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?                     |   no    |
  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 - **Feature Request: Ability to enable SSL for database connection. (Work
  29   Towards [dev/core#1137](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1137):
  30   [298](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-packages/pull/298))**
  31
  32   Makes ssl database connections without client certificates work in php7.
  33
  34 - **Investigate php currency library
  35   ([dev/translation#48](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/translation/-/issues/48):
  36   [17608](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17608))**
  37
  38   Implements the PHP library [brick/money](https://github.com/brick/money) to
  39   better handle currency amounts.
  40
  41 - **Replace all instances of CRM_Core_Fatal with throw new CRM_Core_Exception
  42   (Work Towards [dev/core#560](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/560):
  43   [17555](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17555),
  44   [295](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-packages/pull/295),
  45   [602](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal/pull/602),
  46   [17550](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17550),
  47   [17534](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17534),
  48   [17541](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17541),
  49   [17545](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17545) and
  50   [17539](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17539))**
  51
  52   Work towards throwing exceptions instead of fatal errors.
  53
  54 - **End of life planning for MySQL server 5.0 - 5.6 (Work Towards
  55   [dev/core#1681](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1681):
  56   [17558](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17558))**
  57
  58   Block sites from upgrading if on a MySQL version less than 5.6.5.
  59
  60 - **Create new customPre hook
  61   ([dev/core#1716](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1716):
  62   [17144](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17144))**
  63
  64    Creates a new hook customPre which makes it so one can impact or observe
  65    custom data before it is saved.
  66
  67  - **V4 activity api 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   Makes it so one can use utf8mb4 characters.
 120
 121 - **Remove slow join from activity search
 122   ([17250](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17250))**
 123
 124   Improves performance of the activity search.
 125
 126 - **Add icons to standalone contact tasks
 127   ([17667](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17667))**
 128
 129   Adds icon data to contact tasks.
 130
 131 - **Add icons to multi-valued custom groups and display on contact tab
 132   ([17531](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17531))**
 133
 134   Adds icons to multi-valued custom groups to improve user experience.
 135
 136 - **Add serialize metadata to domain.locales field
 137   ([17651](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17651))**
 138
 139   Adds metadata to help APIv4 serialize/unserialize the domain.locales
 140   field correctly.
 141
 142 - **Add smarty error event
 143   ([16918](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/16918) and
 144   [292](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-packages/pull/292))**
 145
 146   Improves debugging errors in smarty templates.
 147
 148 - **Allow HEAD requests to generate a form key
 149   ([17321](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17321))**
 150
 151   Avoids generating crashes (500 errors) when bots check links.
 152
 153 - **Include a new SqlParallel queue type that enables multiple queue runners to
 154   process in parallel
 155   ([15422](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/15422))**
 156
 157   Adds a new Sql queue type which will allow multiple runners to fetch the next
 158   available job from a queue and run in parallel.
 159
 160 - **Allow adding datepicker to metadata based settings pages
 161   ([16610](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/16610))**
 162
 163   Makes it so that datepicker can be added to metadata based settings pages by
 164   specifying html_Type='datepicker' in settings metadata.
 165
 166 - **Price Field Form: save the fid for the postProcess hook
 167   ([17639](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17639))**
 168
 169   Improves `postProcess` hook for Price Field Form by making the field id
 170   available.
 171
 172 ### CiviContribute
 173
 174 - **Add payment processor to details on list of recurring contributions
 175   ([17179](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17179))**
 176
 177   Improves the Recurring Contributions UI by adding a column for Payment
 178   Processor.
 179
 180 - **Fix all core processors to throw exceptions and not rely on the
 181   CRM_Core_Payment to convert errors to exceptions
 182   ([dev/financial#131](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/financial/-/issues/131):
 183   [17565](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17565),
 184   [17559](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17559),
 185   [17542](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17542),
 186   [17502](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17502),
 187   [17597](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17597),
 188   [17592](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17592) and
 189   [17596](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17596))**
 190
 191   Makes it so that core payment processors fail elegantly more often.
 192
 193 - **Add selfService flag to cancelSubscription getText so we can display
 194   different text for each case
 195   ([17687](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17687))**
 196
 197   Makes it so payment processor developers can identify the different contexts
 198   someone may be canceling from and display appropriate messaging.
