🚀 Quantum PHP v2.9.8 Released!

[armanist]

This release is packed with improvements across the framework — from powerful new features in the toolkit and validator to major architectural refinements under the hood.

✨ Highlights

🧰 Quantum Toolkit – The long-awaited Quantum Toolkit module is here! A complete developer toolbox that simplifies everyday tasks and enhances productivity.

⚙️ Dynamic Anonymous Models – You can now generate and use models on the fly using ModelFactory, making dynamic data handling easier than ever.

🧩 Automatic Helper Loading – Module helpers now load automatically — no more manual imports!

✅ Smarter Validator – Major refactor adds a native exists rule, improves error handling, and simplifies rule definitions.

💉 Improved DI Container – The Dependency Injection system now supports abstract-to-concrete bindings and refined dependency loading for core and modules.

🌐 HTTP Module Enhancements – Added support for custom headers and state reset before each request, ensuring cleaner testable HTTP interactions.

🧱 Demo Module Rebuilt – The demo module is now fully standalone and installable, perfect for new developers exploring Quantum.

🔠 New Figlet Renderer – Switched to povils/figlet for cleaner, maintained ASCII rendering.

🧭 Refined Join System, Layout Handling, and Namespacing – Numerous refinements improve consistency, stability, and developer experience.

🧪 And much more…

From better unit tests and template processing to UUID helpers and refined raw param handling — this release is all about polish, power, and performance.

🔖 Full changelog: See all commits and PRs

[andrey-smaelov]

The journey continues — looking forward to v3.0! 🙌

[grigoryanmartin20]

🚀 A truly polished and powerful release.

[Arno2005]

Congrats on the new release! 🎉 Awesome to see how much the framework has evolved — the new features look incredible. Proud to have been part of it!