Upstream changes v1.0

Following is a list of changes made to the platform that can potentially be merged back upstream. All changes are 100% backwards and forwards compatible.

Added

JPATH_WEB

define('JPATH_WEB’,       JPATH_ROOT);
com_media/media.php::43
define('COM_MEDIA_BASE',    JPATH_WEB . '/' . $params->get($path, 'images'));

JInstaller::1448 
$destination = JPath::clean(JPATH_WEB . '/media' . $folder);

JHtml::* 
replace JPATH_ROOT with JPATH_WEB

PlgEditorTinymce::*
replace JPATH_ROOT with JPATH_WEB

JHtmlTest::*
replace JPATH_ROOT with JPATH_WEB

JRouterSite::64
$relativeScriptPath = str_replace('\\', '/', str_replace(JPATH_WEB, '', $scriptPath));

JRouterSite::68
if (file_exists(JPATH_WEB . $matches[0]) && ($matches[0] == $relativeScriptPath))

PlgEditorTinymce::106
$templates_path = JPATH_WEB . '/templates’;

MenusModelMenutypes::357
$folders = JFolder::folders(JPATH_WEB . '/templates', '', false, true);

Commit: https://github.com/joomlatools/joomla-platform/commit/cc84a80c4b0356779ab4294534c992ad768c885d

JPATH_LAYOUTS

define('JPATH_LAYOUTS',       JPATH_ROOT . '/lib/layouts');
JLayoutFile::367
$this->addIncludePaths(JPATH_LAYOUTS);

JPATH_APP

Commit: https://github.com/joomlatools/joomla-platform/commit/69be25bc31a418202a66b532780813d389cc755a

JPATH_PLUGINS

JPluginHelper::56

$bPath = JPATH_PLUGINS .'/' . $type . '/' . $name . '/tmpl/' . $defaultLayout . '.php';

JPluginHelper::57 $dPath = JPATH_PLUGINS .'/' . $type . '/' . $name . '/tmpl/default.php';

Register Config

com_config/config.php::20
JLoader::registerPrefix('Config', JPATH_SITE . '/components/com_config');

Check if component is enabled

JHelperMedia::61 -> check if enabled
public function canUpload($file, $component = 'com_media') {                
if(JComponentHelper::isEnabled($component))

JToolbarHelper::165
if(JComponentHelper::isEnabled('com_media'))       {           
    $bar = JToolbar::getInstance('toolbar');    // Add an upload button.           
    $bar->appendButton('Popup', 'upload', $alt, 'index.php?option=com_media&tmpl=component&task=popupUpload&folder=' . $directory, 800, 520);       
}

Issue : https://github.com/joomlatools/joomla-platform/issues/179

Fixed

Security

Session Fixation #253

Bugs

JTableAsset::rebuild() fails #203
Reference wrong language keys code
Fix JArrayHelper not found #142

Performance

Do not store the 'mediaVersion' in the database #196
Use MyISAM engine for users_sessions table #222

Changed

Error Handling

Set display_errors to 0 when error_reporting is ‘none’. Use display_errors in JErrorPage, when      
generating the error message.

PR : https://github.com/joomlatools/joomla-platform/issues/163

Use JPATH_LIBRARIES

JCrypt::311 
include_once JPATH_LIBRARIES . '/compat/password/lib/password.php';

JStringPuncode::12
JLoader::register('idna_convert', JPATH_LIBRARIES . '/idna_convert/idna_convert.class.php');

build.php::43
require_once JPATH_LIBRARIES .'/cms/version/version.php';

mod_articles_categories.php::15
JLoader::register('JCategoryNode', JPATH_LIBRARIES . '/legacy/categories/categories.php');

JFTP::224
$checkValue = file_get_contents(JPATH_LIBRARIES . '/cms/version/version.php');

Use JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR

MenusModelItem::981
$xmlFile = JPath::find(JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR . '/components/com_menus/models/forms', 'item_' . $type . '.xml');

Use JPATH_CONFIGURATION

JApplicationCli::299
if (empty($file) && defined('JPATH_CONFIGURATION')) { 	$file = JPATH_CONFIGURATION . '/configuration.php';


JApplicationWeb::907
if (empty($file) && defined('JPATH_CONFIGURATION')) { 	$file = JPATH_CONFIGURATION . '/configuration.php';


JFactory::150
$file = JPATH_CONFIGURATION . '/configuration.php';

Change Editor Path

Change location of the editor to use default media path.

PlgEditorTinymce::25
protected $_basePath = 'media/plg_editors_tinymce';

and others …

Media folder

Cleanup media folder to adhere to standard naming schema. Move /media/media to media/com_media

Removed

$GLOBALS['_PROFILER']

FinderViewSearch::46 
Use JProfiler::getInstance('Application') instead of $GLOBALS['_PROFILER']

Default table prefix

Remove default table prefix from the database layer to allow to run the database without a database prefix Commit: https://github.com/joomlatools/joomla-platform/commit/31037be8857b21f0b1f3204cb28ae75bcfd68510
Fix quote schemas database table as it’s a protected name in MySQL. Commit: https://github.com/joomlatools/joomla-platform/commit/2df847c8faeb62268618141ebe9655b61e0fc175

TODO: Rename schemas to extensions_schemas to keep database organised.

Partial Tags implementation

PlgSearchTags::144
require_once JPATH_SITE . '/components/com_tags/helpers/route.php';

Issue : https://github.com/joomlatools/joomla-platform/issues/181

Remove tag id to titles logic JDocumentRendererHead. Unneeded coupling and tags are never set as     
metadata.

Issue : https://github.com/joomlatools/joomla-platform/issues/191

Unused language files

Unused code

Unused language keys

COM_CONTENT_LIST_FULL_ORDERING
COM_CONTENT_LIST_FULL_ORDERING_DESC

These keys are not defined anywhere in the en-GB language file and not used in the UI.

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COM_CONTENT_LIST_LIMIT
COM_CONTENT_LIST_LIMIT_DESC