindCounts = []): string

Phalcon\Db\Dialect

• Changed getColumnList(array $columnList, string $escapeChar = null, $bindCounts = null): string to getColumnList(array $columnList, string $escapeChar = null, array $bindCounts = []): string
• Changed getSqlColumn($column, string $escapeChar = null, $bindCounts = null): string to getSqlColumn($column, string $escapeChar = null, array $bindCounts = []): string
• Changed getSqlExpression(array $expression, string $escapeChar = null, $bindCounts = null): string; to getSqlExpression(array $expression, string $escapeChar = null, array $bindCounts = []): string

Phalcon\Db\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Db\Exception to extend \Exception

Phalcon\Db\Profiler

• Changed Phalcon\Db\Profiler to use hrtime() internally to calculate metrics

Phalcon\Db\ResultInterface

• Changed dataSeek(long $number) to dataseek(int $number)

Отладка

The Debug component has been moved to the Support namespace. more

Di

The Di component has been moved to the Di namespace.

Phalcon\Di\Di

• Moved Phalcon\Di to Phalcon\Di\Di
• The tag service now returns an instance of Phalcon\Html\TagFactory
• The (new) helper service returns an instance of Phalcon\Support\HelperFactory

Dispatcher

Phalcon\Dispatcher\AbstractDispatcher

• Changed getEventsManager(): ManagerInterface to getEventsManager(): ManagerInterface | null

Phalcon\Dispatcher\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Dispatcher\Exception to extend \Exception

Domain

Encryption

Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt

• Moved Phalcon\Crypt to Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt
• Two new constants introduced DEFAULT_ALGORITHM = "sha256" and DEFAULT_CIPHER = "aes-256-cfb"
• The __construct now sets useSigning as true (previously false)
• The __construct accepts a third parameter (null by default), which is a Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt\PadFactory

use Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt;
use Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt\PadFactory;

$padFactory = new PadFactory();
$crypt      = new Crypt("aes-256-cfb", true, $padFactory);

If no padFactory is passed, a new one will be created in the component.

• Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt::getAvailableHashAlgos() was renamed to Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt::getAvailableHashAlgorithms()
• Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt::getHashAlgo() was renamed to Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt::getHashAlgorithm()
• Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt::setHashAlgo() was renamed to Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt::setHashAlgorithm()

Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt\CryptInterface

• Moved Phalcon\Crypt\CryptInterface to Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt\CryptInterface
• Changed Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt\CryptInterface::decryptBase64() to accept a string variable as the key
• Changed Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt\CryptInterface::encryptBase64() to accept a string variable as the key
• Added Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt\CryptInterface::useSigning(bool useSigning)

Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt\Exception\Exception

• Moved Phalcon\Crypt\Exception to Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt\Exception\Exception

Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt\Exception\Mismatch

• Moved Phalcon\Crypt\Mismatch to Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt\Exception\Mismatch

Phalcon\Encryption\Crypt

• Moved from Phalcon\Crypt

Phalcon\Encryption\PadFactory

• Added Phalcon\Encryption\PadFactory to allow for different padding schemes during encryption and decryption of data

Phalcon\Encryption\Padding\*

• Added Phalcon\Encryption\Padding\PadInterface to allow for custom padding classes
• Added Phalcon\Encryption\Padding\Ansi
• Added Phalcon\Encryption\Padding\Iso10126
• Added Phalcon\Encryption\Padding\IsoIek
• Added Phalcon\Encryption\Padding\Noop
• Added Phalcon\Encryption\Padding\Pkcs7
• Added Phalcon\Encryption\Padding\Space
• Added Phalcon\Encryption\Padding\Zero

Escaper

The Escaper component has been moved to the Html namespace. more

События

Phalcon\Events\AbstractEventsAware

• Added abstract Phalcon\Events\AbstractEventsAware

Phalcon\Events\Event

• Changed public function __construct(string $type, object $source, $data = null, bool $cancelable = true) to __construct(string $type, $source = null, $data = null, bool $cancelable = true) ($source is now nullable)

Phalcon\Events\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Events\Exception to extend \Exception

Phalcon\Events\Manager

• Added isValidHandler(): bool to return if the internal handler is valid or not

Exception

Phalcon\Exception

The class has been removed.

