Although you may be anticipating a XenForo 2.4 HYS, we invested considerable effort in 2.3.8, resulting in new functionality significant enough to deserve its own announcement. XenForo 2.3.8 will be released today!
Null coalescing operator (
To catch up with some of the slightly more recent syntax niceties in PHP we have added null coalescing operator support to XenForo template syntax:
New
Ever needed a quick view of which add-ons are installed and enabled while on the CLI? Yeah, me too!
New
Scaffolding your next add-on has never been easier. Use the new
You can pass arguments and options in explicitly or, alternatively, all commands default to "interactive" mode with no options passed:
Retina thumbnails
To ensure attachments are displayed at a much higher fidelity, especially on high-DPI displays, we now generate two versions of every thumbnail. One which matches the configured size under Options > Attachments as usual and a second which is double that size which is displayed in place of the smaller one on compatible devices, resulting in a better quality viewing experience.Null coalescing operator (??) support
To catch up with some of the slightly more recent syntax niceties in PHP we have added null coalescing operator support to XenForo template syntax:
HTML:
<h1>Hello {{ $foo.property ?? $bar.value ?? 'World' }}!</h1>REST API support for Search
There are new API endpoints for performing searches and retrieving results. You can read more about the available endpoints in our REST API page.New xf:addon-list CLI command
Ever needed a quick view of which add-ons are installed and enabled while on the CLI? Yeah, me too!
Code:
php cmd.php xf:addon-list --help
Description:
Lists installed add-ons
Usage:
xf:addon-list [options]
xf-addon:list
Options:
--active Only show active add-ons
--inactive Only show inactive add-ons
--json Output as JSON
--verbose More detailed output
Code:
php cmd.php xf-addon:list
----------- ------------------------- --------- --------
Add-on ID Title Version Active
----------- ------------------------- --------- --------
XFES XenForo Enhanced Search 2.3.8 Yes
XFMG XenForo Media Gallery 2.3.8 Yes
XFS XenForo Site 3.10.0 No
----------- ------------------------- --------- --------
Total: 3 add-ons (2 active, 1 inactive)New xf-make commands for developers
Scaffolding your next add-on has never been easier. Use the new xf-make commands to generate common code constructs with ease with much less context switching back and forth from your developer tools and the admin control panel.
Code:
xf-make:extension Create a new class extension
xf-make:finder Create a new finder class
xf-make:service Create a new service class
xf-make:route Create a route and optionally its controller
xf-make:repository Create a new repository class
xf-make:template Create a template in the master style
xf-make:job Create a new job class
xf-make:cron Create a cron class and register a cron entry
xf-make:entity Create a new entity class
xf-make:controller Create a new controller class
xf-make:listener Create a listener class and register an event listener
xf-make:phrase Create a phrase in the master language
xf-make:cli-command Create a CLI command class
xf-make:stub-publish Publish stub templates to an add-on for customization.You can pass arguments and options in explicitly or, alternatively, all commands default to "interactive" mode with no options passed:
Code:
# php cmd.php xf-make:extension
What class do you want to extend?:
> XF\Entity\ForumWatch
Which add-on is this for? []:
[XFES ] XFES - XenForo Enhanced Search
[XFMG ] XFMG - XenForo Media Gallery
> XFMG
[OK] ClassExtension created successfully.
----------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Property Value
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Extension Class XFMG\XF\Entity\ForumWatch
Base Class XF\Entity\ForumWatch
File /path/to/src/addons/XFMG/XF/Entity/ForumWatch.php
----------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
[OK] Class extension registered in database.
. Yes mine is enabled. So if I untick that box so it’s disabled - presumably it will stop generating retina thumbnails (but leave the currently generated ones as they are?). Not that I’d want to but it’s good to understand.
