release-notes/5.28.0.md

   1 # CiviCRM 5.28.0
   2
   3 Released August 5, 2020
   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?**                 | **yes** |
  20 | **Fix problems installing or upgrading to a previous version?** | **yes** |
  21 | **Introduce features?**                                         | **yes** |
  22 | **Fix bugs?**                                                   | **yes** |
  23
  24 ## <a name="features"></a>Features
  25
  26 ### CiviCRM Core
  27
  28 - **End of life planning for MySQL server 5.0 - 5.6 (Work Towards
  29   [dev/core#1681](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1681):
  30   [17558](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17558))**
  31
  32   Block sites from upgrading if on a MySQL version less than 5.6.5.
  33
  34 - **Ability to enable SSL for database connection. (Work Towards
  35   [dev/core#1137](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1137):
  36   [298](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-packages/pull/298))**
  37
  38   Makes SSL database connections without client certificates work in PHP 7.
  39
  40 - **Create new customPre hook
  41   ([dev/core#1716](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1716):
  42   [17144](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17144))**
  43
  44    Creates a new hook customPre which makes it so one can impact or observe
  45    custom data before it is saved.
  46
  47 - **Investigate PHP currency library
  48   ([dev/translation#48](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/translation/-/issues/48):
  49   [17608](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17608))**
  50
  51   Implements the PHP library [brick/money](https://github.com/brick/money) to
  52   better handle currency amounts.
  53
  54 - **Replace all instances of CRM_Core_Fatal with throw new CRM_Core_Exception
  55   (Work Towards [dev/core#560](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/560):
  56   [17555](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17555),
  57   [295](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-packages/pull/295),
  58   [602](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal/pull/602),
  59   [17550](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17550),
  60   [17534](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17534),
  61   [17541](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17541),
  62   [17545](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17545) and
  63   [17539](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17539))**
  64
  65   Work towards throwing exceptions instead of fatal errors.
  66
  67 - **APIv4 - Activity has no default for activity_date_time
  68   ([dev/core#1782](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1782):
  69   [17450](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17450))**
  70
  71   Sets the default for `activity_date_time` and `created_date` as the current
  72   date when using the APIv4 Activity.
  73
  74 - **Update guzzle to d8 latest
  75   ([dev/core#1803](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1803):
  76   [17551](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17551))**
  77
  78   This updates guzzle to version 6.5.4, civicrm/civicrm-cxn-rpc to "version"
  79   "v0.19.01.00", guzzlehttp/psr7 to version 1.6.1 and  psr/log to version 1.1.3
  80
  81 - **APIv4 - Improve row_count to work with HAVING, GROUP BY, and SELECT
  82   ([17704](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17704))**
  83
  84   This changes the meaning of $result->count(), to give a total count of
  85   filtered items, ignoring limit and offset.
  86
  87 - **APIv4 - Add more SQL functions
  88   ([17692](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17692))**
  89
  90   Adds support for additional SQL functions in APIv4. Also categorizes them and
  91   adds translated titles for the new Search Builder.
  92
  93 - **APIv4 - Add titles and icons to entities
  94   ([17527](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17527) and
  95   [17685](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17685))**
  96
  97   Adds titles and icons to DAO entities and expose them to APIv4 Entity::get and
  98   adds meta-metadata.
  99
 100 - **APIv4 Explorer - UI support for join ON clause
 101   ([17682](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17682))**
 102
 103   Improves the APIv4 explorer to give selectable clauses when adding a JOIN.
 104
 105 - **Add permission metadata to contact is_deleted field
 106   ([17721](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17721))**
 107
 108   Improves the contact schema metadata.
 109
 110 - **API/DAO Metadata - Retain versioning metadata for possible usage in
 111   runtime+tooling
 112   ([17735](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17735))**
 113
 114   Adds metadata to indicate when fields are created.
 115
 116 - **Connect to database using SET NAMES utf8mb4
 117   ([17716](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17716))**
 118
 119   This change makes it so one can use utf8mb4 characters.  However, databases
 120   that do not support utf8mb4 will not be affected.