Фабрика

Phalcon\Factory\AbstractConfigFactory

• Added abstract Phalcon\Factory\AbstractConfigFactory to check configuration elements

Phalcon\Factory\AbstractFactory

• Changed init() to read from getServices()

Phalcon\Factory\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Factory\Exception to extend \Exception

Фильтр

The Filter component has been moved to the Filter namespace.

Phalcon\Filter\Filter

• Moved Phalcon\Filter to Phalcon\Filter\Filter

Phalcon\Filter\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Filter\Exception to extend \Exception

Phalcon\Filter\Factory

• Changed getAdapters() to getServices()

Phalcon\Filter\Filter

• Added __call() to allow using filter names as methods i.e. $filter->upper($input)

Phalcon\Filter\Validation

• Added getValueByEntity() and getValueByData() for more options to retrieve data

Phalcon\Filter\Validation\Validator\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Filter\Validation\Validator\Exception to extend \Exception

AbstractValidator.zep

• Added the ability to define allowEmpty to any validator (in the parameters)

Phalcon\Filter\Validation\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Filter\Validation\Exception to extend \Exception

Phalcon\Filter\Validation\ValidationInterface

• Changed add(string $field, ValidatorInterface $validator): <ValidationInterface to add($field, ValidatorInterface $validator): <ValidationInterface
• Changed rule(string $field, ValidatorInterface $validator): <ValidationInterface to rule($field, ValidatorInterface $validator): <ValidationInterface

Phalcon\Filter\Validation\ValidatorFactory

• Changed getAdapters() to getServices()

Flash

Phalcon\Flash\AbstractFlash

• Added the ability to define CSS icon classes (setCssIconClasses())
• Changed getTemplate(string $cssClasses): string to getTemplate(string $cssClasses, string $cssIconClasses): string

Phalcon\Flash\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Flash\Exception to extend \Exception

Phalcon\Flash\Session

• Added SESSION_KEY constant
• Changed has($type = null): bool to has(string $type = null): bool
• Changed message(string $type, string $message): string | null to message(string $type, $message): string | null

Формы

Phalcon\Forms\Element\* classes now use the new Phalcon\Html\TagFactory to generate HTML code. As a result, the functionality has changed slightly. The main difference is that a Phalcon\Html\TagFactory has to be set in the form object, so that elements can be rendered. If the Phalcon\Html\TagFactory is not set, then the component will search the Di container (Phalcon\Di\DiInterface) for a service with the name tag. If you are using Phalcon\Di\FactoryDefault as your container, then the tag service is already defined for you.

Phalcon\Forms\Element\AbstractElement

• Added getTagFactory() to return the Phalcon\Html\TagFactory object used internally, as well as setTagFactory(TagFactory $tagFactory): AbstractElement to set it.

Phalcon\Forms\Element\Check

Phalcon\Forms\Element\Radio

• The classes now use the Phalcon\Html\Helper\Input\Checkbox and Phalcon\Html\Helper\Input\Radio respectively. The classes use checked and unchecked parameters to set the state of each control. If the checked parameter is identical to the $value then the control will be checked. If the unchecked parameter is present, it will be set if the $value is not the same as the checked parameter. more

Helper

The Helper component has been moved to the Support namespace. more

Html

Phalcon\Html\Escaper

• Moved Phalcon\Escaper to Phalcon\Html\Escaper
• Changed the flags property that controls the flags for htmlspecialchars() is set to 11 which corresponds to ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE | ENT_HTML401.
• Method names changed to be more verbose.
  • Added attributes(string input) for escaping HTML attributes (replaces escapeHtmlAttr())
  • Added css(string $input) for escaping CSS (replaces escapeCss()
  • Added html(string $input = null) for escaping HTML (replaces escapeHtml())
  • Added js(string $input) for escaping JS (replaces escapeJs())
  • Added setFlags(int $flags) to set the flags htmlspecialchars() (replaces setHtmlQuoteType())
  • Added url(string $input) for escaping URL strings (replaces escapeUrl())
  • escapeCss() now raises a deprecated warning
  • escapeJs() now raises a deprecated warning
  • escapeHtml() now raises a deprecated warning
  • escapeUrl() now raises a deprecated warning
  • setHtmlQuoteType() now raises a deprecated warning

