Information and documentation

You can find out more about FOF 3 and read its documentation in its documentation wiki.

Minimum requirements

PHP 5.3.4 or later, 5.4 or higher recommended. Joomla! 3.3.1 or later, the latest release is recommended.

Changelog

Bug fixes

• [HIGH] DataModel reorder is non-deterministic when multiple records with the same ordering value exist in the same scope
• [HIGH] LayoutHelper: we aren't loading files from the layouts directory
• [HIGH] The "callable" type hint is not compatible with PHP 5.3
• [HIGH] When a record is locked and cannot be unlocked it should not be saved regardless
• [LOW] AkeebaStrapper renderer would not access the session through the container
• [LOW] Front-end rendering of XML forms results in a superfluous div when sidebar rendering is disabled.
• [LOW] InstallScript::_createAdminMenus didn't assign values for NOT NULL columns of the menu database table
• [LOW] Json view would use getItemsArray() instead of get() thus not making use of eager loaded relations
• [MEDIUM] DataModel's automatic validation for INT columns with '0' default value was broken
• [MEDIUM] You couldn't create new records using HTTP verbs (e.g. JSON API)

New features

• Added appropriate responses on CRUD json save
• Added forceDelete method in DataController to always delete, never trash, selected record(s)
• Added onAfterApplySaveError event in DataController when saving fails
• Added parse_value attribute in the Model field. Allows for `[ITEM:fieldName]` replacement in rendered drop-down values.
• Browse view: Only show Publish buttons in the Toolbar if the DataModel has an "enabled" field
• Color Field
• Form Field Button, added listItemTask attribute for sending POST task in the JHtml grid.
• Numeric field type
• Rebasing of relation after item creation

Miscellaneous changes

• Ip helper class: let the workarounds be disabled
• Updating bundled cacert.pem
• Use the 'as' parameter of the JDatabase API for the HasMany relation