This released added a lot of exciting new features. To name a few, Yii now has: RESTful URL Support, Query Caching, Parameter Binding for Class-based Actions, Seamless Client-side Validation, Passing Parameters to Relational Named Scopes, Using ‘through’ with HAS_MANY and HAS_ONE, Using Transactions in DB Migration, and Registering and Using Custom Script Packages. You may find more details about these features in the following pages:
The new features are epic! I was longing for at least 80% of them the last weeks and didn’t know you guys are already working on it. Perfect timing! Thank you so much
Also wanna ask for next extension of cache functionality, that u introduced lately: caching of relational records. In that case there will be a correct way to cache all lazy loading AR. If it’s already possible, then update documentation, coz i can’t understnad how to use it with relations.
P.S.: right now i can’t use lazy loading, that’s why i use ‘together’. With ability to setup cache inside of relations, i will use lazy loading.
P.P.S.: of course i can use ‘hack’ inside of view (like ‘echo $a->cache(60)->user->login’), but it’s not so beautiful as ability to setup cache inside of relations.
First, this is just incredible work and I’m so glad to have found this framework. Congrats to the team for a stellar release!
Can I make one suggestion for the documentation?
The HAS_ONE example for the new ‘through’ association does not have a great data model. Could it be changed to something more proper? In the example cited, the content of user, address, and profile are really all attributes of the same data rather than associated data that should be in another table.
Speaking as a relative newbie to Yii the documentation is really helpful not only as a reference but also for examples of how to do something or why it is done that way.
now I’m trying something new from Yii.