 199
 200 ### CiviMember
 201
 202 - **Display start/end adjustment on membership status page.
 203   ([dev/core#1809](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1809):
 204   [17571](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17571))**
 205
 206   Improves the Membership Status administration page by adding columns for the
 207   start/end adjustment.
 208
 209 ## <a name="bugs"></a>Bugs resolved
 210
 211 ### Core CiviCRM
 212
 213 - **Evaluate if any indexed fields are unused (Work Towards
 214   [dev/core#1634](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1634):
 215   [17686](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17686))**
 216
 217   Remove database index on `medium_id` from `civicrm_activity`.
 218
 219 - **[Activity] Default priority value when add Activity
 220   ([dev/core#1801](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1801):
 221   [17557](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17557))**
 222
 223   Ensures when creating a new activity the priority field defaults correctly for
 224   sites not in english.
 225
 226 - **The multi-lingual multi-domain problem
 227   ([dev/core#1852](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1852):
 228   [17738](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17738) and
 229   [17733](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17733))**
 230
 231   Ensures that the list of languages civicrm_domain.locales is the same for all
 232   domains in a multi-domain set up.
 233
 234 - **APIv4 - Skip empty leaves in WHERE clause
 235   ([17576](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17576))**
 236
 237   Fixes a big in search builder where APIv4 gives a sql error
 238   while building your where clause.
 239
 240 - **Fix CRM_Utils_JS::dedupeClosures to ignore comments
 241   ([17717](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17717))**
 242
 243   Ensures comments do not interfere with deduping.
 244
 245 - **Use PHPUnit7 as the primary test runner for PHP versions >= 7.1 when using
 246   the phpunit script
 247   ([17615](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17615))**
 248
 249   Updates php unit tests to use PHPUnit7 when the PHP Unit version is 7.1 or
 250   greater.
 251
 252 - **Fix isMultilingual to use static caching and respect current domain
 253   ([17646](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17646))**
 254
 255   Improves the efficiency and accuracy of the `CRM_Core_I18n::isMultilingual`
 256   function, preventing a large number of duplicate queries on every request.
 257
 258 - **Update has_separator field in civicrm_navigation
 259   ([17579](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17579))**
 260
 261   This field was incorrectly marked as a boolean; it's actually an int with an
 262   option list.
 263
 264 - **Payment Propertybag remove warning
 265   ([17506](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17506))**
 266
 267   Do not trigger warning every time the function is called.
 268
 269 - **Fix duplicate upgrade function
 270   ([17582](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17582))**
 271
 272   Fixes a fatal error on upgrade caused by a merge conflict.
 273
 274 - **Multiple line item shown on view contribution if participant is transferred
 275   to another contact.