 121
 122 - **Remove slow join from activity search
 123   ([17250](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17250))**
 124
 125   Improves performance of the activity search.
 126
 127 - **Add icons to standalone contact tasks
 128   ([17667](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17667))**
 129
 130   This adds icon data to contact tasks that appear in the new search builder
 131   extension.
 132
 133 - **Add icons to multi-valued custom groups and display on contact tab
 134   ([17531](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17531))**
 135
 136   Custom data sets that appear as tabs can now have configurable icons to
 137   display on the tab.
 138
 139 - **Add serialize metadata to domain.locales field
 140   ([17651](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17651))**
 141
 142   Adds metadata to help APIv4 serialize/unserialize the domain.locales
 143   field correctly.
 144
 145 - **Add Smarty error event
 146   ([16918](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/16918) and
 147   [292](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-packages/pull/292))**
 148
 149   Improves debugging errors in Smarty templates.
 150
 151 - **Allow HEAD requests to generate a form key
 152   ([17321](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17321))**
 153
 154   Avoids generating crashes (500 errors) when bots check links.
 155
 156 - **Include a new SqlParallel queue type that enables multiple queue runners to
 157   process in parallel
 158   ([15422](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/15422))**
 159
 160   Adds a new SQL queue type which will allow multiple runners to fetch the next
 161   available job from a queue and run in parallel.
 162
 163 - **Allow adding datepicker to metadata based settings pages
 164   ([16610](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/16610))**
 165
 166   Makes it so that datepicker can be added to metadata based settings pages by
 167   specifying html_Type='datepicker' in settings metadata.
 168
 169 ### CiviContribute
 170
 171 - **Add payment processor to details on list of recurring contributions
 172   ([17179](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17179))**
 173
 174   The list of recurring contributions now has a column showing the payment
 175   processor.
 176
 177 - **Fix all core processors to throw exceptions and not rely on the
 178   CRM_Core_Payment to convert errors to exceptions
 179   ([dev/financial#131](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/financial/-/issues/131):
 180   [17565](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17565),
 181   [17559](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17559),
 182   [17542](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17542),
 183   [17502](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17502),
 184   [17500](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17500),
 185   [17597](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17597),
 186   [17592](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17592) and
 187   [17596](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17596))**
 188
 189   Makes it so that core payment processors fail gracefully more often.
 190
 191 - **Add selfService flag to cancelSubscription getText so we can display
 192   different text for each case
 193   ([17687](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17687))**
 194
 195   Makes it so payment processor developers can identify the different contexts
 196   someone may be canceling from and display appropriate messaging.
 197
 198 - **Price Field Form - Save the fid for the postProcess hook
 199   ([17639](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17639))**
 200
 201   Improves `postProcess` hook for Price Field Form by making the field id
 202   available.
 203
 204 - **Improve error handling on IPN
 205   ([18062](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/18062))**
 206
 207   The error message and backtrace from a failed PayPal Website Payments Standard
 208   instant payment notification (IPN) are now logged.
 209
 210 ### CiviMember
 211
 212 - **Display start/end adjustment on membership status page.
 213   ([dev/core#1809](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1809):
 214   [17571](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17571))**
 215
 216   Improves the Membership Status administration page by adding columns for the
 217   start/end adjustment.
 218
 219 ### WordPress Integration
 220
 221 - **Provide concrete details about civicrm.files
 222   ([18011](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/18011) follows on
 223   [dev/wordpress#66](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/wordpress/-/issues/66), see
 224   also [17868](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17868))**
 225
 226   A message will appear after an upgrade to 5.28.0 or later specifying the
 227   calculated and expected file upload locations.
 228
 229   Changes appearing in 5.27 have been reverted but will be reapplied in 5.29
 230   after more notice is provided.
 231
 232 ## <a name="bugs"></a>Bugs resolved
 233
 234 ### Core CiviCRM
 235
 236 - **Contact image is broken
 237   ([dev/wordpress#62](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/wordpress/-/issues/62):
 238   [17853](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17853))**
 239
 240   This resolves a problem on sites managed with Git where the `db.json` file
 241   would be missed.
