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 Object class has been deprecated and renamed to CakeObject due to object becoming 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 ErrorHandler can now be more easily customized in subclasses.
• Additional mime-types for 'jsonapi', and 'psd' were added.
• Time & Datetime inputs no longer set a maxlength attribute when rendered as 'text' input types.
• AuthComponent::user() now makes the user data available when using stateless authentication adapters.