 276   ([dev/core#890](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/890):
 277   [16956](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/16956))**
 278
 279 - **CRM_Case_XMLProcessor::allActivityTypes() doesn't do caching right
 280   ([dev/core#1433](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1433):
 281   [17627](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17627),
 282   [17616](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17616) and
 283   [17614](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17614))**
 284
 285 - **CustomValue.GetTree API Does Not Return Display Value for Money Select/Radio
 286   Custom field ([dev/core#1566](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1566):
 287   [17008](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17008))**
 288
 289 - **whom_url missing contact ID parameter in detailed logging report
 290   ([dev/core#1749](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1749):
 291   [17440](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17440))**
 292
 293 - **Regression : File fields export results in DB error
 294   ([dev/core#1787](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1787):
 295   [17578](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17578))**
 296
 297 - **Relative date filter - End of yesterday not working properly
 298   ([dev/core#1798](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1798):
 299   [17512](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17512))**
 300
 301 - **Editing a custom field choice label changes the `name` if you do it from the
 302   custom field admin screens
 303   ([dev/core#1817](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1817):
 304   [17681](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17681))**
 305
 306 - **Custom Date field with format=yy displays calendar icon that doesn't work
 307   ([dev/core#1829](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1829):
 308   [17664](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17664))**
 309
 310 - **Noncompliant query leads to (semi-)random sorting and failing unit test
 311   CRM_Case_BAO_CaseTest::testSortByCaseContact
 312   ([dev/core#1844](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1844):
 313   [17708](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17708))**
 314
 315 - **Unable to install 5.28 on Maria DB 10.3 on Ubuntu
 316   ([dev/core#1860](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1860):
 317   [17772](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17772))**
 318
 319  - **APIv4 - filter getActions results based on user permissions
 320    ([17540](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17540))**
 321
 322 - **Pre-upgrade message for php-intl shows twice
 323   ([17748](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17748))**
 324
 325 - **Fix saving of State/Province Multi-select values
 326   ([17737](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17737))**
 327
 328 - **Graphs on Contribution Summary report replace final row with grand total
 329   value ([dev/report#40](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/report/-/issues/40):
 330   [17412](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17412))**
 331
 332 - **[regression] Attempting to access Multi-Record Custom Field import results
 333   in crash ([dev/core#1841](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1841):
 334   [17697](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17697))**
 335
 336 - **Use psr-4 instead of psr-0 in Civi directory
 337   ([17690](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17690))**
 338
 339 - **Sort options without relying on unavailable buildOptions param
 340   ([17621](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17621))**
 341
 342 - **Throw exception if id not passed into discard
 343   ([17666](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17666))**
 344
 345 - **Improve PropertyBag handling of offsetGet and custom properties; add more
 346   tests ([17588](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17588) and
 347   [17654](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17654))**
 348
 349 - **Fix validation of select2 fields in "On behalf of Organisation" block
 350   ([17672](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17672))**
 351
 352 - **Pass required attribute for quickform fields through to form
 353   ([16488](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/16488))**
 354
 355 - **CRM_Core_I18n::setLocale() - Fix bug with repeated usage
 356   ([17374](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17374))**
 357
 358 - **Bug in Grant statistics report
 359   ([17640](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17640))**
 360
 361 - **Fix retrieving MySQL version for checking as part of install requirements
 362   ([17593](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17593))**
 363
 364 - **Set ContactType.name as required in the schema.
 365   ([17548](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17548))**
 366
 367 - **Fix "Undefined variable: entryFound" notice on Bookkeeping report
 368   ([17554](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17554))**
 369
 370 - **Zip code range search only supports numeric zip codes
 371   ([17523](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17523))**
 372
 373 - **Remove isThrowException from CRM_Utils_Type::validate() signature
 374    ([17546](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17546))**
 375
 376 ### CiviContribute
 377
 378 - **Payment instrument ID is not required at processorform level
 379   ([17510](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17510))**
 380
 381   Do not throw warning if payment instrument is not sent.
 382
 383 - **Bank fee has wrong date on import in civicrm_financial_item.transaction_date
 384   incorrected uses import date rather than payment date on
 385   ([dev/core#1776](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1776):
 386   [17389](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17389))**
 387
 388   Ensures the `civicrm_financial_item.transaction_date` gets recorded correctly
 389   when importing a transaction with a bank fee.
 390
 391 - **Payment.create should not set contribution date to today
 392   ([17688](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17688))**
 393
 394 - **Fix PHP notice when we don't have credit card params
 395   ([16514](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/16514) and
 396   [17584](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17584))**
 397
 398 ### CiviEvent
 399
 400 - **Event participant_listing_id field defaults to 0 instead of Null
 401   ([dev/core#1833](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1833):
 402   [17677](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17677))**
 403
 404 ### CiviSMS
 405
 406 - **Can't change SMS recipient on non-bulk SMS
 407   ([dev/core#1840](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1840):
 408   [17691](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17691))**
 409
 410 ### Joomla Integration
 411
 412 - **Ensure that when normal routing trackable urls and opens in Joomla go to the
 413   frontend not administrator site
 414   ([17760](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17760))**
 415
 416 ### WordPress Integration
 417
 418 - **Remove `/` from the beginning and end of query string
 419   ([207](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-wordpress/pull/207))**
 420
 421   Fixes a 'You do not have permission to access this content.' error resulting
 422   from an extra '/' in the `q=` string in the url.
