Full Changelog Starting from Version 3.5.0 and Above

Luminova 3.5+ Update Overview

Starting from Luminova 3.5, deprecated classes and methods will trigger warnings:

• In development, a warning will be displayed.
• In production, the warning will be logged at the warning level.

New Features

Since 3.5.0

• Session & Cookie Class:
  Introduced several new methods for improved session and cookie management:

  • put - Queue data for storage.
  • save - Persist all queued data.
  • dequeue - Remove queued data.
  • commit - Lock storage to prevent further modifications.
  • is - Check session or cookie status.
  • attempt / attempts - Manage login attempts.
  • regenerate - Regenerate session/cookie ID.
  • login - Alias for synchronize, initiates login and metadata storage.
  • logout - Alias for terminate, ends session and clears metadata.
  • isOnline - Alias for online, checks login status.
  • Getters - Retrieve session metadata (e.g., getToken, getUserAgent, getId).

• Database Query Builder:
  Added support for database locking:

  • lock - Lock the database for the current session.
  • unlock - Unlock the database.
  • isLocked - Check if the database is locked.

• Error Handling:
  Added depreciate method in Luminova\Errors\ErrorHandler:

  • Triggers an error in development.
  • Logs the error in production.

• Session Save Handlers:
  Added Luminova\Session\Handlers\ArrayHandler for temporary session storage, useful for debugging or short-lived sessions.

Optimizations

Since 3.5.0

• Session & Cookie Class:

  • Unified handling of session and cookie storage.
  • Improved session ID regeneration.
  • Automatic login metadata creation on synchronize or login.
  • Optimized start method for session-cookie management and error handling.

• Database Drivers:

  • Improved error handling for Luminova\Database\Drivers\MysqliDriver and Luminova\Database\Drivers\PdoDriver.

Deprecations

Since 3.5.0

• Session & Cookie Class:
  The following methods are deprecated from Luminova\Sessions\Session:

  • toExport → Use getResult.
  • ssid → Use getToken.
  • ssDate → Use getDatetime.

• Command Line Helper (Terminal Class):

  • color is deprecated.
  • Use Luminova\Command\Utils\Color::apply(...) or Luminova\Command\Utils\Color::style(...) for CLI text formatting.

• Encryption Helper Class:

  • verify is deprecated.
  • Use Luminova\Security\Crypter::isPassword(...) instead for password hash verification.

• Routing System:

  • before is deprecated.
  • Use Luminova\Routing\Router->guard(...) instead for CLI middleware authentication.

To-Do List

Since 3.5.0

• Session Namespace Update:
  Renamed session namespaces for clarity:

  • Luminova\Sessions\Handlersss\* → Luminova\Sessions\Handlers\*.
  • Luminova\Sessions\Managersss\* → Luminova\Sessions\Managers\*.

• Session Configuration:
  Introduced a new property to enable or disable cookie data encryption:

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  // /app/Config/Session.php
  namespace App\Config;
  
  use Luminova\Base\BaseConfig;
  
  final class Session extends BaseConfig
  {
    /**
     * Enable cookie data encryption when managing sessions via `Luminova\Session\Managers\Cookie`.
     * If set to true, cookie data will be encrypted using the application encryption key and algorithm.
     *
     * @var bool $encryptCookieData
     */
    public bool $encryptCookieData = true;
  }