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2024/08/07/cakephp_510RC2.rst

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+CakePHP 5.1.0-RC2 Released
+============================
+
+The CakePHP core team is happy to announce the second release candidate for
+CakePHP 5.1.0. Since the RC1 release the core team has added new features, and
+includes bugfixes from the 5.0 releases. Some of the highlights of this work include:
+
+* CakePHP will no longer check that ``zend.assertions`` is enabled in non-debug
+  environments. The related ini setting cannot be controlled at the directory level,
+  and cannot be changed in some shared/cloud hosting environments.
+* Fixed ``BehaviorRegistry::removeBehavior()`` not clearing method maps.
+* Fixed deprecations with PHPUnit 11 and made CakePHP base classes compatible
+  with PHPUnit 11.
+* Replaced internal usage of ``md5`` with ``xxh128``. This impacts hashes used
+  for group prefixes in ``Cache``.
+* Fixed ``IntegrationTestTrait::enableCsrfToken()`` causing GET requests that
+  follow a POST request to fail.
+* Added ``toFloat()``, ``toInt()``, ``toString()``, ``toBool()``, ``toDateTime()``,
+  ``toDate()`` and ``toBool()`` to make it more ergonomic to convert request
+  data into type-safe values.
+* The new casting functions are used by ``ControllerFactory`` to cast parameters
+  for controller actions.
+* Components can now leverage the dependency injection container in their
+  constructors.
+* ``Console\Argument::hasArgument()`` no longer raises errors when arguments are
+  undefined.
+* ``ResultSetDecorator`` is no longer used internally by the ORM. Instead
+  ``ResultSet`` is used directly.
+* Added support for geospatial types of ``GEOMETRY``, ``POLYGON``, ``POINT``,
+  and ``LINESTRING`` for database drivers that support them and emulated support
+  for SQLite.
+* The request returned by ``Router::getRequest()`` will now be updated after
+  each middleware is processed, improving request mutations in error pages.
+* The default ``valueSeparator`` for ``find(list)`` is now a space instead of
+  ``;``. This makes results more useful for interfaces.
+
+What's new in 5.1.0
+-------------------
+
+The `migration guide
+<https://book.cakephp.org/5.next/en/appendices/5-1-migration-guide.html>`_ has
+a complete list of what's new in 5.1.0. We recommend you give that page a read
+when upgrading as it notes the behavior changes present in 5.1.0.
+
+How you Can Help
+----------------
+
+You can help deliver 5.1.0 by contributing in one of many ways:
+
+#. Check the `documentation <https://book.cakephp.org/5.next/en/>`_ for mistakes,
+   outdated, unclear or broken examples. We've been trying to update the
+   documentation as we go, but there are likely examples or sections we've
+   missed.
+#. Try it out! Give CakePHP 5.1.0 a test drive. Let us know how upgrading
+   went and if there were any rough spots.
+#. File issues for regressions in existing features, or suggest new features.
+   Even if those features don't make it into 5.1.0, we're early in the process
+   of planning 5.2 and value community feedback.
+
+Contributors to 5.1.0-RC2
+-------------------------
+
+Thank you to all the contributors that have contributed to this release:
+
+* Adam Halfar
+* ADmad
+* Jamison Bryant
+* jun-taniai
+* Mark Scherer
+* Mark Story
+* othercorey
+
+As always, a huge thanks to all the community members that helped make this
+release happen by reporting issues and sending pull requests.
+
+Download a `packaged release on github
+<https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases>`_.
+
+.. author:: markstory
+.. categories:: news
+.. tags:: release,news

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