Phalcon\Html\Escaper\EscaperInterface

• Moved Phalcon\Escaper\EscaperInterface to Phalcon\Html\Escaper\EscaperInterface
• Added attributes(string input)
• Added css(string $input)
• Added html(string $input = null)
• Added js(string $input)
• Added setFlags(int $flags)
• Added url(string $input)
• Removed escapeCss()
• Removed escapeJs()
• Removed escapeHtml()
• Removed escapeUrl()
• Removed setHtmlQuoteType()

Phalcon\Html\Escaper\Exception

• This class has been moved to this namespace Phalcon\Escaper.
• Changed Phalcon\Html\Escaper\Exception to extend \Exception

Phalcon\Html\Helper

• Moved Phalcon\Helper to Phalcon\Html\Helper
• The component has been refactored and offers more functionality now. more

Phalcon\Html\Link

• The component has been refactored and the dependency to PSR has been removed. more

Phalcon\Html\TagFactory

• Added __call(string $name, array $arguments) to allow calling helper objects as methods. more
• Added has(string $name) -> bool Added set(string $name, mixed $method): void
• The getAdapters() protected method has been renamed to getServices()
• A new protected method getExceptionClass() was introduced to return the exception class to throw from this factory when necessary

Phalcon\Html\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Html\Exception to extend \Exception

Http

Phalcon\Http\Cookie

• Changed __construct() and made $httpOnly = false

Phalcon\Http\Cookie\Escaper

• Changed Phalcon\Http\Request\Exception to extend \Exception

Phalcon\Http\Message

• The namespace has been removed

Phalcon\Http\Request

• Added getPreferredIsoLocaleVariant(): string to return the preferred ISO locale variant.

Phalcon\Http\Request\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Http\Cookie\Exception to extend \Exception

Phalcon\Http\Response\Cookie

• Added isSent(): bool to return if the cookie has been sent or not

Phalcon\Http\Response\Headers

• Added isSent(): bool to return if the headers have been sent or not

Phalcon\Http\Response\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Http\Response\Exception to extend \Exception

Phalcon\Http\Server

• The namespace has been removed

Изображения

Loader

The class has been moved to the Phalcon\Autoload namespace more

Журналирование

The Logger component has been moved to the Logger namespace.

Phalcon\Logger\Logger

• Moved Phalcon\Logger to Phalcon\Logger\Logger
• The component has been refactored and the dependency to PSR has been removed. more
• The interface method calls are much stricter now.

Phalcon\Logger\AbstractLogger

• Added Phalcon\Logger\AbstractLogger with common functionality, to be used by packages that wish to alter interfaces to the logger while keeping the same functionality (see proxy-psr3)

Phalcon\Logger\Adapter\Stream

• Failing to write to the file will throw a LogicException instead of UnexpectedValueException

Phalcon\Logger\Formatter\FormatterInterface

• Changed process(Item $item): string (previously it returned array|string)

Phalcon\Logger\Formatter\Json

• Changed format() to encode JSON with the following options by default: JSON_HEX_TAG, JSON_HEX_APOS, JSON_HEX_AMP, JSON_HEX_QUOT, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR,

Phalcon\Logger\AdapterFactory

• The constructor now requires a Phalcon\Storage\SerializerFactory to be passed as the first parameter
• The getAdapters() protected method has been renamed to getServices()
• A new protected method getExceptionClass() was introduced to return the exception class to throw from this factory when necessary

Phalcon\Logger\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Logger\Exception to extend \Exception

Phalcon\Logger\Item

• Changed __construct(string $message, string $levelName, int $level, DateTimeImmutable $dateTime, array $context = []) (dateTtime accepts a DateTimeImmutable object)

Phalcon\Logger\LoggerInterface

• A new interface has been introduced (Phalcon\Logger\LoggerInterface) to offer more flexibility when extending the cache object.

