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2.9 Migration Guide¶
CakePHP 2.9 is a fully API compatible upgrade from 2.8. This page outlines the changes and improvements made in 2.9.
PHP7 Compatibility¶
CakePHP 2.9 is compatible with, and tested against PHP7.
Deprecations¶
The
Objectclass has been deprecated and renamed toCakeObjectdue toobjectbecoming a reserved keyword in one of the next PHP7 minors (see [RFC](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/reserve_even_more_types_in_php_7)).
New Features¶
DboSource::flushQueryCache()was added to allow more fine-grained control of query result caching when enabled.The log messages created by
ErrorHandlercan now be more easily customized in subclasses.Additional mime-types for ‘jsonapi’, and ‘psd’ were added.
Time & Datetime inputs no longer set a
maxlengthattribute when rendered as ‘text’ input types.AuthComponent::user()now makes the user data available when using stateless authentication adapters.