 242
 243 - **Evaluate if any indexed fields are unused (Work Towards
 244   [dev/core#1634](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1634):
 245   [17686](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17686))**
 246
 247   Remove database index on `medium_id` from `civicrm_activity`.
 248
 249 - **Activity - Default priority value when adding an activity
 250   ([dev/core#1801](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1801):
 251   [17557](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17557))**
 252
 253   Ensures when creating a new activity the priority field defaults correctly for
 254   sites not in english.
 255
 256 - **The multi-lingual multi-domain problem
 257   ([dev/core#1852](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1852):
 258   [17738](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17738) and
 259   [17733](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17733))**
 260
 261   Ensures that the list of languages civicrm_domain.locales is the same for all
 262   domains in a multi-domain set up.
 263
 264 - **APIv4 - Skip empty leaves in WHERE clause
 265   ([17576](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17576))**
 266
 267   Fixes a bug in search builder where APIv4 gives a SQL error while building
 268   your where clause.
 269
 270 - **Offset is not respected in Date Preferences
 271   ([dev/core#1847](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1847) and
 272   [dev/core#1874](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1874):
 273   [17762](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17762) and
 274   [17836](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17836))**
 275
 276 - **Fix CRM_Utils_JS::dedupeClosures to ignore comments
 277   ([17717](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17717))**
 278
 279   Ensures comments do not interfere with deduping.
 280
 281 - **Use PHPUnit7 as the primary test runner
 282   ([17615](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17615),
 283   [17661](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17661),
 284   [120](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-backdrop/pull/120),
 285   [605](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal/pull/605),
 286   [206](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-wordpress/pull/206))**
 287
 288 - **Fix isMultilingual to use static caching and respect current domain
 289   ([17646](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17646))**
 290
 291   Improves the efficiency and accuracy of the `CRM_Core_I18n::isMultilingual`
 292   function, preventing a large number of duplicate queries on every request.
 293
 294 - **Update has_separator field in civicrm_navigation
 295   ([17579](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17579))**
 296
 297   This field was incorrectly marked as a boolean; it's actually an int with an
 298   option list.
 299
 300 - **Civi\Payment\PropertyBag - Remove warning
 301   ([17506](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17506))**
 302
 303 - **Fix duplicate upgrade function
 304   ([17582](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17582))**
 305
 306   Fixes a fatal error on upgrade caused by a merge conflict.
 307
 308 - **CRM_Case_XMLProcessor::allActivityTypes() doesn't do caching right
 309   ([dev/core#1433](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1433):
 310   [17627](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17627),
 311   [17616](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17616) and
 312   [17614](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17614))**
 313
 314 - **CustomValue.GetTree API Does Not Return Display Value for Money Select/Radio
 315   Custom field ([dev/core#1566](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1566):
 316   [17008](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17008))**
 317
 318 - **whom_url missing contact ID parameter in detailed logging report
 319   ([dev/core#1749](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1749):
 320   [17440](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17440))**
 321
 322 - **Regression - File fields export results in DB error
 323   ([dev/core#1787](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1787):
 324   [17578](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17578))**
 325
 326 - **Relative date filter - End of yesterday not working properly
 327   ([dev/core#1798](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1798):
 328   [17512](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17512))**
 329
 330 - **Editing a custom field choice label changes the `name` if you do it from the
 331   custom field admin screens
 332   ([dev/core#1817](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1817):
 333   [17681](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17681))**
 334
 335 - **Custom Date field with format=yy displays calendar icon that doesn't work
 336   ([dev/core#1829](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1829):
 337   [17664](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17664))**
 338
 339 - **Unable to install 5.28 on Maria DB 10.3 on Ubuntu
 340   ([dev/core#1860](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1860):
 341   [17772](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17772))**
 342
 343 - **APIv4 - Filter getActions results based on user permissions
 344   ([17540](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17540))**
 345
 346 - **Pre-upgrade message for php-intl shows twice
 347   ([17748](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17748))**
 348
 349 - **Fix saving of State/Province Multi-select values
 350   ([17737](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17737))**
