5.0.0-RC1

The PHP team is happy to announce that version 5.0.0-RC1 of the MongoDB integration for Laravel is now available. This is a release candidate for which we'd like to receive your feedback in the discussion.

Breaking changes for better compatibility with Laravel and Eloquent

• id is always alias to _id in MongoDB. You can remove the protected $primaryKey = '_id' in model classes. Replace all $model->_id with $model->id.
• DateTimeInterface objects (including Carbon) are converted to MongoDB UTCDateTime by the query builder in queries, inserted and updated data. In results, MongoDB UTCDateTime objects are automatically converted to Carbon date with the default timezone. Some Eloquent cast my no longer be required.
• Results of the Query Builder are returned as stdClass instead of array. Replace code like $item['name'] with $item->name.
• $collection is replaced by $table to customize the name of an Eloquent Model.
• The providers Auth\PasswordResetServiceProvider, MongoDBQueueServiceProvider and Queue\Failed\MongoFailedJobProvider are removed. Remove them from your application. The MongoDB connection is compatible with the Laravel classes
• MongoDB\Laravel\Connection is replaced by MongoDB\Connection, and query are logged using MongoDB Monitoring Events.

What's Changed

New Features

• PHPORM-147 Make id an alias for _id by @GromNaN in #3040
• PHPORM-230 Convert DateTimeInterface to UTCDateTime in queries by @GromNaN in #3105
• PHPORM-216 Remove $collection setting from DocumentModel and Connecti… by @GromNaN in #3104
• PHPORM-229 Make Query\Builder return objects instead of array to match Laravel behavior by @GromNaN in #3107
• PHPORM-231 Remove MongoFailedJobProvider by @GromNaN in #3122
• Remove support for Laravel 10 by @GromNaN in #3123
• PHPORM-234 Convert dates in DB Query results by @GromNaN in #3119
• PHPORM-235 Remove custom DatabaseTokenRepository by @GromNaN in #3124
• PHPORM-56 Replace Collection proxy class with Driver monitoring by @GromNaN in #3137

Other Changes

• DOCSP-42794: Laravel Passport by @norareidy in #3113
• DOCSP-43115 - v4.8 compat by @mongoKart in #3125
• Update PR template by @GromNaN in #3121
• Remove MongoDBQueueServiceProvider in composer.json by @masterbater in #3131
• PHPORM-157 Remove Blueprint::background() by @GromNaN in #3132
• DOCSP-43158: carbon date values db query results by @rustagir in #3133
• PHPORM-236 Remove _id from query results by @GromNaN in #3136
• DOCSP-41335: Id field alias by @norareidy in #3042
• DOCSP-43172: Remove DatabaseTokenRepository class by @norareidy in #3130

New Contributors

• @masterbater made their first contribution in #3131

Full Changelog: 4.8.0...5.0.0-rc1