4.0.0 Release

Added

• Added Phalcon\Traits\Support\Helper\Json\EncodeTrait and Phalcon\Traits\Support\Helper\Json\DecodeTrait, json_encode() / json_decode() wrappers that throw the native \JsonException on failure
• Added Phalcon\Traits\Php\Base64Trait, wrappers for the base64_* functions (Base64 URL encode/decode plus phpBase64Encode() / phpBase64Decode()), split out of Php\UrlTrait

Changed

• Moved the helper traits from Phalcon\Traits\Helper\* to Phalcon\Traits\Support\Helper\*, matching the Phalcon\Support\Helper namespace used by the framework (BC break)
• Replaced the staticToX() / staticPhpX() static delegate methods (e.g. staticToCamelize(), staticToLower(), staticPhpIniGet()) with a single protected static method per trait (BC break)
• Reduced Phalcon\Traits\Php\UrlTrait to the URL wrappers only (phpParseUrl(), phpRawUrlDecode(), phpRawUrlEncode()); the Base64 helpers moved to the new Php\Base64Trait (BC break)
• Simplified Phalcon\Traits\Php\MbCaseTrait::phpMbConvertCase() to (string $input, int $mode), dropping the $fallback parameter and the utf8_decode() fallback (mbstring is a required extension) (BC break)
• Changed the default $scannerMode of Phalcon\Traits\Php\IniTrait::phpParseIniFile() to 0 (INI_SCANNER_NORMAL)
• Widened the Phalcon\Traits\Php\FileTrait wrappers to the full parameter sets of their underlying file_* functions
• Modernized the test setup: switched to the Talon runner, enforced 100% code coverage, and added Infection mutation testing

Removed

• Removed Phalcon\Traits\Php\JsonTrait; the thin json_encode() / json_decode() wrapper is superseded by the throwing Support\Helper\Json\EncodeTrait / DecodeTrait (BC break)