 351
 352 - **[regression] Attempting to access Multi-Record Custom Field import results
 353   in crash ([dev/core#1841](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1841):
 354   [17697](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17697))**
 355
 356 - **Use PSR-4 instead of PSR-0 in Civi directory
 357   ([17690](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17690))**
 358
 359 - **Sort options without relying on unavailable buildOptions param
 360   ([17621](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17621))**
 361
 362 - **Throw exception if id not passed into discard
 363   ([17666](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17666))**
 364
 365 - **Fix validation of select2 fields in "On behalf of Organisation" block
 366   ([17672](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17672))**
 367
 368 - **Pass required attribute for quickform fields through to form
 369   ([16488](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/16488) and
 370   [17929](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17929) related to
 371   [dev/core#1903](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1903))**
 372
 373 - **CRM_Core_I18n::setLocale() - Fix bug with repeated usage
 374   ([17374](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17374))**
 375
 376 - **Fix retrieving MySQL version for checking as part of install requirements
 377   ([17593](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17593))**
 378
 379 - **Set ContactType.name as required in the schema.
 380   ([17548](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17548),
 381   [17570](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17570), and
 382   [18070](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/18070) related to
 383   [dev/core#1927](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1927))**
 384
 385 - **Fix "Undefined variable: entryFound" notice on Bookkeeping report
 386   ([17554](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17554))**
 387
 388 - **Zip code range search only supports numeric zip codes
 389   ([17523](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17523))**
 390
 391   Rather than causing a database error, this displays an error message when
 392   attempting to search a postal code range using non-numeric postal codes.
 393
 394 - **Remove isThrowException from CRM_Utils_Type::validate() signature
 395    ([17546](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17546))**
 396
 397 - **`codeVersion` not displayed in system status check error message about db
 398   version vs codeversion
 399   ([dev/core#1882](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1882):
 400   [17854](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17854))**
 401
 402 - **"Merge" form moves unchecked related entities (intra-RC regression)
 403   ([dev/core#1930](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1930):
 404   [18079](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/18079))**
 405
 406 ### CiviCase
 407
 408 - **Non-compliant query leads to (semi-)random sorting and failing unit test
 409   CRM_Case_BAO_CaseTest::testSortByCaseContact
 410   ([dev/core#1844](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1844):
 411   [17708](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17708))**
 412
 413 ### CiviContribute
 414
 415 - **Payment instrument ID is not required at processorform level
 416   ([17510](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17510))**
 417
 418   Do not throw warning if payment instrument is not sent.
 419
 420 - **Bank fee has wrong date on import in civicrm_financial_item.transaction_date
 421   incorrected uses import date rather than payment date on
 422   ([dev/core#1776](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1776):
 423   [17389](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17389))**
 424
 425   Ensures the `civicrm_financial_item.transaction_date` gets recorded correctly
 426   when importing a transaction with a bank fee.
 427
 428 - **Payment.create should not set contribution date to today
 429   ([17688](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17688))**
 430
 431 - **Fix PHP notice when we don't have credit card params
 432   ([16514](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/16514) and
 433   [17584](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17584))**
 434
 435 - **Improve PropertyBag handling of offsetGet and custom properties; add more
 436   tests ([17588](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17588) and
 437   [17654](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17654))**
 438
 439 - **Graphs on Contribution Summary report replace final row with grand total
 440   value ([dev/report#40](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/report/-/issues/40):
 441   [17412](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17412))**
 442
 443 - **"Undefined offset" bug in BAO/FinancialAccount.php
 444   ([dev/wordpress#61](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/wordpress/-/issues/61):
 445   [17701](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17701) and
 446   [17689](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17689))**
 447
 448   Ensures that the financial account is set correctly even when the name does
 449   not match the label.
 450
 451 ### CiviEvent
 452
 453 - **Event participant_listing_id field defaults to 0 instead of Null
 454   ([dev/core#1833](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1833):
 455   [17677](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17677))**
 456
 457 - **Multiple line item shown on view contribution if participant is transferred
 458   to another contact.
