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CakePHP 4.4.5 Released with Improvements to SMTP Authentication, Debug Stack Frames, API Docs, and Localization

Version 4.4.5 of the open‑source CakePHP framework, which implements ActiveRecord, Association Data Mapping, Front Controller and MVC patterns, has been released, introducing enhanced SMTP authentication error handling, restored parameter display in debug stack frames, API documentation upgrades, a fix for diffForHumans() localization, and deprecation of ValidatableInterface.

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CakePHP 4.4.5 Released with Improvements to SMTP Authentication, Debug Stack Frames, API Docs, and Localization

CakePHP is an open‑source web framework written in PHP that incorporates well‑known design patterns such as ActiveRecord, Association Data Mapping, Front Controller, and Model‑View‑Controller (MVC), and is distributed under the MIT license.

Version 4.4.5 of the 4.4 branch has been released as a maintenance update, with the following changes:

Improved handling of authentication errors during SMTP email transmission.

Re‑enabled display of parameters in stack frames on the development error page.

Enhanced API documentation.

Fixed diffForHumans() not translating text according to the current locale.

ValidatableInterface has been deprecated.

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