release-notes/4.7.24.md

   1 # CiviCRM 4.7.24
   2
   3 Released September 6, 2017
   4
   5 - **[Synopsis](#synopsis)**
   6 - **[Features](#features)**
   7 - **[Bugs resolved](#bugs)**
   8 - **[Miscellany](#misc)**
   9 - **[Credits](#credits)**
  10 - **[Feedback](#feedback)**
  11
  12 ## <a name="synopsis"></a>Synopsis
  13
  14 | *Does this version...?*                                     |         |
  15 |:----------------------------------------------------------- |:-------:|
  16 | Fix security vulnerabilities?                               |   No    |
  17 | **Change the database schema?**                             | **Yes** |
  18 | **Alter the API?**                                          | **Yes** |
  19 | Require attention to configuration options?                 |   No    |
  20 | Fix problems installing or upgrading to a previous version? |   No    |
  21 | **Introduce features?**                                     | **Yes** |
  22 | **Fix bugs?**                                               | **Yes** |
  23
  24 ## <a name="features"></a>Features
  25
  26 ### Core CiviCRM
  27
  28 - **[CRM-20941](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20941) Determine &
  29   notify date to end support for PHP5.3 and PHP5.4
  30   ([10948](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10948) and
  31   [10872](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10872))**
  32
  33   Updated upgrade message text regarding support for PHP5.3 and PHP5.4
  34
  35 - **[CRM-20960](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20960) Upgrade Dompdf
  36   to 0.8 ([10751](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10751))**
  37
  38   Civicrm now uses dompdf to 0.8 which is compatible with PHP 7.1.
  39
  40 - **[CRM-20563](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20563) Improve
  41   'unable to provide this...' error message
  42   ([10340](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10340))**
  43
  44   The "Sorry but we are not able to provide this at the moment." error message
  45   is improved to be more descriptive.  It now says "Sorry, due to an error,
  46   CiviCRM is unable to fulfill your request at the moment. You may want to
  47   contact your administrator or service provider with more details about when
  48   this occurred."
  49
  50 - **[CRM-20929](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20929) Allow styling
  51   of page title in Angular
  52   ([10711](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10711))**
  53
  54   This change conveys CSS classes from Angular `crm-page-title` elements to the
  55   main page title for styling purposes.
  56
  57 - **[CRM-20945](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20945) Differentiate
  58   using CSS active selected page in AtoZ Pager
  59   ([10723](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10723))**
  60
  61   Now when using the A to Z pager (searching alphabetically) the active selected
  62   page is differentiated from the other pages listed.
  63
  64 - **[CRM-20863](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20863) Improve
  65   ordering of report lists
  66   ([10653](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10653))**
  67
  68   If reports have the same weight they will now be ordered alphabetically by
  69   title ascending.
  70
  71 - **[CRM-20994](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20994)
  72   CurrentEmployer Report contains a hardcoded value for RelationshipType
  73   ([10795](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10795))**
  74
  75   Changes Current Employer Report to get Employee Relationship type from the API
  76   instead of a hardcoded value of the ID `4`.
  77
  78 - **[CRM-21012](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-21012) Add link to
  79   release notes in CiviCRM footer
  80   ([10807](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10807))**
  81
  82   The version number in the footer now links to the release notes for that
  83   version.
  84
  85 ### CiviContribute
  86
  87 - **[CRM-20610](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20610) Replace
  88   payment details block with editable payment list on 'Edit Contribution' form
  89   ([10814](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10814),
  90   [10806](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10806),
  91   [10777](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10777), and
  92   [10774](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10774)) (Initial Work)**
  93
  94   Updates the user experience for partial payments for events, memberships and
  95   contributions on entry, editing and display.
  96
  97 - **[CRM-20890](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20890) Move
  98   recieve_date between Contribution status and Revenue Recognition date in
  99   Contribution backoffice form
 100   ([10682](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10682))**
 101
 102   This change moves the placement of fields on the backend contribution form to
 103   enhance user experience.
 104
 105 - **[CRM-20984](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20984) Move placement
 106   of payment processor field on live mode
 107   ([10787](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10787))**
 108
 109   This change moves the payment processor selection field on the backend credit
 110   card contribution form.  It is now closer to the billing block.
