v4 Upgrade guide

Deprecations

• ViewMaker::guessViewFileExtension,
• App::before
• Events: router.before, router.after, router.beforeRoute use Illuminate\\Routing\\Events\\Routing instead
• Helper Methods: root_url, assets_url, image_url, image_path, uploads_url, site_url, assets_path, extension_path,

Changes:

• Now using an email address instead of a username for admin login
• App::hasDatabase > Igniter::hasDatabase
• App::extensionsPath > Igniter::extensionsPath
• App::themesPath > Igniter::themesPath()
• system config values are now under igniter.system
• Extension config files are no longer merged automatically. You must use Laravel’s mergeConfigFrom() method from your extension boot method
• Renamed mail templates namespace admin:: > igniter.admin::, main:: > igntier.main:: , system:: > igniter.system::
• Renamed translations string keys: admin::lang. > igniter::admin., main::lang. > igntier::main. , system::lang. > igniter::system.
• Extend exception handler using reportable and renderable callbacks instead of overriding class (ADVANCED level)
• Media storage location moved to public/media/{uploads, attachments}
• Replace extension path symbol from $\\vendor\\extension\\* to vendor.extension::\\*
• Removed migration group DB column
  • Now using prefixed migration: admin, main, system > igniter.{admin, main, system}
• Prefix class namespaces Admin\\, Main\\, System\\ > Igniter\\{Admin,Main,System}
• Moved all controller classes from \\Admin\\Controllers\\* > \\Igniter\\Admin\\Http\\Controllers\\* and middlewares from Admin\\Middleware\\ > Igniter\\Admin\\Http\\Middleware\\* and controller actions Admin\\Actions\\ > Igniter\\Admin\\Http\\Actions\\
• Move customer and customer group model, controller, and form request classes from Igniter\\Admin to Igniter\\Main
• Moved System\\Models\\Theme > Igniter\\Main\\Models\\Theme, System\\Controllers\\Themes > Igniter\\Main\\Http\\Controllers\\Themes, System\\Classes\\Theme > Igniter\\Main\\Classes\\Theme
• Move customer and customer group model lang strings lang:admin::lang.customers. & lang:admin::lang.customer_groups > lang:igniter::main.customers. & lang:igniter::main.customer_groups
• Now using laravel’s auth and gates: moved admin auth logic from controller to middleware
• Models\\Customer::getName > getFullName
• Singletons have their drawbacks so no longer used: you can now resolve most manager classes through Laravel’s IoC so no need to call the instance() method on a manager class just resolve the class through the IoC resolve(Manager::class)
• Change MainController::remap signature from $url to $method, $parameters for consistency
• Remove $code from method signature on ThemeManager::loadTheme
• Changed $themeCode > $path method signature on ThemeManager::getMetaFromFile
• Changed $theme on Page::getDropdownOptions method signature to accept string
• Instead of hacking the Mailer classs, use mixins on the Mail facade to add methods for sending registered mail templates: Mail::queue() > Mail::queueTemplate() & Mail::send() > Mail::sendTemplate()
• Deprecated MailManager::addContentToMailer method to use template Mailable::buildView method instead.
• Moved \\Igniter\\Flame\\Cart into cart extension
• Moved Igniter\\Flame\\Location\\AbstractOrderType to Igniter\\Local\\Classes\\AbstractOrderType & Igniter\\Flame\\Location\\OrderTypes to Igniter\\Local\\Classes\\OrderTypes
• Now using mixing to extend the mail and string services
• Deprecated Igniter\\Flame\\Support\\Facades\\Str facades
• Deprecated Staffs_model and Staff_groups_model for UserGroup and User model
• New default view files for index, edit, create, and preview controller actions so you no longer need to create these view files for your admin controller actions
• Deprecated extension:install, extension:remove, theme:install, theme:remove commands in favor of composer install and remove commands
• Media settings moved to the igniter.system config file
• Replaced bootstrap-multiselect JS plugin with selectize JS plugin
• No longer using SendsMailTemplate model trait.. Using Laravel Mailable instead.
• You can now register custom location settings just like you would for system settings by adding a registerLocationSettings to your extension class.
• Replaced Location::getOption with Location::getSettings
• Moved Igniter\\Local\\Classes\\AbstractOrderType to Igniter\\Cart\\Classes\\AbstractOrderType & Igniter\\Local\\Classes\\OrderTypes to Igniter\\Cart\\Classes\\OrderTypes
• The structure for the dateTimeFilter option on the Order and Reservation model scope listFrontend has changed to ['startAt' => '', 'endAt' => '']

Database changes:

• Merge staff records into admin_users table and rename staff_groups to user_groups
• Prefixed tables users, users_groups, user_groups, user_roles, user_preferences tables with admin_ to avoid conflict with laravel users table
• Dropped tables conflicting with laravel default tables: job_batches, cache, jobs, failed_jobs, sessions,
• Increased all columns with varchar(128) a length of 128 to 255

Theme changes:

• New blade directives @themeContent to render content template files and @page for rendering a pages contents
• New blade directives @componentPartial, @themePartial to replace @component , @partial

API extension changes

• Moved Igniter\\Api\\Actions\\RestController to Igniter\\Api\\Http\\Actions\\RestController

Cart extension changes

• Moved Igniter\\Flame\\Cart into Igniter\\Cart

PayRegister extension changes

• Rename payment partials.