Kirby 3.9

Snippets with slots

Templating on another level

/site/template/article.php

<?php snippet('article', slots: true) ?>
  <?php slot('header') ?>
    <h1>This is the title</h1>
  <?php endslot() ?>

  <?php slot('body') ?>
    <p>This is some body text</p>
  <?php endslot() ?>
<?php endsnippet() ?>

/site/snippets/article.php

<article>
  <?php if ($header = $slots->header()): ?>
  <header>
    <?= $header ?>
  </header>
  <?php endif ?>

  <?= $slots->body() ?>
</article>

Snippets with slots turn your PHP snippets into rich components. Pass full code blocks into a snippet and output them right in the middle of the snippet where you need them.

The contents of each slot are captured and passed to the snippet in the $slots variable. Snippets can have multiple slots and you can even combine slots with data variables.

Use snippets with slots for simple components like buttons or even for full page layouts. You can nest snippets within slots of other snippets for full flexibility.

Structure field improvements

New row & delete all buttons

PHP 8.2 support

PHP moves forward, we do too

Satellite Releases

Ecosystem improvements

Kirby CLI 1.1.0

The Kirby Command Line Interface is getting a big update. Kirby plugins can now define their own commands for the CLI, you can register your installation without going to the Panel and more …

Kirby::plugin('your/plugin', [
  'commands' => [
    'your-plugin:test' => [
      'description' => 'Nice command',
      'args' => [],
      'command' => function ($cli) {
        $cli->success('My first plugin command');
      }
    ]
  ]
]);

$ kirby your-plugin:test
# My first plugin command

Kirby KQL 2.0.0

Screenshot of the KQL playground — https://kql.getkirby.com

Kirby's Query Language API combines the flexibility of Kirby's data structures, the power of GraphQL and the simplicity of REST.

KQL 2.0.0 comes with all the new query syntax improvements from Kirby 3.8.3 and a fully refactored code base.

The new KQL Playground gets you started with a set of example queries. Connected to our Starterkit, you can play around with your own queries.

Staticache 1.0.0

Staticache is our alternative page cache plugin for Kirby that stores responses as fully static files. This helps you to increase your site performance even more.

With version 1.0.0 it is finally ready for prime time for a lot of common site setups. It now comes with support for multi-language sites and content representations as well as with a new mode that caches custom HTTP response headers as well.

/site/config/config.php

return [
  'cache' => [
    'pages' => [
      'active'  => true,
      'type'    => 'static',
      'root'    => '/path/to/your/cache/root',
      'comment' => '<!-- your custom cache comment -->',
      'headers' => true
    ]
  ]
];

Eleventykit 🎈

The Eleventykit is a very simple (unstyled) example for a site, built with Kirby and 11ty.

Kirby’s query language (KQL) is used to fetch articles from our KQL playground: https://kql.getkirby.com

Use your own Kirby installation with the KQL plugin to provide a powerful headless CMS for your static 11ty site.

11ty: /_data/posts.js

const { $fetch } = require("ofetch");

module.exports = async function () {

    const api = "https://kql.getkirby.com/api/query";

    const response = await $fetch(api, {
        method: "post",
        body: {
            query: "page('notes').children.sortBy('date', 'desc')",
            select: {
                title: true,
                text: "page.text.toBlocks.toHtml",
                slug: true,
                date: "page.date.toDate('d.m.Y')"
            }
        }
    });

    return response.result;

}

Changelog

Features

Snippets with slots
Structure field improvements
- Delete all button idea 458
- New add button below last row
- Better pagination
PHP 8.2 support #4890

Enhancements

Image\Image uses its model's alt content field as fallback for rendering the alt attribute to better provide accessible defaults (we already did it for direct image objects, but now it also works for thumbs etc.) #4915
Pages section: the status flag button’s tooltip now includes the non-customised label of the current status for better accessibility #4928
The license registration dialog now displays an info field for which domain the license will be registered, including a warning when registering a local domain #4930
Dimensions::forSvg() supports percentages and better viewport fallbacks #4921
Xml::attr() and Html::attr() accept non-associative values (e.g. Xml::attr(['attrA'])), which get rendered like passing true (e.g. attrA="attrA"/attrA) #4935
The Dir::copy() method now supports false as the argument for $ignore. In this mode, all files are copied, including those listed in the global Dir::$ignore list. #4872
F::move() now ensures that the parent directory exists, which is consistent with F::copy() #4943
File::create(), $parent->createFile() and $file->replace() support a new mode that moves the source file instead of copying it #4943
Sensitive information like passwords is redacted in logs when using PHP 8.2+ #4945

