Solar is a simple object library and application repository for PHP5 under E_STRICT. It takes hints from PEAR and Horde, and bears some superficial resemblance to Ruby on Rails for its MVC application directory structure.
\nAPI documentation is becoming voluminous, and is bundled with the package now, along with an example Solar.config.php file.
\nThe change notes for this release are:
\n\n* WARNING: This is a public development release, and is not\n yet stable.\n\n* API documentation is now distributed with Solar\n installations; this accounts for 90% or more of the\n package size. Look in your PEAR docs/ directory for the\n new files.\n\n* Added a Solar.config.php example to documentation. Look\n for it in your PEAR docs/ directory.\n\n* Added Solar_Template class (is an extended and customized\n Savant3 class). Savant3 is now distributed in the\n Template/ directory.\n\n* Solar_App:\n\n * Converted $action_src, $action_var, and\n $action_default to array keys ($action['src'],\n $action['var'], $action['default']).\n\n * Added a $view property (is a reference to the shared\n object called 'template'; i.e., a Solar_Template\n object). Sets up the views directory\n (template_path) automatically, and sets up the added\n paths for user-developed themes automatically.\n\n * Calling view() now returns the output of the named\n named view, not the path to the file for that view.\n\n * Calling model() now returns a new instance of the\n named model, instead of the path to the file for\n that model.\n\n* Converted Solar_App_Bugs and Solar_App_Bookmarks to use\n the new and different Solar_App features for $action,\n $view, and view().\n\n* Solar_Cache_File:\n\n * Now uses '.serial' as the filename extension for\n serialized files no matter what\n\n * No more prefixing of file names\n\n * Config values are transferred to protected properties\n so they cannot be changed after instantiation\n\n * Creates the cache directory if it does not already\n exist.\n\n * Always hashes the cache entry key (prevents directory\n traversals)\n\n* Solar_Cache_Mem renamed to Solar_Cache_Memcache.\n\n* Solar_App_Bookmarks: if you try to QuickMark a URI that\n you already have bookmarked, you are redirected to that\n entry in your bookmarks (instead of it being stored more\n than once).\n\n* Solar_Sql_Driver: now uses lazy connections. it connects\n at exec() time instead of __construct() time. This puts\n the speed hit of connecting to the database until the\n last possible instant, which means merely instantiating\n an Sql object should not slow you down.\n\n" }