Framework Documentation - View Package

Updating from v1 to v2

The following changes were made to the View package between v1 and v2.

Minimum supported PHP version raised

All Framework packages now require PHP 7.2 or newer.

ViewInterface::escape() removed

The Joomla\View\ViewInterface::escape() method has been removed, escaping should still be handled within views as necessary but there is no longer a public facing method to escape a string.

Models no longer compulsory

Joomla\View\AbstractView instances no longer mandate a model class, applications are welcome to require models in their subclasses or use the new data store API to set view data.

AbstractHtmlView removed

The Joomla\View\AbstractHtmlView class has been removed. A new concrete Joomla\View\HtmlView is available to generate HTML views using any templating engine by implementing Joomla\Renderer\RendererInterface (with a number of templating engines already supported in the joomla/renderer package).