Version 2 RC 2

Improves support for using timestamps in Firestore Collection and Entity.

What's Changed

• Improved Timestamp Support by @MGatner in #39

Full Changelog: v2.0.0-rc.1...v2.0.0-rc.2

Version 2 RC 1

Version 2 release candidate!

If you've been following the beta this release includes one new convenience method on Collection to acquire a document reference directly.

What's Changed

• Collection Document Method by @MGatner in #38

Full Changelog: v2.0.0-beta.4...v2.0.0-rc.1

Version 2 Beta 4

Adds Entity::super() for accessing the parent document when an Entity is part of a subcollection.

Version 2 Beta 3

This release fixes a bug where Entity dates were not nullable.

What's Changed

• Bump actions/setup-node from 2 to 3 by @dependabot in #33
• Nullable Dates by @MGatner in #34

Full Changelog: v2.0.0-beta.2...v2.0.0-beta.3

Version 2 Beta 2

Fixes an issue that prevented a number of properties from receiving their types.

See Beta 1 for the full release notes on Version 2

What's Changed

• Typed Properties by @MGatner in #31

Full Changelog: v2.0.0-beta.1...v2.0.0-beta.2

Version 2 Beta

This is a major rework of the library, with a change in focus away from trying to create a Firestore Driver for the framework's database layer. Visit the Version 2 Discussion for feedback.

*Please read the Upgrade Guide for assistance migrating between versions.

What's Changed

• Background Emulation by @MGatner in #27
• Version 2 by @MGatner in #28

Full Changelog: v1.4.0...v2.0.0-beta.1

SDK 6 and PHP 8.1

This release expands support for the latest version of the SDK (^6.0). It also shifts PHP versions to a minimum of 7.4 and adds support for 8.1.

Note: There is an upstream issue with Google's Protobuf that may cause failures with PHP 8.1; be sure to test your code for this incompatibility. Follow the issue here: protocolbuffers/protobuf#9293

What's Changed

• Switch to DevKit by @MGatner in #26
• Update kreait/firebase-php requirement from ^5.0 to ^5.0 || ^6.0 by @dependabot in #24

Full Changelog: v1.3.0...v1.4.0

Emulation

Switches testing to use Firebase Emulators.

Reference Update

Improved reference generation

Document References

Adds initial support for generating a Document Reference right from the Model