Messages

Phalcon\Messages\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Messages\Exception to extend \Exception

Mvc

Phalcon\Mvc\Micro\Collection

• Changed the methods to accept a callable as the $handler instead of mixed
  • delete(string $routePattern, callable $handler, string $name = null)
  • get(string $routePattern, callable $handler, string $name = null)
  • head(string $routePattern, callable $handler, string $name = null)
  • map(string $routePattern, callable $handler, string $name = null)
  • mapVia(string $routePattern, callable $handler, mixed $method, string $name = null)
  • options(string $routePattern, callable $handler, string $name = null)
  • patch(string $routePattern, callable $handler, string $name = null)
  • post(string $routePattern, callable $handler, string $name = null)
  • put(string $routePattern, callable $handler, string $name = null)

Phalcon\Mvc\Micro\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Mvc\Micro\Exception to extend \Exception

Phalcon\Mvc\Model\MetaData\Strategy\Annotations

• Phalcon\Mvc\Model\MetaData\Strategy\Annotations::getMetaData() will now return a string instead of an integer when encountering BIGINT fields

Phalcon\Mvc\Model\MetaData\Stream

• Changed the constructor to accept an array __construct(array $options = [])

Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Query\BuilderInterface

• Corrected having() signature having(string $conditions, array $bindParams = [], array $bindTypes = [])
• Changed orderBy() to accept an array or a string orderBy(array | string $orderBy)

Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Resultset\Complex

• Changed current() to return mixed
• Added __serialize() and __unserialize() methods

Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Resultset\Simple

• Changed the constructor to accept mixed for $cache : __construct(mixed $columnMap, mixed $model, mixed $result, mixed $cache = null, bool $keepSnapshots = false)
• Added __serialize() and __unserialize() methods

Phalcon\Mvc\Model\CriteriaInterface

• Corrected where() signature where(string $conditions, mixed $bindParams = null, mixed $bindTypes = null)

Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Exception to extend \Exception

Phalcon\Mvc\Model\ManagerInterface

• Changed $options parameter to be an array:
  • addBelongsTo(ModelInterface $model, mixed $fields, string $referencedModel, mixed $referencedFields, array options = []): RelationInterface
  • addHasMany(ModelInterface $model, mixed $fields, string $referencedModel, mixed $referencedFields, array options = []): RelationInterface
  • addHasOne(ModelInterface $model, mixed $fields, string $referencedModel, mixed $referencedFields, array options = []): RelationInterface
  • addHasOneThrough(ModelInterface $model, mixed $fields, string $intermediateModel, mixed $intermediateFields, mixed $intermediateReferencedFields, string $referencedModel, mixed $referencedFields, array options = []): RelationInterface
  • addHasManyToMany(ModelInterface $model, mixed $fields, string $intermediateModel, mixed $intermediateFields, mixed $intermediateReferencedFields, string $referencedModel, mixed $referencedFields, array options = []): RelationInterface
• Changed getModelSchema(ModelInterface $model) to return string or null
• Renamed:
  • existsBelongsTo() to hasBelongsTo()
  • existsMany() to hasHasMany()
  • existsOne() to hasHasOne()
  • existsOneThrough() to hasHasOneThrough()
  • existsManyToMany() to hasHasManyToMany()

Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Manager

• Changed getEventsManager() to return EventManagerInterface or null
• Changed getModelSchema(ModelInterface $model) to return string or null
• Changed $options parameter to be an array:
  • addBelongsTo(ModelInterface $model, mixed $fields, string $referencedModel, mixed $referencedFields, array options = []): RelationInterface
  • addHasMany(ModelInterface $model, mixed $fields, string $referencedModel, mixed $referencedFields, array options = []): RelationInterface
  • addHasOne(ModelInterface $model, mixed $fields, string $referencedModel, mixed $referencedFields, array options = []): RelationInterface
  • addHasOneThrough(ModelInterface $model, mixed $fields, string $intermediateModel, mixed $intermediateFields, mixed $intermediateReferencedFields, string $referencedModel, mixed $referencedFields, array options = []): RelationInterface
  • addHasManyToMany(ModelInterface $model, mixed $fields, string $intermediateModel, mixed $intermediateFields, mixed $intermediateReferencedFields, string $referencedModel, mixed $referencedFields, array options = []): RelationInterface
• Marked as @deprecated:
  • existsBelongsTo()
  • existsMany()
  • existsOne()
  • existsOneThrough()
  • existsManyToMany()
• Added (replacing the exists* methods):
  • hasBelongsTo()
  • hasHasMany()
  • hasHasOne()
  • hasHasOneThrough()
  • hasHasManyToMany()
• Added getBuilder() to return the builder that was created with createBuilder() (or null)

Phalcon\Mvc\Model\ResultsetInterface

• getCache() now returns null or an object (mixed)

Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Resultset

• __construct() accepts an object in the $cache parameter. The object has implement Phalcon\Cache\CacheInterface or Psr\SimpleCache\CacheInterface
• getCache() now returns null or an object (mixed)

