Release Notes: 1.1.1

What's New in Release 1.1.1

• Added timeFormat option for date and time validation rules
• Bug fix for time validation check.

What's New in Release 1.1.0-rc

• Installable by composer composer require lucidframe/phplucidframe:~1.1.0-rc or php composer.phar require lucidframe/phplucidframe:~1.1.0-rc
• Added /inc/site.config.default.php which should be copied and renamed to /inc/site.config.php by the developer.
• Added /inc/config.default.php which should be copied and renamed to /inc/config.php by the developer.
• Renamed /inc/security.salt to /inc/.secret.
• Added a utility function _redirect301() for 301 redirect.
• Added a utility function _isBot() that detects the current page visited by a search bot or crawler.
• Added a new utility function _image() which displays the entire image tag according to the (optional) dimension.
• Added jquery ui css include by default in /inc/tpl/head.php
• Added a directory path constant IMAGE to images/.
• File::img() is changed accepting the desired dimension argument in the format of "widthxheight".
• Added DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR available as _DS_.
• Used faster string search function for performance reason.

Since Release 1.1.0 beta

• Minimal PHP version requirement updated. The requirement is now changed to 5.2.0.
• Handy session configuration of array in config.php.
• Configuration of environment alongside debug level option. Added $lc_env and $lc_debugLevel in config.php.
• Added date and time validation rules.
• Added cookie helpers for set/get/delete cookies - cookie_set(), cookie_get() and cookie_delete().
• Autoloading resources - funtionality for loading and unloading library files or vendor files from inc/autoload.php.
• Savant3, the Template Engine, compatibility. The integration usage is available in the document and the LucidFrame wiki.
• Added a helper Form::value() to set the value of an input or textarea and that allows you to safely use HTML and characters within form elements.
• Added Form::checked() and Form::selected() to check/select check boxes, radio buttons and drop-down lists.
• Utility of unlimited dot notation access to associated array for _g() and _cfg().
• Session helpers are improved with better dot notation access in performance.
• Added a convenience method _dump() in utility_helper.php for var_dump().
• Added a javascript helper function LC.Page.detectCSSFeature(featureName) to check if any CSS feature support is available in the browser.
• On-the-fly HTML compressor with the configuration $lc_minifyHTML in config.php, but it is always disabled while $lc_env = 'development'.
• The template files are organized into a sub-directory /inc/tpl.
• Added .editorconfig for unifying the coding style for different editors and IDEs.
• Added contribution guidelines and coding standards.
• Bootstrapped the directory /tests.
• Removed the dependency of i18n helper from auth helper, db helper and security helper.
• Removed the dependency of i18n helper from validation helper.
• Removed the deprecated functions from session helper - setSession(), getSession(), setFlash(), setFlash() which are replaced by session_set(), session_get(), flash_set(), flash_get().
• Make NULL returned if key is empty for _cfg() and _g().
• Added responsive meta tag.
• Moved the following configuration variables which are not important for the core into site.config.php:
  • $lc_titleSeparator
  • $lc_breadcrumbSeparator
  • $lc_dateFormat
  • $lc_dateTimeFormat
  • $lc_pageNumLimit
  • $lc_itemsPerPage
  • $lc_reqSign
  • $lc_nullFill

Minor Changes & Bug Fixes

• Default meta description is not rendered if it is not defined explicitly.
• Fixed FilesMatch for protected files and directories in .htaccess
• Validate HTTP_REFERER without "www" in form submission.
• Removed eval() from the validation helper for performance reason.
• Force to show security warning when mcrypt extension is enabled in the server and the default salt is used.
• Remove the sub site root configuration $lc_sites = array('admin' => 'admin') from config.php.
• Make sure the existance of the Auth options if it is configured.
• Moved some configuration variables which are not important for the core into site.config.php.
• Removed the auth module configuration $lc_auth from site.config for the sample admin panel.
• Bootstrap functions and system internal variables are better organized.
• Encourage to use _cfg() so that some configuration variables can be accessible in the functional templates.
• The mod_rewrite notice on bootstrap if it is disabled.