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CodeIgniter 1.6.2 Released

May 13th, 2008

Yesterday I mentioned that a new release of CodeIgniter was right around the corner.  Well, today we made it official and released CodeIgniter 1.6.2.

As always, a lot of work has gone into it.  Thirty four (at last count) new features or enhancements are in there, notably including speed and security related code.  The File Helper has seen a series of new capabilities added into it, a Compatibility Helper was added for those of you still stuck on PHP4.  Also, the Zip library is remarkably faster.  Each of those last 2 contributions came from the community (thanks Seppo and StanleyXu) as well as many, many smaller fixes shared by the CI community.  CI rocks.

Paired with this release is the introduction of Tags in the Subversion server for version snapshots.  CLI geeks, starting with version 1.6.1, you can checkout/export full release versions directly from Subversion.

There aren’t any “earth shattering” changes here, but CodeIgniter should now run smoother, faster, and be more friendly.  Also, some groundwork has been laid for some larger changes in the next release.

This entry was made on May 13th, 2008 @ 15:21 and filed into CodeIgniter.

Comments

Steve wrote on May 13th, 2008 @ 16:04

It wasn’t until the last sentence that I started to get excited. I can’t wait to see what ‘larger changes’ entails.

Bruce wrote on May 16th, 2008 @ 10:57

Super-thanks for the SVN tags!  It will make upgrading CodeIgniter mid-development much easier—especially nice for security patches.  I’ll even write it up sometime so others can enjoy uber-CI-dev bliss.

BTW., is there any way to see what’s in the upcoming feature list?  We’re using the framework in several projects now, and it would be good to know which way things might swing (like authentication).

Thanks for the great framework (something I don’t often say about frameworks).  In my ~15 years of development, it’s the least obtrusive framework I’ve had the luck to use.

Derek wrote on May 16th, 2008 @ 11:21

Thanks for the kind words Bruce, sincerely appreciated.  There is no schedule or roadmap that we use at the moment unfortunately, but if you have a good idea, we’re always listening!  Drop it on to forums  to get some attention if you want.

Troy wrote on June 04th, 2008 @ 22:00

When are the changes coming. This site has been saved in my favorites. Thanks for a nice site.

Derek wrote on June 05th, 2008 @ 5:09

@Troy: you can always find the latest of what we’ve got by checking out the SVN (I’ve got instructions on this site for checking out the subversion files if you search).

As for timelines, there isn’t one specifically.  As we build it.

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