CakePHP 2.1.3 & 2.2.0-RC1 released

The CakePHP core team is proud to announce the immediate availability of both CakePHP 2.1.3 [1], and 2.2.0-RC1[2]. 2.1.3 is a bugfix release for the 2.1.x branch, while 2.2.0-RC1 is the first release candidate for 2.2.x.

## CakePHP 2.1.3

There are a number of bugfixes in 2.1.3, the most notable of these changes are:

* ControllerTestCase no longer overwrites GET/POST when simulating requests.

* Xml::fromArray() now properly handles out of sequence numeric keys.

* TranslateBehavior and Model::saveAll() now correctly save translations in hasMany associations.

* Router::queryString() now correctly handles appending to existing querystrings.

* Model::saveMany(), saveAssociated() correctly save data that was modified in a beforeValidate() callback.

* View now correctly re-uses the Controller event manager instance.

* Model::saveAll() and default values now behave better.

You can download a packaged release from http://pear.cakephp.org or get a zip file from github[3].

## CakePHP 2.2.0-RC1

Since the release of CakePHP 2.2.0-beta a number of new features and enhancements have been merged in:

### Timezone support in CakeTime class

The $userOffset parameter has been replaced with $timezone parameter in all relevant functions. So instead of numeric offset you can now pass in a timezone string or DateTimeZone object. Passing numeric offsets for $timezone parameter is still possible for backwards compatibility.

`CakeTime::timeAgoInWords()` had the accuracy option added. This option allows you to specify how accurate formatted times should be.

A few new methods were added:

* CakeTime::toServer()

* CakeTime::timezone()

* CakeTime::listTimezones()

The $dateString parameter in all methods now accepts a DateTime object. A new config parameter 'Config.timezone' is available which you can set to user's timezone string.

### Dynamically modify and create validation rules

A new object `ModelValidator` was added to delegate the work of validating model data, it should be transparent to the application and fully backwards compatible. It also exposes a rich API to add, modify and remove validation rules. Check docs for this object in http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/models/data-validation.html#dynamically-change-validation-rules

### Generate config files on the fly

`Configure::dump()` was added. It is used to persist configuration data in durable storage like files. Both PhpReader and IniReader work with it.

### CakeLog

The CakeLog class now accepts the same log levels as defined in RFC 5424. Several convenience methods have also been added in `CakeLog` class:

* emergency

* alert

* critical

* error

* warning

* notice

* info

* debug

Also log engines gained a `scope` setting to make them log only the contexts they are interested in. You *need* to add the following lines to your Config/bootsrap.php file:

    // Add logging configuration.

    CakeLog::config('debug', array(

        'engine' => 'FileLog',

        'types' => array('notice', 'info', 'debug'),

        'file' => 'debug',

    ));

    CakeLog::config('error', array(

        'engine' => 'FileLog',

        'types' => array('warning', 'error', 'critical', 'alert', 'emergency'),

        'file' => 'error',

    ));

### Misc changes

* FormHelper::inputDefaults() setter/getter added.

* Added ability for Auth login to use contain.

* Supported Japanese legacy charset and changed to use upper case charset in Content-Type line in CakeEmail.

* Improved doc blocks in all functions, mixed params now explicitly say which types are accepted.

### Links

* [1] http://cakephp.org/changelogs/2.1.3

* [2] http://cakephp.org/changelogs/2.2.0-RC1

* [3] http://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/zipball/2.1.3

* [4] http://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/zipball/2.2.0-RC1

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