 111
 112 - **[CRM-20860](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20860) Add in
 113   password type field availability and apply to payment processor fields
 114   ([10660](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10660))**
 115
 116   QuickForm now allows for a `password` type field to be added to forms. This
 117   new field type is also applied to the Payment Processor Password fields for
 118   security purposes.
 119
 120 - **[CRM-20876](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20876) in honor of
 121   does not show up on contribution receipt
 122   ([10668](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10668))**
 123
 124   Now, When making a contribution in honor of someone, the person who is being
 125   honored shows up on the receipt.
 126
 127 - **[CRM-20931](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20931) Allow contact
 128   custom fields to be added to Contribution Detail report
 129   ([10713](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10713))**
 130
 131   Now one can add contact custom fields to the Contribution Detail report.
 132
 133 - **[CRM-20987](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20987) Add
 134   transaction date field to listings of transactions
 135   ([10789](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10789))**
 136
 137   On the Financial batch listing page, the "Received" column is now labeled
 138   "Transaction Date", and a new "Received" column, derived from
 139   `civicrm_contribution.receive_date`, is displayed.
 140
 141 - **[CRM-20913](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20913) Separate
 142   pledge statuses from contribution statuses
 143   ([10811](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10811),
 144   [10803](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10803), and
 145   [10737](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10737))**
 146
 147   Creates a new option group for pledge status for pledges to use.  Previously,
 148   pledges were using contribution statuses.
 149
 150 ### CiviMail
 151
 152 - **[CRM-20521](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20521) Convert list
 153   of groups and mailings in CiviMail to be loaded dynamically
 154   ([10303](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10303))**
 155
 156   This change converts list of groups and mailings in CiviMail to be loaded
 157   dynamically to improve performance.
 158
 159 ### CiviMember
 160
 161 - **[CRM-20321](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20321) Changing
 162   membership type should change related contribution
 163   ([10699](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10699))**
 164
 165   A new option ties the financial type of a membership payment contribution to the
 166   membership type of its related membership.  When that membership type gets
 167   changed and the option is set, the contribution's financial type changes.
 168
 169 ## <a name="bugs"></a>Bugs resolved
 170
 171 ### Core CiviCRM
 172
 173 - **[CRM-21135](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-21135) Activity
 174   filter preference are not remembered when enabled in display preference
 175   ([10932](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10932))**
 176
 177 - **[CRM-21076](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-21076) Fix: Can't
 178   view/edit ACL Role Assignments
 179   ([10869](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10869))**
 180
 181 - **Suppress error if fakeFile cannot be created.
 182   ([10677](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10677))**
 183
 184 - **[CRM-20947](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20947) Remove
 185   Deprecation Notice for Option group
 186   ([10788](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10788),
 187   [10782](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10782),
 188   [10768](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10768),
 189   [10750](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10750),
 190   [10743](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10743),
 191   [10732](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10732), and
 192   [10727](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10727))**
 193
 194 - **[CRM-20944](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20944) Remove
 195   Deprecation Notice caused by ActivityLinks
 196   ([10722](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10722))**
 197
 198   Removes use of CRM_Core_OptionGroup::getKey function which is deprecated
 199
 200 - **[CRM-20607](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20607) Can't save a
 201   reserved dedupe rule
 202   ([10383](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10383))**
 203
 204 - **[CRM-20577](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20577) When creating
 205   an activity per-contact when sending letters, store the version with rendered
 206   tokens ([10348](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10348))**
 207
 208 - **[CRM-20970](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20970) long postal
 209   code in db prevents searching by zipcode range
 210   ([10769](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10769))**
 211
 212   Entering a long postal code into the database was preventing searching by
 213   postal code range on some configurations.
 214
 215 - **[CRM-20973](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20973) Call to
 216   undefined function Civi\API\civicrm_api3_create_error() in Civi/API/Kernel.php
 217   on line 413 ([10773](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10773))**
 218
 219 - **[CRM-20884](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20884) broken symlink
 220   in net_smtp packages
 221   ([10676](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10676))**
 222
 223 - **[CRM-20648](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20648) Allow
 224   registration in event with cancelled registration
 225   ([10430](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10430))**
 226
 227   If a user has a canceled registration for an event civi now allows them to
 228   register on the front end for that same event.