 459   ([dev/core#890](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/890):
 460   [16956](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/16956))**
 461
 462 ### CiviGrant
 463
 464 - **Bug in Grant statistics report
 465   ([17640](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17640))**
 466
 467 ### CiviSMS
 468
 469 - **Can't change SMS recipient on non-bulk SMS
 470   ([dev/core#1840](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1840):
 471   [17691](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17691))**
 472
 473 ### Drupal Integration
 474
 475 - **Error: Class 'CRM_Upgrade_Incremental_General' not found in
 476   Civi\Install\Requirements->checkMysqlVersion()
 477   ([dev/drupal#131](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/drupal/-/issues/131):
 478   [18066](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/18066))**
 479
 480 ### Joomla Integration
 481
 482 - **Ensure that when normal routing trackable urls and opens in Joomla go to the
 483   frontend not administrator site
 484   ([17760](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17760))**
 485
 486 ### WordPress Integration
 487
 488 - **Remove `/` from the beginning and end of query string
 489   ([207](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-wordpress/pull/207))**
 490
 491   Fixes a 'You do not have permission to access this content.' error resulting
 492   from an extra '/' in the `q=` string in the url.
 493
 494 - **Base page fails to recognise Page Templates in subdirectories.
 495   ([dev/wordpress#58](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/wordpress/-/issues/58):
 496   [204](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-wordpress/pull/204))**
 497
 498   Ensures that the CiviCRM base page is correctly identified when it does not
 499   reside in the theme root directory.
 500
 501 - **Prevent session from starting during WordPress pseudo cron procedures
 502   ([dev/core#1889](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1889):
 503   [17890](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17890) and
 504   [210](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-wordpress/pull/210))**
 505
 506 ## <a name="misc"></a>Miscellany
 507
 508 - **Ship Flexmailer extension with civicrm-core
 509   ([17669](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17669),
 510   ([17768](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17768))**
 511
 512 - **Support passing old method name into deprecatedFunctionWarning
 513   ([17552](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17552))**
 514
 515 - **Add CRM_Core_Form::isFormInViewMode and CRM_Core_Form::isFormInEditMode
 516   ([17637](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17637))**
 517
 518 - **CRM_Utils_JS - Dedupe 'use strict' directive
 519   ([17711](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17711))**
 520
 521 - **Add isBackOffice, isPayLater, getPaymentMode helpers to
 522   frontendpaymentformtrait
 523   ([17511](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17511))**
 524
 525 - **Fix issue $this
 526   ([589](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal/pull/589))**
 527
 528 - **Fix validateAll to no longer support unused abort param
 529   ([17544](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17544))**
 530
 531 - **Remove deprecated billingID from baseIPN
 532   ([17525](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17525))**
 533
 534 - **Add EntityFormTrait to pricefieldForm - stdised getEntityId()
 535   ([17516](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17516))**
 536
 537 - **Update contributor-key.yml
 538   ([17553](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17553))**
 539
 540 - **Export fix ([17644](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17644))**
 541
 542 - **Upgrade HTML Purifier to v4.12.0 to support for PHP7.4
 543   ([297](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-packages/pull/297))**
 544
 545 - **Temporary tables should follow consistent naming convention
 546   ([dev/core#183](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/183):
 547   [15796](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/15796))**
 548
 549 - **Remove unreachable lines
 550   ([17563](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17563))**
 551
 552 - **EventInfo template cleanup
 553   ([17581](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17581))**
 554
 555 - **[NFC] Misspelled word
 556   ([17652](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17652))**
 557
 558 - **Remove a usage of deprecated funtion get_magic_quotes_gpc and also switch out
 559   {} for [] whne acecssing string or array offsets
 560   ([296](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-packages/pull/296))**
 561
 562 - **Remove unused deprecated class