Phalcon\Mvc\Router

• Changed add(), addConnect(), addDelete(), addGet(), addHead(), addOptions(), addPatch(), addPost(), addPurge(), addPut(), addTrace(), attach() to accept int as $position
• Changed getEventsManager() to return ManagerInterface or null

Phalcon\Mvc\RouterInterface

• Changed add(), addConnect(), addDelete(), addGet(), addHead(), addOptions(), addPatch(), addPost(), addPurge(), addPut(), addTrace(), attach() to accept int as $position

Phalcon\Mvc\Router\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Mvc\Router\Exception to extend \Exception

Phalcon\Mvc\Router\RouteInterface

• getHostname() now returns string or null
• getName() now returns string or null

Phalcon\Mvc\Router\Route

• beforeMatch(callable $callback): RouteInterface now accepts a callable
• getHostname() now returns string or null
• getName() now returns string or null

Phalcon\Mvc\ModelInterface

• Changed average(array $parameters = []) to accept an array
• Changed cloneResultset() to default keepSnapshots = false
• Changed findFirst(mixed $parameters = null): mixed | null to return null instead of false
• Changed getSchema(): string | null to return string or null

Phalcon\Mvc\View

• Marked as @deprecated exists()
• Added has() (replacing the exists() method)

Phalcon\Mvc\View\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Mvc\View\Exception to extend \Exception

Phalcon\Mvc\View\Engine\Volt\Compiler

• Removed compileCache()

Phalcon\Mvc\Url

• Moved from Phalcon\Url

Phalcon\Mvc\Url\Exception

• Moved from Phalcon\Url\Exception
• Changed Phalcon\Mvc\Url\Exception to extend \Exception

Phalcon\Mvc\Url\UrlInterface

• Moved from Phalcon\Url\UrlInterface

Phalcon\Paginator\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Paginator\Exception to extend \Exception

Phalcon\Paginator\PaginatorFactory

• The getAdapters() protected method has been renamed to getServices()
• A new protected method getExceptionClass() was introduced to return the exception class to throw from this factory when necessary

Registry

The Registry component has been moved to the Support namespace. more

Security

The Security component has been moved to the Encryption namespace. more

Session

Phalcon\Session\Adapter\AbstractAdapter

• Changed gc(int $maxlifetime): int | bool to accept only int for the parameter

Phalcon\Session\Adapter\Noop

• Changed gc(int $maxlifetime): int | bool to accept only int for the parameter

Phalcon\Session\Adapter\Stream

• Changed __construct() to throw an exception if the save path is empty

Phalcon\Session\BagInterface

• Added interface for Phalcon\Session\Bag

Phalcon\Session\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Session\Exception to extend \Exception

Storage

Phalcon\Storage\Adapter\AdapterInterface

• Added setForever(string $key, mixed $value): to set an item in the store forever

Phalcon\Storage\Adapter\Apcu

• Added setForever(string $key, mixed $value): to set an item in the store forever

Phalcon\Storage\Adapter\Libmemcached

• Added setForever(string $key, mixed $value): to set an item in the store forever

Phalcon\Storage\Adapter\Memory

• Added setForever(string $key, mixed $value): to set an item in the store forever

Phalcon\Storage\Adapter\Redis

• Added setForever(string $key, mixed $value): to set an item in the store forever
• Added timeout, connectTimeout, retryInterval and readTimeout for constructor options

Phalcon\Storage\Adapter\Stream

• Added setForever(string $key, mixed $value): to set an item in the store forever

Phalcon\Storage\Serializer\AbstractSerializer

• Added __serialize() and __unserialize() methods
• Added isSuccess(): bool to return when the data was serialized/unserialized successfully

