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Laravel Upgrade Guide

Upgrading From 4.0 to 4.1

  • Update composer.json to require "laravel/framework": "4.1.*"
  • composer update.
  • Replace public/index.php, artisan.php.
  • Add new expire_on_close option to session configuration file.
  • Remove call to redirectIfTrailingSlash in bootstrap/start.php file.
  • Edit app/config/app.php;
    • in aliases change 'Controller' => 'Illuminate\Routing\Controllers\Controller', to use Illuminate\Routing\Controller.
    • in providers add 'Illuminate\Remote\RemoteServiceProvider',.
    • in aliases add 'SSH' => 'Illuminate\Support\Facades\SSH',.
  • Edit app/controllers/BaseController.php change use Illuminate\Routing\Controllers\Controller; to use Illuminate\Routing\Controller;.
  • If you are overriding missingMethod in your controllers, add $method as the first parameter.
  • Password reminder system tweaked for greater developer freedom. Inspect stub controller by running auth:reminders-controller Artisan command.
  • Update reminders.php language file.
  • If you are using http hosts to set the $env variable in bootstrap/start.php, these should be changed to machine names (as returned by PHP's gethostname() function).