 423
 424 - **Base page fails to recognise Page Templates in subdirectories.
 425   ([dev/wordpress#58](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/wordpress/-/issues/58):
 426   [204](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-wordpress/pull/204))**
 427
 428   Ensures that the CiviCRM base page is correctly identified when it does not
 429   reside in the theme root directory.
 430
 431 - **undefined offset bug in BAO/FinancialAccount.php
 432   ([dev/wordpress#61](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/wordpress/-/issues/61):
 433   [17701](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17701) and
 434   [17689](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17689))**
 435
 436   Ensures that the financial account is set correctly even when the name does
 437   not match the label.
 438
 439 ## <a name="misc"></a>Miscellany
 440
 441 - **Support passing old method name into deprecatedFunctionWarning
 442   ([17552](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17552))**
 443
 444 - **Add CRM_Core_Form::isFormInViewMode and CRM_Core_Form::isFormInEditMode
 445   ([17637](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17637))**
 446
 447 - **CRM_Utils_JS - also dedupe 'use strict' directive when deduping closures
 448   ([17711](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17711))**
 449
 450 - **Add isBackOffice, isPayLater, getPaymentMode helpers to
 451   frontendpaymentformtrait
 452   ([17511](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17511))**
 453
 454 - **Fix issue $this
 455   ([589](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal/pull/589))**
 456
 457 - **Fix validateAll to no longer support unused abort param
 458   ([17544](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17544))**
 459
 460 - **Remove deprecated billingID from baseIPN
 461   ([17525](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17525))**
 462
 463 - **Add EntityFormTrait to pricefieldForm - stdised getEntityId()
 464   ([17516](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17516))**
 465
 466 - **Update contributor-key.yml
 467   ([17553](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17553))**
 468
 469 - **Export fix ([17644](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17644))**
 470
 471 - **Upgrade HTML Purifier to v4.12.0 to support for PHP7.4
 472   ([297](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-packages/pull/297))**
 473
 474 - **Temporary tables should follow consistent naming convention
 475   ([dev/core#183](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/183):
 476   [15796](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/15796))**
 477
 478 - **Remove unreachable lines
 479   ([17563](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17563))**
 480
 481 - **EventInfo template cleanup
 482   ([17581](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17581))**
 483
 484 - **Misspelled word
 485   ([17652](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17652))**
 486
 487 - **Remove a usage of deprecated funtion get_magic_quotes_gpc and also switch out
 488   {} for [] whne acecssing string or array offsets
 489   ([296](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-packages/pull/296))**
 490
 491 - **Remove unused deprecated class
 492   ([17535](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17535))**
 493
 494 - **Remove obsolete function formatWikiURL
 495   ([17726](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17726))**
 496
 497 - **[REF] Ship Flexmailer extension with Core
 498   ([17669](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17669))**
 499
 500 - **[Ref] Simplify the replacing of the email with the email from the url
 501   ([17491](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17491))**
 502
 503 - **[REF] Replace incorrect usages of array_key_exists when the variable is not
 504   an array with property_exists and also fix the parameter order for an implode
 505   statement ([17573](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17573))**
 506
 507 - **[Ref] Convert Authorize.net to use Guzzle for update subscription class, add
 508   test ([17585](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17585))**
 509
 510 - **[REF] Using {} to access string or array offsets has been deprecated in
 511   PHP7.4 ([17574](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17574))**
 512
 513 - **[Ref] Mark unused date functions as deprecated
 514   ([17487](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17487))**
 515
 516 - **[REF] Using ternary operation without nesting is deprecated and also using
 517   methods and properly instanciate the CiviCase Info object in test
 518   ([17575](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17575))**
 519
 520 - **[REF] Add in upgrade step to populate missing contact_type.name field
 521   ([17570](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17570))**
 522
 523 - **[Ref] Convert Authorize.net doDirectPayment to use guzzle & add test
 524   ([17501](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17501))**
 525
 526 - **[REF] Replace the deprecated system_rebuild_module_data function with
 527   equivilant extension.list.module service function calls to be Drupal 9
 528   compatiable ([17515](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17515))**
 529
 530 - **[Ref] Remove never reachable lines.
