Laravel 11 exposes MariaDB as a dedicated 'mariadb' driver, so
config('database.default') === 'mysql' checks silently misclassified
MariaDB as the non-mysql (postgres) branch.
- Add App\Util\Database\DatabaseDriver with isMysqlLike()/isPgsql()
plus db_is_mysql_like()/db_is_pgsql() global helpers.
- Route all database.default driver checks through the helpers so
MySQL and MariaDB are treated as one group.
- Use '' (not null) for share/compose caption+rendered, valid whether
the column is nullable or NOT NULL (it is NOT NULL on MySQL/MariaDB).
- Guard pgsql strtolower() in registration against missing fields.
- Scope CustomEmoji::duplicateShortcodes to the grouped column for
Postgres GROUP BY validity.
- Remove stale Postgres guard in status:dedup; use havingRaw for
cross-driver HAVING.
Swap the custom 'rt' register token anti-spam mechanism for
spatie/laravel-honeypot on the registration and parental-controls
invite flows.
- Add spatie/laravel-honeypot and publish config/honeypot.php
- Remove getRegisterToken() and the rt validation rule from RegisterController
- Replace the rt hidden field with the @honeypot directive in both forms
- Attach ProtectAgainstSpam middleware to POST /register and the
parental-controls invite register route
- Update RegisterTest to disable honeypot for the valid registration case
Pure rename of the App\Rules\PixelfedUsername validation rule to
App\Rules\ValidUsername for a clearer, more idiomatic name. Updates
the class, filename, test, and all 8 controller call sites. No
behavior change.
Replace 7 duplicated inline username validation closures across 6
controllers (ApiV1Dot1, RemoteAuth, CuratedRegister, AdminInvite x2,
AppRegister, Auth/Register) with the existing PixelfedUsername rule.
Add the 'must contain at least one alphabetical character' check to
the rule so all call sites share consistent, stricter validation.
Add PixelfedUsernameTest covering all validation branches.
Move all Eloquent models from the app/ root directory to app/Models/
for consistency with modern Laravel conventions. The project already had
54 models in App\Models; this migrates the remaining 52 legacy models.
Changes:
- Move 52 model files from app/ to app/Models/
- Update namespace declarations in each model
- Update all ~1000 import references across the codebase
- Add Relation::morphMap() in AppServiceProvider for backward
compatibility with existing polymorphic database records
- Add missing HasSnowflakePrimary imports for models that relied
on same-namespace resolution
Adds explicit return type declarations to 498 controller methods
across 88 files. Types inferred from return statements:
- JsonResponse for response()->json() returns
- RedirectResponse for redirect()/back() returns
- View (contract) for view() returns
- Response for response() returns
- void for methods with no return value
- array for array returns
- string/int/bool for scalar returns
Also fixes 3 methods with incorrect bare returns:
- AvatarController::deleteAvatar - bare return → json response
- ImportPostController::checkPermissions - bare return → true
- RemoteAuthController::accountToId - bare return → empty array
PHP's str_ends_with() only accepts a string needle, not an array.
The username validation was passing an array of extensions which
caused a TypeError on every registration attempt.
Replace with a loop over a configurable array of disallowed extensions,
making it easy to add new entries.
Also updates RegisterTest to properly test the registration flow
including the RT anti-bot token and age verification fields.
Replace \Cache::, \Log::, \DB:: calls with their imported facade
equivalents. The backslash-prefix relies on global aliases which
PHPStan cannot resolve, causing class.notFound errors.
str_random() is a deprecated helper from laravel/helpers that was
missed in the initial helpers removal. Replace all 18 call sites
with the modern Str::random() equivalent.
Replace all deprecated helper function calls:
- str_slug() → Str::slug()
- starts_with() → str_starts_with()
- ends_with() → str_ends_with()
- array_first() → Arr::first()
- array_last() → Arr::last()
- array_flatten() → Arr::flatten()
Remove laravel/helpers package from composer.json as it is no longer
needed and will not be maintained for Laravel 13.
The check for the first letter of username used to be !ctype_alpha, but the error message says "Must start with a letter or number." Updated check to be !ctype_alnum, to be coherent with the error message.
Previously, all passwords had to be at least 12 characters long.
Some users use a slightly shorter password, so some instances could wish
to reduce the password length limit to a slightly lesser value.
This makes the minimum password length configurable in the .env file,
with the MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH variable, that defaults to 12 to keep the
previous behaviour by default.