 563   ([17535](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17535))**
 564
 565 - **Remove obsolete function formatWikiURL
 566   ([17726](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17726))**
 567
 568 - **[REF] Simplify the replacing of the email with the email from the url
 569   ([17491](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17491))**
 570
 571 - **[REF] Replace incorrect usages of array_key_exists when the variable is not
 572   an array with property_exists and also fix the parameter order for an implode
 573   statement ([17573](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17573))**
 574
 575 - **[REF] Convert Authorize.net to use Guzzle for update subscription class, add
 576   test ([17585](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17585))**
 577
 578 - **[REF] Using {} to access string or array offsets has been deprecated in
 579   PHP7.4 ([17574](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17574))**
 580
 581 - **[REF] Mark unused date functions as deprecated
 582   ([17487](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17487))**
 583
 584 - **[REF] Using ternary operation without nesting is deprecated and also using
 585   methods and properly instanciate the CiviCase Info object in test
 586   ([17575](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17575))**
 587
 588 - **[REF] Convert Authorize.net doDirectPayment to use guzzle & add test
 589   ([17501](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17501))**
 590
 591 - **[REF] Replace the deprecated system_rebuild_module_data function with
 592   equivilant extension.list.module service function calls to be Drupal 9
 593   compatiable ([17515](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17515))**
 594
 595 - **[REF] Remove never reachable lines.
 596   ([17556](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17556))**
 597
 598 - **[REF] Remove another instance of fatal()
 599   ([17549](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17549))**
 600
 601 - **[REF] Readability extraction in Dummy class
 602   ([17543](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17543))**
 603
 604 - **[REF] Replace some instances of fatal with thrown exceptions.
 605   ([17533](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17533))**
 606
 607 - **[REF] Remove calls to, and deprecate, unhandled function
 608   ([17499](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17499))**
 609
 610 - **[REF] Remove handling for 2 fields not on the form
 611   ([17504](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17504))**
 612
 613 - **[REF] Remove some instances of fatal in BAO classes
 614   ([17536](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17536))**
 615
 616 - **[REF] Access the method not the property directly to check if a payment
 617   processor supports recurring
 618   ([17602](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17602))**
 619
 620 - **[REF] Ensure that our custom error handler is called when jQuery validates
 621   and expand any collapsed accordions that are hiding required fields that
 622   haven't been filled in
 623   ([17673](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17673))**
 624
 625 - **[REF] Consolidate code in processMembership
 626   ([17611](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17611))**
 627
 628 - **[REF] Cleanup function for retrieving contact types.
 629   ([17676](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17676))**
 630
 631 - **[REF] Fix Javascript syntax error
 632   ([17678](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17678))**
 633
 634 - **[REF] Fix jQuery error message display on select2 field validation
 635   ([17671](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17671))**
 636
 637 - **[REF] Fix allowing users to clear values for raido custom fields when not
 638   required ([17670](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17670))**
 639
 640 - **[REF] Extract getTestTrxnID
 641   ([17642](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17642))**
 642
 643 - **Update Flexmailer to be PHP7.4 compatible
 644   ([17779](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17779), [17660](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17660))**
 645
 646 - **[REF] Ensure that the Manual Payment Processor sets the _paymentProcessor
 647   variable like other Processors to fix issues in PHP7.4 and UnitTests
 648   ([17648](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17648))**
 649
 650 - **[REF] Fix PHP7.4 Test fails when we are accessing array keys when the value
 651   is not an array
 652   ([17649](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17649))**
 653
 654 - **[REF] Fix parts of code where curly brackets were being used for array or
 655   string access which is deprecated in PHP7.4
 656   ([17647](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17647))**
