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- Migration guide: RequestToDto, FormProtection convenience methods,
new query expression methods, nested array marshalling, inputId
template variable
- Query builder: notBetween(), inOrNull(), notInOrNull(),
isDistinctFrom(), isNotDistinctFrom()
- FormProtection: unlockActions() and unlockFields() methods
- Dependency injection: Request to DTO mapping with #[RequestToDto]
- ORM saving: nested array format for associated marshalling
- FormHelper: {{inputId}} template variable
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Summary
Documents new features from CakePHP core 5.next that will be part of 5.4:
Migration Guide (5-4-migration-guide.md)
Controller Features
#[RequestToDto]parameter attribute for automatic mapping of request data to DTOsunlockActions()andunlockFields()methodsDatabase/Query Builder
notBetween()forNOT BETWEENexpressionsinOrNull()for(field IN (...) OR field IS NULL)patternsnotInOrNull()for(field NOT IN (...) OR field IS NULL)patternsisDistinctFrom()andisNotDistinctFrom()for null-safe comparisonsORM
associatedoption in marshalling (same format ascontain())View
{{inputId}}template variable forinputContaineranderrortemplatesFiles Changed
docs/en/appendices/5-4-migration-guide.mddocs/en/controllers/components/form-protection.mddocs/en/development/dependency-injection.mddocs/en/orm/query-builder.mddocs/en/orm/saving-data.mddocs/en/views/helpers/form.md