 229
 230 - **[CRM-20995](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20995) API -
 231   Extension get - Ignores parameter full_name as created by API explorer
 232   ([10796](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10796))**
 233
 234 - **[CRM-20939](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20939) $_recent
 235   variable initialised as a string in CRM_Utils_Recent when should be an array
 236   ([10721](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10721))**
 237
 238 - **[CRM-20923](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20923) Refactor tpl
 239   for admin mail so it respects metadata
 240   ([10704](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10704))**
 241
 242 - **[CRM-20962](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20962) Issue in
 243   api_v3_SettingTest where string being used but needs to be array for php7.1
 244   ([10753](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10753))**
 245
 246   Code Improvement for PHP 7.1 compatibility
 247
 248 - **[CRM-20972](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20972) PHP7.1 New
 249   Exception generated causing failures in API_v3_SyntaxConformanceTests
 250   ([10772](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10772))**
 251
 252   Code Improvement for PHP 7.1 compatibility
 253
 254 - **[CRM-19941](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19941) PHP 7.1
 255   Compatability ([10724](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10724))**
 256
 257 - **[CRM-20969](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20969) Fix issue in
 258   reports where we try and append a new array key to string
 259   ([10765](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10765))**
 260
 261 - **[CRM-21029](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-21029) Activity
 262   report SQL syntax error
 263   ([10820](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10820))**
 264
 265   Fixes network error thrown on the Scheduled Activities dashlet "Network Error :
 266   unable to reach the server".
 267
 268 ### CiviMail
 269
 270 - **[CRM-21100](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-21100) Empty list
 271   shown in "Send test email to group" dropdown
 272   ([10895](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10895))**
 273
 274   In the preview section of a mailing, the "Send test email to groups" dropdown
 275   showed an empty list by default. This list was populated by the current
 276   list of recipients, if any. It now lists existing groups even though these are
 277   not chosen as recipients.
 278
 279 - **[CRM-21070](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-21070) Intra-rc
 280   regression:Unable to set Recipients in CiviMail in 4.7.24-rc
 281   ([10880](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10880))**
 282
 283 ### CiviContribute
 284
 285 - **[CRM-20954](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20954) Fatal SQL
 286   error when completing a partially paid contribution in localized installation
 287   ([10747](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10747))**
 288
 289 - **[CRM-20976](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20976) Improve error
 290   handling when someone tries to make a credit card contribution and no
 291   processor is configured
 292   ([10775](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10775))**
 293
 294   An error message is now displayed instead of an endless spinning wheel when
 295   someone tries to make a credit card contribution on a contribution page with
 296   no processor configured.
 297
 298 - **[CRM-20946](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20946) Wrong entries
 299   in financial table when contribution is cancelled
 300   ([10726](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10726))**
 301
 302   Fixes a bug where the wrong entries were being added to the financial table
 303   when the contribution was canceled, now uses line total of line item to store
 304   in financial item table
 305
 306 - **[CRM-21002](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-21002) Credit card
 307   type icons are incorrectly populated on backoffice live mode
 308   ([10799](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10799))**
 309
 310 - **[CRM-21027](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-21027) Next recurring
 311   payment not accurately calculated when effective date passed in
 312   ([10818](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10818))**
 313
 314   This pull request fixes a bug causing payment processors that rely on CiviCRM
 315   updating the next_sched_contribution_date for recurring to not get it updated.
 316
 317 - **[CRM-20800](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20800) User Cannot
 318   Cancel Recurring Payment With Paypal
 319   ([10833](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10833)) (Initial Work)**
 320
 321 - **[CRM-20821](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20821) Saving an
 322   existing premium product breaks the image URLs
 323   ([10761](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10761),
 324   ([10762](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10762), and
 325   [10720](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10720))**
 326
 327 ### CiviMember
 328
 329 - **[CRM-20952](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20952) Refresh
 330   membership tab on edits to membership payments
 331   ([10741](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10741))**
 332
 333 - **[CRM-20961](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20961) Non numeric
 334   php 7.1 error when running api_v3_MembershipTest
 335   ([10752](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10752))**
 336
 337 - **[CRM-20875](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20875) Import of
 338   membership custom data throws notice errors.
 339   ([10664](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10664))**
 340
 341 ### CiviSMS
 342
 343 - **[CRM-20989](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20989) SMS Provider
 344   check in Scheduled Reminders, breaks for multisite
 345   ([10792](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10792))**
 346
 347 ### CiviEvent
 348
 349 - **[CRM-20910](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20910) API call to
 350   Participant.get ignores check_permissons
 351   ([10698](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10698))**
 352
 353 - **[CRM-20967](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20967) Event
 354   Participants List shows Total paid and balance incorrect
 355   ([10763](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10763))**
 356
 357   Fixes a bug where the Participants List was showing "Total paid" and "balance"
 358   incorrect when Deferred revenue was enabled.