Bug fixes

Dynamic options for the select field (from API or query) are no longer displayed with double-escaping in the Panel #4974
Options from API in options fields (e.g. select, checkboxes) now support simple key/value data like {"key": "value"} again #4987
Using options from API in options fields (e.g. select, checkboxes) also works without the query setting again #4985
Writer: links now fully wrap inline styling instead of generating multiple link parts #4866
Kirby queries: optional chaining on non-null values now works properly #4901
Escaping quotes inside query arguments with \" and \' now behaves like it does in PHP (only the same type of quote used for the string can be escaped) #4976
Uploaded files are deleted from the temporary directory after they have been successfully stored in the content directory. #2476
Fixed focus for checkboxes and radio input with no options #4917
Fixed undefined error when paginating the structure field #5000
The page.changeSlug hook now receives the correct $languageCode #4983
Files field: for store: id only the name is stored again when the current model is the file's parent #4870
Fixed prepending redundant mailto: in k-link #4882
Toolkit\Xml::attr() is case-sensitive now #4911
Now treating paths with trailing dot as non-existing content representation #4920
Fixed console errors for failed lock request when deleting page with unsaved changes #4919
Fixed error message for missing field type #4929
->words() field method works as expected on null values #4905
Fixed false-positive blocked requests by ModSecurity (OWASP rules) #4933
Panel: load development icons file when in dev mode #4900
I18n: English translation had February set to Feburary #4903

Refactoring

Improvements for Toolkit\Locale code quality #4926
Improvements for Toolkit\Escape code quality #4925
Improvements for Toolkit\Obj code quality #4923
Improvements for Toolkit\A code quality #4942
Improvements for Toolkit\I18n code quality #4939
Improvements for Toolkit\Silo code quality #4922
Improvements for Toolkit\Controller code quality #4937
Improvements for Toolkit\Iterator code quality #4938
Improvements for Toolkit\Html and Toolkit\Xml code quality #4959
Improvements for Toolkit\Str code quality #4961
Improvements for Text code quality #4956
Improvements for Blueprint and Option code quality #4974
Upgraded to Vite 4 and some other JS dependencies #4912
Updated Composer dependencies #4946
PHP 8.2 prep: Fix dynamic properties in search component #4888
PHP 8.2 prep: Fix mb_convert_encoding() deprecation in Parsedown #4887
The Kirby\Cms\Template class moved to Kirby\Template\Template. An alias has been added. #4910
Our unit tests now always trigger our own deprecation warnings, which allows us to find uses of deprecated code in our own code. #4948
Use of the null coalescing assignment operator ??= where possible #4957
Use of instanceof, the .= operator, array_key_exists() and property defaults where possible #4958
Nested if statements have been combined/removed #4958
More of our PHPUnit tests use a temporary directory now to prevent tests from creating a stray site directory in the top-level of the project #4973
Fixed type hints and docblocks throughout the codebase #4971
Fixed broken link in the contribution guide #4960
Our PHPUnit tests consistently use assertSame instead of assertEquals where possible and use more specific assertions (e.g. assertTrue, assertNull, assertFileExists, assertArrayHasKey) #4975
Fixed ghost output during PHPUnit test runs #4964

Deprecated

Manually passing $slot or $slots as data variables to snippets is deprecated. In a future Kirby version, those variables will be overridden with the Slot and Slots objects. #4963
The Toolkit\Query class has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Use Query\Query instead. #4944
Passing an empty string as value to Xml::attr() / Html::attr() has been deprecated and will throw a warning. In a future version, passing an empty string won't omit the attribute anymore but render it with an empty value. To omit the attribute, please pass null. #4934
The .k-offscreen CSS class has been deprecated. Use .sr-only instead. #4944

Breaking changes

We try to avoid breaking changes as much as we can. But we also put a lot of effort in keeping our technical debt in Kirby as low as possible. Sometimes such breaking changes are necessary to move forward with a clean code base.

You might wonder why there are breaking changes in a minor release according to Semantic Versioning.

We stick to the following versioning scheme:

{generation}.{major}.{minor}(.{patch})

This release is Kirby 3.9.0.0 (major release 9 of Kirby 3)

Traditionally, we combine patch and minor releases though and only need the fourth versioning level for regression fixes.

$kirby->impersonate() doesn't bind the app instance to the $callback closure anymore. You can access the app instance with Kirby\Cms\App::instance() or the kirby() helper. #4944
The snippet core component receives an additional parameter bool $slots and needs to return Kirby\Template\Snippet|string for slot support. If you override the snippet component, please adapt the logic to the new core component. #4910
$kirby->snippet() and the snippet() helper return Kirby\Template\Snippet|string|null #4910
Html::rel() now consistently returns null instead of an empty string when no rel attribute is needed #4948
A::missing() no longer treats an existing array key with a null value as missing #4942

Removed deprecated code

Deprecated method Kirby\Cms\App::server() has been removed. Use Kirby\Cms\App::environment() instead. #4944

Migration from Kirby 3.8.x

There are not many steps needed to migrate from Kirby 3.8 to Kirby 3.9. To ease the transition, we have compiled everything you need to know in migration guides:

Migration guide for site developers →
Migration guide for plugin developers →

If you are updating from Kirby 3.7 or older, please first perform each major update step by step. Please refer to the changelogs of Kirby 3.5, Kirby 3.6, Kirby 3.7 and Kirby 3.8 for details.