>  Is the object handling going to replace the array handling in models, or
> will it be a case of enabling objects if required ? There are many cases I
> can think of, like simple data extraction -> display where there is nothing
> wrong with leaving it in an array :)

> I love the idea of trait usage. It seems a perfect fit for behaviours.

> On 05/07/12 03:13, José Lorenzo wrote:

> Hey guys, I wanted to let the community know we were working on CakePHP
> 3.0, our decision of using PHP 5.4 and asking for general help. Let me know
> your thoughts and feel free to add/remove anything you want or just fix my
> typos/awful grammar :)

>  ## 3.0: a peek into CakePHP's future ##

>  Since its creation, more than 6 years ago, CakePHP has grown with a life
> of its own. Its main goal has always been to empower developers with tools
> that are both easy to learn and use, leverage great libraries requiring
> low documentation and low dependencies too. We've had several big releases
> along these years and an ever growing community. Being one of the most
> popular frameworks out there and probably the first one (!) we have also
> gotten a lot
> of criticism from the developer community in general. We have, though,
> accepted it and learnt from our mistakes to keep building the best PHP
> framework there
> is.

>  CakePHP is known for having a very slow pace of adopting new stuff and
> it has served very well to its community. Back when we were doing version
> 2.0 we decided
> to hold on version 5.2 of PHP for multiple reasons and despite it didn't
> let us innovate as much as we wished to, it was an excellent choice given
> the general environment regarding hosting solutions and general adoption
> of PHP 5.3. A look back into the past reminded us that we were big
> innovators in PHP,
> bringing features to developers that few dreamt possible to do in this
> language. Now, it's time to look ahead in future and decide on staying in
> our comfort
> zone or take back our leading position as innovators.

>  So it is with great excitement that we announce we are putting our our
> efforts in bringing you the next major release of CakePHP. Version 3.0  will
> leverage the new features in PHP 5.4 and will include an important change
> in our models and database system. CakePHP 3.0 will be ready in around 6 or
> 8 months
> and we reckon that, given the rise of cheap cloud hosting solutions and
> upcoming release of new operating system versions, there is no better time
> to jump
> on the most current stable version of PHP.

>  As you may already know, PHP 5.4 offers awesome features that would
> introduce useful new concepts and interesting solutions to old problems.
> Closure binding,
> traits, multibyte support are tools we see of great usefulness for
> properly implemented advanced framework features we've had in mind for a
> long time. Also new
> syntax sugar added to the language will make it more pleasant to write
> both small and complex applications with the framework and a always
> welcomed free performance
> increase.

>  We have a young but already well defined road map for what we want to
> accomplish in next release and you are invited to contribute and suggest
> what's next:

>  * Drop support for 5.2.x and support 5.4+ only
> * Add proper namespaces for all classes. This will make it easier to reuse
> classes outside CakePHP and to use external libraries
> * Use traits were possible and makes sense
> * Improve bootstrapping process to allow more developer control and better
> performance
> * Model layer rewrite:
>  * Models to return objects from queries
>  * Datamapper-like paradigm
>  * Richer query API
>  * Support for any database type
>  * Support for more database drivers both PDO and native
> * Improve Router:
>  * Make it faster
>  * Remove named parameters
>  * Add support for named routes
>  * Smarter router prefixes
>  * Shorter url  syntax

>  As you may imagine most of the time will be spent or rewriting the model
> layer, but it will also be one of the most powerful features CakePHP 3.0
> will have. It's
> new architecture based on PHP 5.4 capabilities will offer an easier and
> more powerful set of tools to build web applications in no time.
> Are you interested in helping out? There is no better time to start
> sending patches and become one of the core team!