 531   ([17556](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17556))**
 532
 533 - **[Ref] Remove another instance of fatal()
 534   ([17549](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17549))**
 535
 536 - **[Ref] Readability extraction in Dummy class
 537   ([17543](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17543))**
 538
 539 - **[Ref] Throw exceptions from Authorize.net rather than return errors
 540   ([17500](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17500))**
 541
 542 - **[REF] Replace some instances of fatal with thrown exceptions.
 543   ([17533](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17533))**
 544
 545 - **[Ref] Remove calls to, and deprecate, unhandled function
 546   ([17499](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17499))**
 547
 548 - **[REF] Remove handling for 2 fields not on the form
 549   ([17504](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17504))**
 550
 551 - **[Ref] Remove some instances of fatal in BAO classes
 552   ([17536](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17536))**
 553
 554 - **REF Access the method not the property directly to check if a payment
 555   processor supports recurring
 556   ([17602](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17602))**
 557
 558 - **[REF] Ensure that our custom error handler is called when jquery validates
 559   and expand any collapsed accordions that are hiding required fields that
 560   haven't been filled in
 561   ([17673](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17673))**
 562
 563 - **[REF] Consolidate code in processMembership
 564   ([17611](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17611))**
 565
 566 - **[REF] Cleanup function for retrieving contact types.
 567   ([17676](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17676))**
 568
 569 - **[REF] Fix javascript syntax error
 570   ([17678](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17678))**
 571
 572 - **[REF] Fix jquery error message display on select2 field validation
 573   ([17671](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17671))**
 574
 575 - **[REF] Fix allowing users to clear values for raido custom fields when not
 576   required ([17670](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17670))**
 577
 578 - **[REF] Extract getTestTrxnID
 579   ([17642](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17642))**
 580
 581 - **[REF] Fix Compatability issue with flexmailer caused by the PHP7.4 fix
 582   ([17660](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17660))**
 583
 584 - **[REF] Ensure that the Manual Payment Processor sets the _paymentProcessor
 585   variable like other Processors to fix issues in PHP7.4 and UnitTests
 586   ([17648](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17648))**
 587
 588 - **[REF] Fix PHP7.4 Test fails when we are accessing array keys when the value
 589   is not an array
 590   ([17649](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17649))**
 591
 592 - **[REF] Fix parts of code where curly brackets were being used for array or
 593   string access which is deprecated in PHP7.4
 594   ([17647](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17647))**
 595
 596 - **[REF] Fix issue with using array access tools on NULL values
 597   ([17600](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17600))**
 598
 599 - **[REF] Replace incorrect usage of array_key_exists with property_exists in
 600   Group BAO Class
 601   ([17604](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17604))**
 602
 603 - **[REF] Add test for renewing old expired membership via form
 604   ([17564](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17564))**
 605
 606 - **[REF] Update packages to work with PHP7.4
 607   ([17598](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17598))**
 608
 609 - **[REF] Fix another couple of uses of array_key_exists when the variable being
 610   checked is an object
 611   ([17601](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17601))**
 612
 613 - **[REF] Remove deprecated methods of booting drupal container and getting
 614   drupal timezone information
 615   ([17522](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17522))**
