Version 1.17 (stable) released!

The APF team is proud to announce the stable release of version 1.17. It understands itself as a maintenance release but however includes several new features.

This version contains all features described on the roadmap.

The major feature changes are:

• Within this release the largest clean-up of tag class and method names in the history of the APF was conducted. This includes removal of old conventions for tag class names as well as of names of private and protected methods and variables. A full list of changes and migration hints can be taken from Migration from 1.16 to 1.17.
• The APF parser is now able to resolve nested structures of tags with the same prefix and name within one document or a file. This eases the implementation of tags compared to the previous version once again. Details on this feature can be taken from the tutorial Implementation of tags.
• This new release includes full support for PHP's APC extension with the ApcCacheProvider (see CacheManager) and the ApcConfigurationProvider (see Configuration). Both can be used to store application data within an APC in-memory store which can accelerate applications by factor 4-5.
• With the present release the Logger has been redesigned from the scratch. Besides the consolidation with the AdvancedLogger adding more flexibility and increase the extensibility has been the focus of 1.17's work.
• The state model of APF form controls has been added a visibility indicator. You are now able to hide form fields and their dependent controls programmatically. Details can be taken from the Usage of forms chapter.
• Besides the new functionality this APF release contains several bug fixes and optimizations to code and documentation.

All features within this release can be taken from the Roadmap (German).

The whole set of changes can be taken from the revision history.

The migration to this release is described on Migration from 1.16 to 1.17.

Version 1.16 (stable) released!

The APF team is proud to announce the stable release of version 1.16.

This version contains all features described on the roadmap.

The major feature changes are:

• The biggest change in release 1.16 was done behind the scenes affecting one of the key components of the APF: the tag parser. With the new style of tag definition naming and reusability of tag implementations have been improved considerably. XML prefix and name can be now defined freely and tags can be used within any level of hierarchy. Further, the performance has been increased by 10-10%.
• The APF form support now includes a multi-file-upload by Werner Liemberger. The feature is based on jQuery and integrates into APF forms seamlessly.
• APF user Coach83 contributed the implementation of the roadmap feature permanent log-in for the user management module. Users that have logged-in once stay logged-in even after closing the browser.
• Release 1.16 now supports a native integration of ReCaptcha - the CAPTCHA service by Google. Similar to the existing implementation - of course the existing implementation is still supported - ReCaptcha can be integrated via tag.
• Nicolas Pecher finished the work of Werner Liemberger creating a new set of file system tools. The APF now contains a brand new abstraction for accessing folders and files.
• Besides the new functionality this APF release contains several bug fixes and optimizations to code and documentation.

All features within this release can be taken from the Roadmap (German).

The whole set of changes can be taken from the revision history.

The migration to this release is described on Migration from 1.15 to 1.16.

The APF team

On the Team page the APF team introduces itself. At present, it consists of 10 persons who take care about the development and enhancement of features, the documentation and answering user questions. In case of any questions, don't hesitate to contact us.

References of the APF

Under References you can see projects of the members of the APF community.

Are you still searching for a strong, flexible, but approved tool to create web pages and applications, than you may have a look at the strength of the APF!

Professional support for the APF

Ralf Schubert now offers professional support and development for the Adventure PHP Framework under develovision.de.

His portfolio includes standard and individual development and Content Management System based websites using the APF.

Besides, Ralf is part of the APF developer core team.