Phalcon\Storage\Serializer\Base64

• Changed unserialize to set the data to an empty string in case of a failure

Phalcon\Storage\Serializer\Igbinary

• Changed unserialize to set the data to an empty string in case of a failure

Phalcon\Storage\Serializer\Msgpack

• Changed unserialize to set the data to an empty string in case of a failure

Phalcon\Storage\Serializer\Php

• Changed unserialize to set the data to an empty string in case of a failure

Phalcon\Storage\Serializer\*

• Added stub serializers for Memcached and Redis when in need to use the built-in serializers for those storages:
  • Phalcon\Storage\Serializer\MemcachedIgbinary
  • Phalcon\Storage\Serializer\MemcachedJson
  • Phalcon\Storage\Serializer\MemcachedPhp
  • Phalcon\Storage\Serializer\RedisIgbinary
  • Phalcon\Storage\Serializer\RedisJson
  • Phalcon\Storage\Serializer\RedisMsgpack
  • Phalcon\Storage\Serializer\RedisNone
  • Phalcon\Storage\Serializer\RedisPhp

Phalcon\Storage\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Storage\Exception to extend \Exception

Phalcon\Storage\AdapterFactory

• The getAdapters() protected method has been renamed to getServices()
• A new protected method getExceptionClass() was introduced to return the exception class to throw from this factory when necessary

Phalcon\Storage\SerializerFactory

• The getAdapters() protected method has been renamed to getServices()
• A new protected method getExceptionClass() was introduced to return the exception class to throw from this factory when necessary

Support

The Support namespace contains classes that are used throughout the framework. The classes moved here are:

• Collection
• Отладка
• Helper
• Registry

Phalcon\Support\Collection

• Moved Phalcon\Collection to Phalcon\Support\Collection
• get() will return the defaultValue if the key is not set. It will also return the defaultValue if the key is set and the value is null. This aligns with the 3.x behavior.

Phalcon\Support\Collection\CollectionInterface

• A new interface has been introduced (Phalcon\Support\Collection\CollectionInterface) to offer more flexibility when extending the collection object.

Phalcon\Support\Collection\ReadOnlyCollection

• This class has been renamed from ReadOnly in order to avoid collisions with PHP 8.x reserved words.

Phalcon\Support\Debug\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Support\Debug\Exception to extend \Exception

Phalcon\Support\Helper\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Support\Helper\Exception to extend \Exception

Phalcon\Helper\*

• Arr, Fs, Json, Number and Str static classes have been removed and replaced with one class per method in the relevant namespace. For example Phalcon\Helper\Arr::has() is not Phalcon\Support\Helper\Arr\Has::__invoke()
• Added Phalcon\Support\Helper\HelperFactory service locator to easily create objects from the Phalcon\Support\Helper namespace
• Added __call() in Phalcon\Support\Helper\HelperFactory to offer an easier access to objects i.e. $this->helperFactory->dirFromFile()

Теги

Note, this component will be removed in future versions of the framework.

Phalcon\Tag

• Added preload(mixed $parameters): string to parse preloading link headers

Text

The Phalcon\Text component has been deprecated. It has been replaced with the Phalcon\Support\HelperFactory. more

Helper

Phalcon\Translate\Adapter\AbstractAdapter

• Changed __construct(InterpolatorFactory $interpolator, array $options = [] to default to an empty array for $options

Phalcon\Translate\Adapter\Csv

• Marked as @deprecated exists()
• Added has()

Phalcon\Translate\Adapter\Gettext

• Marked as @deprecated exists()
• Added has()

Phalcon\Translate\Adapter\NativeArray

• Marked as @deprecated exists()
• Added has()
• Added toArray() to return the translation array back

Phalcon\Translate\Exception

• Changed Phalcon\Translate\Exception to extend \Exception

Phalcon\Translate\InterpolatorFactory

• The getAdapters() protected method has been renamed to getServices()
• A new protected method getExceptionClass() was introduced to return the exception class to throw from this factory when necessary

Phalcon\Translate\TranslateFactory

• The getAdapters() protected method has been renamed to getServices()
• A new protected method getExceptionClass() was introduced to return the exception class to throw from this factory when necessary

URL

The Url component has been moved to the Mvc namespace. more

Валидация

The Validation component has been moved to the Filter namespace. more

Version

The Version component has been moved to the Support namespace. more

Volt

Since the tag service has changed from Phalcon\Tag to Phalcon\Html\TagFactory several helper methods used in Volt have changed also. The biggest change is the form() helper in Volt.

If you wish to keep your Volt code the way it is, without changing method signatures, you will have to rename your form() calls to formLegacy(). formLegacy() will use the Phalcon\Tag component as before. However, if you wish to use the new Phalcon\Html\TagFactory component, you can keep the method call as is (i.e. form() but you will need to change the signature of the helper method. more…