 359
 360 - **[CRM-17236](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-17236) Custom dates
 361   fields displayed as (01/01/1970) in Events Confirmation Reciept
 362   ([10710](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10710))**
 363
 364 - **[CRM-20915](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20915) Creating
 365   credit card registration for event stores payment method as check
 366   ([10701](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10701))**
 367
 368 - **[CRM-20943](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20943) PHP 7.1
 369   Compatability issue with Manage Events
 370   ([10748](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10748))**
 371
 372 ### Joomla Integration
 373
 374 - **[CRM-19575](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19575) Cron jobs on
 375   Joomla triggers "Use of undefined constant JDEBUG"
 376   ([10715](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10715))**
 377
 378 ## <a name="misc"></a>Miscellany
 379
 380 - **[CRM-20965](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-20965) Add Pull
 381   Request Template ([10784](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10784)
 382   and [10758](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10758))**
 383
 384   This change sets up a PR template in github to help contributers standardize
 385   their pull request documentation.
 386
 387 - **(NFC) Fix permissions on CRM/Contribute/BAO/Contribution.php
 388   ([10766](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10766))**
 389
 390 - **CRM_Utils_SQL_Select - Allow fluent query execution
 391   ([10686](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10686))**
 392
 393 - **(NFC) gitignore - Remove obsolete entries
 394   ([10714](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10714))**
 395
 396 - **regen.sh - Fix stale function call in sql/GenerateData.php
 397   ([10706](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10706))**
 398
 399 ## <a name="credits"></a>Credits
 400
 401 This release was developed by the following code authors:
 402
 403 AGH Strategies - Andrew Hunt; Australian Greens - Seamus Lee; CiviCRM - Coleman
 404 Watts, Tim Otten; CompuCorp - Michael Devery; Coop SymbioTIC - Samuel Vanhove;
 405 Electronic Frontier Foundation - Mark Burdett; Fuzion - Chris Burgess, Eileen
 406 McNaughton, Jitendra Purohit; JMA Consulting - Edsel Lopez, Monish Deb, Pradeep
 407 Nayak; John Kingsnorth; Korlon - Stuart Gaston; Left Join Labs - Sean Madsen;
 408 Megaphone Technology Consulting - Jon Goldberg; MJW Consulting - Matthew Wire;
 409 myDropWizard - David Snopek; Oxfam Germany - Thomas Schüttler; Progressive
 410 Technology Project - Jamie McClelland; Wikimedia Foundation - Eileen McNaughton
 411
 412 Most authors also reviewed code for this release; in addition, the following
 413 reviewers contributed their comments:
 414
 415 Alcohol Justice - Bruce Wolfe; Apple Street Market - Sean Prónay; British
 416 Humanist Association - William Gordon; CiviCoop - Jaap Jansma; CiviDesk -
 417 Nicolas Ganivet; CompuCorp - Guanhuan Chen, Jamie Novick; Coop SymbioTIC -
 418 Mathieu Lutfy, Stéphane Lussier; Dave Greenberg; DevMate - Adam Kwiatkowski;
 419 DreamSpace - Anthony Colombo; Francesc Bassas i Bullich; Fuzion - Peter Davis;
 420 Greenleaf Advancement - Karen Stevenson; JMA Consulting - Joe Murray; Lighthouse
 421 Design and Consulting - Brian Shaughnessy; Lionel Smith-Gordon; Nathan Brettell;
 422 National Democratic Institute - Dean Valentine; Responsive Development
 423 Technologies - Thomas Nilefalk; Semper IT - Karin Gerritsen; SEN Magazine -
 424 Jeremy Nicholls; Skvare - Mark Hanna; Stephen Palmstrom; Tadpole Collective -
 425 Kevin Cristiano; Team Expansion - Greg Harris; Thomas Bacon; Torrance Hodgson
 426
 427 ## <a name="feedback"></a>Feedback
 428
 429 These release notes are edited by Alice Frumin and Andrew Hunt.  If you'd like
 430 to provide feedback on them, please login to https://chat.civicrm.org/civicrm
 431 and contact `@agh1`.