Software Update: Yii PHP Framework 1.1.14

Yii is a component based PHP framework, with very good performance according to the developers, which makes it particularly suitable for developing large-scale web applications. The framework contains many options, such as mvc, dao/ActiveRecord, I18N/L10N, caching, jQuery-based AJAX support, scaffolding, input validation, widgets, events and theming. For more information, please refer to this page. The developers have released version 1.1.13 with the following changes and improvements:

Bug fixed:

• #698: Now you can get and modify criteria of the current query in beforeFind() event handler
• #1031: Fixed the bug that the filters in CGridView does not work in IE
• #1119: Added CUploadedFile::reset() to make it more test-friendly
• #1176: Fixed the bug that CVarDumper does’t highlight well strings with quotes
• #1376: Fixed the bug that the timestamps displayed in Web application log may not be formatted properly
• #1377: Fixed the bug that CStarRating did not work when not setting the model property
• #1382: Fixed space removal in CDbCriteria::compare()
• #1384: SET NAMES problem with MSSQL PDO Provider
• #1390: AR may lose precision if a column is declared as unsigned int for MySQL database
• #1404: CSecurityManager::validateData() fails when the data is an array
• #1408: CDbAuthManager may throw exception when unserializing data from auth items in PHP 5.3
• #1432: AR find methods with JOIN in query criteria may populate AR objects with attribute values ​​belonging to other tables
• #1435: Table alias declared in scopes may be ignored when performing relational findByPk and findByAttributes queries
• #1476: Fixed the bug that setting ‘id’ to be false will still render ‘id’ attribute in CHtml::radioButton and checkBox
• #1455: CFormButtonElement generates wrong type for button tags
• #1488: When using cookies with CJuiWidget jquery.cookie.js is not registered
• #1493: ShellCommand wouldn’t process logs after exiting.
• #1521: CUniqueValidator may incorrectly fail the validation of a non-PK column when updating both this column and the PK column
• #1526: CFormInputElement by default should only show error if CForm::showErrorSummary is false

Enhancements:

• #954: Refactored CActiveRecord and CActiveFinder so that CActiveRecord::with() always returns the AR object itself
• #1019: Improved CDataFormatter for formatting numeric weekdays
• #1073: Allow dependencies to be set in constructor of CChainedCacheDependency. Also allow dependencies to be specified as configurations.
• #1087: Allow CDbCriteria to be used as dynamic relational query options
• #1104: Added argument “$” to jQuery block to prevent $alias conflict
• #1108: Added option to CFileHelper::getMimeType() to allow enable and disable falling back to extension-based MIME detection
• #1120: Improved error handling in session write handler of CDbHttpSession
• #1128: Improved error reporting when assets directory does not exist or is not writable
• #1222: Added relations information to Gii generated model’s PHPDoc
• #1244: CActiveRecord::count() now respects GROUP-BY and HAVING settings
• #1347: Added CPagination::validateCurrentPage
• #1358: Enhanced the ‘together’ option of HAS_MANY/MANY_MANY relations so that setting it true will ensure the related table is joined with the primary table in a single SQL
• #1359: Added CActiveRecord::countByAttributes
• #1361: Added linkLabelWrapper, firstItemCssClass and lastItemCssClass to CMenu
• #1366: Added CListView::itemsTagName
• #1371: Improved js code in gii view templates to allow easier subclassing
• #1392: Added CCaptchaAction::fixedVerifyCode
• #1400: Enhanced CActiveRecord::getAttributeLabel() to support returning labels for related object’s attribute
• #1412: Yii::import() now throws an exception when trying to include nonexisting PHP file
• #1414: Several enhancements to MSSQL driver used by AR
• #1433: Added CMessageSource::forceTranslation
• #1434: Added zii message translation in Italian (enrico.detoma)
• #1440: CDbException does now provide a valid error code if possible
• #1443: Added CCheckBoxColumn::checked to allow settings checked state for each CCheckBoxColumn row
• #1444: Added CFilter::init()
• #1449: Changed CDbCriteria’s base class to be CComponent to better report configuration errors
• #1461: Enhanced CEmailLogRoute to support additional email headers
• #1471: CActiveForm AJAX validation should be canceled when the form is already submitted
• #1509: Improved CMarkdownParser so that it can be used in console mode
• #1525: Added support to allow customizing ‘name’ attribute of checkboxes generated by CCheckBoxColumn
• #1532: Exposed the serviceName and namespace properties of CWsdlGenerator
• Added CPortlet::hideOnEmpty property
• Added CValidator::safe to allow marking a validator as safe or unsafe
• Added CDbCacheDependency::params
• Added CUrlManager::addRules()
• Added support for using sqlsrv driver with MSSQL
• Added CActiveForm::focus to set input focus on page load

Changes:

• #1102: Added jQuery UI as a core client script package
• #1309: CHttpRequest::getPathInfo() now always returns decoded results
• #1494: CHtml::ajaxSubmitButton() will generate a submit button
• #1515: CModel::onUnsafeAttribute() will be invoked only when $safeOnly is true when calling CModel::setAttributes
• Replaced jQuery live() with delegate() in CHtml-generated js code

New:

• Upgraded JQuery UI to 1.8.4
• Upgraded code highlighter: added sh and VBScript, fixed comments in CSS and hex numbers in JavaScript
• Added CSqlDataProvider and CArrayDataProvider
• Added support for automatic action parameter binding from $_GET