 616
 617 - **[REF] Fix some additional issues where curly braces were being used to
 618   access string or array offsets
 619   ([17599](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17599))**
 620
 621 - **[NFC] Update existing APIv3 MembershipType Tests to also test against APIv4
 622   as appropriate ([17528](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17528))**
 623
 624 - **NFC cleanup docblocks in CRM_Utils_JS
 625   ([17714](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17714))**
 626
 627 - **[NFC] Update flexmailer to be PHP7.4 compatible
 628   ([17779](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17779))**
 629
 630 - **[NFC] Include flexmailer in distmaker
 631   ([17768](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17768))**
 632
 633 - **[NFC] Fix some outdated wiki links
 634   ([17739](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17739))**
 635
 636 - **[NFC] Fix contributor key for Lighthouse Consulting and Design
 637   ([17727](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17727))**
 638
 639 - **[NFC] Update PHPUnit Configuration file to be compatible with PHPUnit7
 640   ([605](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal/pull/605))**
 641
 642 - **[NFC] Fix Unit test failure on MySQL 8 due to mysql ordering issue
 643   ([17674](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17674))**
 644
 645 - **[NFC] Fix tests in preparation for phpunit7
 646   ([17661](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17661))**
 647
 648 - **[NFC] Remove instances where html is passed to crmMoney
 649   ([17612](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17612))**
 650
 651 - **[NFC] Add assertions to existing test to lock in current behaviour
 652   ([17605](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17605))**
 653
 654 - **[NFC] Update mocking to use getMockBuilder instead instead of createMock
 655   ([17606](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17606))**
 656
 657 - **NFC Formatting cleanup on contribution/recur templates
 658   ([17603](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17603))**
 659
 660 - **[NFC] Minor code cleanup
 661   ([17566](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/17566))**
 662
 663 - **[NFC] Update PHPUnit configuration to be compatible with PHPUnit7
 664   ([120](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-backdrop/pull/120))**
 665
 666 - **[NFC] Update PHPUnit configuration to be compatible with PHPUnit7
 667   ([206](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-wordpress/pull/206))**
 668
 669 ## <a name="credits"></a>Credits
 670
 671 This release was developed by the following code authors:
 672
 673 AGH Strategies - Alice Frumin, Andrew Hunt; British Humanist Association -
 674 Andrew West; Christian Wach; Circle Interactive - Pradeep Nayak; CiviCRM -
 675 Coleman Watts, Tim Otten; CiviDesk - Yashodha Chaku; CompuCorp - Ivan; Coop
 676 SymbioTIC - Mathieu Lutfy, Samuel Vanhove; Dave D; Dietermartens; ES-Progress -
 677 Sandor Semsey; Flinders University of South Australia - Tom Anderson; Fuzion -
 678 Jitendra Purohit; JMA Consulting - Seamus Lee; Lighthouse Consulting and
 679 Design- Brian Shaughnessy; Marcin Lewandowski; Megaphone Technology Consulting -
 680 Jon Goldberg; MJW Consulting - Matthew Wire; Tadpole Collective - Kevin
 681 Cristiano; Wikimedia Foundation - Eileen McNaughton
 682
 683 Most authors also reviewed code for this release; in addition, the following
 684 reviewers contributed their comments:
 685
 686 a-n The Artists Information Company - William Mortada; Agileware - Francis
 687 Whittle, Justin Freeman; Andrew Thompson; Artful Robot - Rich Lott; Betty
 688 Dolfing; Blackfly Solutions - Alan Dixon; CiviCoop - Jaap Jansma; Fuzion - Luke
 689 Stewart, Peter Davis; JMA Consulting - Joe Murray; MJCO - Mikey O'Toole; Semper
 690 IT - Karin Gerritsen; Squiffle Consulting - Aidan Saunders; Third Sector Design:
 691 Eriol Fox; Timbsoft Technologies - Tunbola Ogunwande;
 692
 693 ## <a name="feedback"></a>Feedback
 694
 695 These release notes are edited by Alice Frumin and Andrew Hunt.  If you'd like
 696 to provide feedback on them, please log in to https://chat.civicrm.org/civicrm
 697 and contact `@agh1`.