 657
 658 - **[REF] Fix issue with using array access tools on NULL values
 659   ([17600](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17600))**
 660
 661 - **[REF] Replace incorrect usage of array_key_exists with property_exists in
 662   Group BAO Class
 663   ([17604](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17604))**
 664
 665 - **[REF] Add test for renewing old expired membership via form
 666   ([17564](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17564))**
 667
 668 - **[REF] Update packages to work with PHP7.4
 669   ([17598](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17598))**
 670
 671 - **[REF] Fix another couple of uses of array_key_exists when the variable being
 672   checked is an object
 673   ([17601](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17601))**
 674
 675 - **[REF] Remove deprecated methods of booting Drupal container and getting
 676   Drupal timezone information
 677   ([17522](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17522))**
 678
 679 - **[REF] Fix some additional issues where curly braces were being used to
 680   access string or array offsets
 681   ([17599](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17599))**
 682
 683 - **[NFC] Update existing APIv3 MembershipType Tests to also test against APIv4
 684   as appropriate ([17528](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17528))**
 685
 686 - **[NFC] cleanup docblocks in CRM_Utils_JS
 687   ([17714](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17714))**
 688
 689 - **[NFC] Fix some outdated wiki links
 690   ([17739](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17739))**
 691
 692 - **[NFC] Fix contributor key for Lighthouse Consulting and Design
 693   ([17727](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17727))**
 694
 695 - **[NFC] Fix unit test failure on MySQL 8 due to ordering issue
 696   ([17674](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17674))**
 697
 698 - **[NFC] Remove instances where html is passed to crmMoney
 699   ([17612](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17612))**
 700
 701 - **[NFC] Add assertions to existing test to lock in current behaviour
 702   ([17605](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17605))**
 703
 704 - **[NFC] Update mocking to use getMockBuilder instead instead of createMock
 705   ([17606](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17606))**
 706
 707 - **[NFC] Formatting cleanup on contribution/recur templates
 708   ([17603](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17603))**
 709
 710 - **[NFC] Minor code cleanup
 711   ([17566](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17566))**
 712
 713 - **MembershipRenewalTest - Fix failure
 714   ([17830](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17830))**
 715
 716 - **[REF] Fix regression where adding any date based field onto a profile
 717   triggers an error date preferences not configured when previewing the profile
 718   ([17973](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17973))**
 719
 720 - **[NFC] Port some recent test fixes from master to 5.28
 721   ([18053](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/18053))**
 722
 723 ## <a name="credits"></a>Credits
 724
 725 This release was developed by the following code authors:
 726
 727 AGH Strategies - Alice Frumin, Andie Hunt; British Humanist Association -
 728 Andrew West; Christian Wach; Circle Interactive - Pradeep Nayak; CiviCRM -
 729 Coleman Watts, Tim Otten; CiviDesk - Yashodha Chaku; CompuCorp - Ivan; Coop
 730 SymbioTIC - Mathieu Lutfy, Samuel Vanhove; Dave D; Dietermartens; ES-Progress -
 731 Sandor Semsey; Flinders University of South Australia - Tom Anderson; Fuzion -
 732 Jitendra Purohit; JMA Consulting - Seamus Lee; Lighthouse Consulting and
 733 Design- Brian Shaughnessy; Marcin Lewandowski; Megaphone Technology Consulting -
 734 Jon Goldberg; MJW Consulting - Matthew Wire; Tadpole Collective - Kevin
 735 Cristiano; Wikimedia Foundation - Eileen McNaughton
 736
 737 Most authors also reviewed code for this release; in addition, the following
 738 reviewers contributed their comments:
 739
 740 a-n The Artists Information Company - William Mortada; Agileware - Francis
 741 Whittle, Justin Freeman; Andrew Thompson; Artful Robot - Rich Lott; Betty
 742 Dolfing; Blackfly Solutions - Alan Dixon; CiviCoop - Jaap Jansma; Fuzion - Luke
 743 Stewart, Peter Davis; JMA Consulting - Joe Murray; MJCO - Mikey O'Toole; Semper
 744 IT - Karin Gerritsen; Squiffle Consulting - Aidan Saunders; Third Sector Design:
 745 Eriol Fox; Timbsoft Technologies - Tunbola Ogunwande
 746
 747 ## <a name="feedback"></a>Feedback
 748
 749 These release notes are edited by Alice Frumin and Andie Hunt.  If you'd like
 750 to provide feedback on them, please log in to https://chat.civicrm.org/civicrm
 751 and contact `@agh1`.