• Dropped support for PHP 8.1 and lower (minimum PHP is now 8.2)
• Updated CI PHP matrix to 8.2 and 8.3
• Normalized MySQLi driver exception handling for modern PHP mysqli_sql_exception behavior
• Hardened runtime validation for SphinxQL, Facet, Helper, and Percolate input contracts (fail-fast exceptions for invalid query-shape input)
• Standardized driver exception message prefixes for better diagnostics ([mysqli][...], [pdo][...])
• Expanded helper runtime API coverage (SHOW WARNINGS, SHOW STATUS, SHOW INDEX STATUS, FLUSH RAMCHUNK, FLUSH RTINDEX, OPTIMIZE INDEX, UDF lifecycle checks)
• Added fluent boolean grouping APIs (orWhere, whereOpen/whereClose, orHaving, havingOpen/havingClose) and JOIN builders (join, innerJoin, leftJoin, rightJoin, crossJoin)
• Added orderByKnn() and broader helper wrappers for operational and Manticore-oriented commands (SHOW PROFILE/PLAN/THREADS/VERSION/PLUGINS, table status/settings/indexes, flush/reload/kill, suggest family)
• Added capability discovery and feature-gating APIs (Capabilities, getCapabilities(), supports(), requireSupport()) with UnsupportedFeatureException for unsupported command families
• Added SphinxQL::requireSupport() passthrough and convenience engine predicates on Capabilities (isManticore, isSphinx2, isSphinx3)
• Added helper parity wrappers for SHOW CHARACTER SET and SHOW COLLATION
• Added docs/feature-matrix.yml as a feature-level support map across Sphinx2/Sphinx3/Manticore
• Added capability-aware runtime tests for optional engine features (supportsCommand, Buddy-gated checks)
• Added and stabilized Sphinx 3 compatibility coverage while preserving Sphinx 2 and Manticore test behavior
• Added support for optional connection credentials (username/password) in both PDO and MySQLi drivers (closes #208)
• Added optional-index update($index = null) flow for fluent ->update()->into($index) usage (closes #184)
• Added explicit update()->compile()/execute() guard when no target index is set via into($index) (prevents invalid UPDATE SQL emission)
• Restored showTables($index = null) compatibility (SHOW TABLES for null/empty, SHOW TABLES LIKE ... for non-empty) and removed hardcoded rt assumptions from runtime capability probes
• Aligned Buddy capability flags so callQSuggest()/callAutocomplete() are gated by detected Buddy availability
• Added MVA insert/update array example in README (closes #178)
• Corrected escaping docs to reference connection-level helpers and clarified quoteIdentifier() availability (closes #203)
• Added a root LICENSE file (closes #171)
• Migrated CI to GitHub Actions-only validation with strict composer metadata checks
• Hardened GitHub Actions reliability with SQL-readiness checks, full-history checkout for changed-line artifacts, and digest-pinned Buddy integration runtime image
• Updated documentation and added a dedicated MIGRATING-4.0.md guide

• Dropped support for PHP 7.3 and lower

• Fixed Exception Error for PDO Driver
• Dropped support for PHP 7.0 and lower

• Added support for PHP 8
• Dropped support for PHP 7.0 and lower
• Renamed Foolz\SphinxQL\Match to Foolz\SphinxQL\MatchBuilder (BREAKING CHANGE)

• Added exception code and previous throwable to errors
• Added setType method to SphinxQL class
• Added support for MATCH to DELETE queries
• Updated MySQLi driver to silence internal warnings by default

• Added support for Manticore
• Added Percolate class for Manticore
• Added orPhrase method to Match class
• Added resetFacets method to SphinxQL class
• Added support for multi-document snippet call
• Fixed Connection exception thrown
• Fixed incorrect property accessibility/visibility
• Refactored ResultSet and MultiResultSet classes to reduce duplicate code
• Removed Connection error suppression
• Removed SphinxQL\Drivers\ResultSetAdapterInterface constants
• Removed static SphinxQL::create method
• Removed deprecated \Foolz\SphinxQL\Connection
• Removed support for PHP 5.3 and HHVM
• Updated fetch type for drivers to use boolean to return assoc/indexed arrays
• Updated PHPDoc blocks

Note: This release contains breaking changes around the instantiation of the SphinxQL class with the removal of static methods. Please refer to the README for any API changes.

• Added support for GROUP N BY
• Refactored Connection, \Foolz\SphinxQL\Connection is now deprecated.
• Refactored ResultSet and MultiResultSet to reduce duplicate code

Note: This release contains breaking changes with the introduction of ResultSet and MultiResultSet changes. Please refer to the README for any API changes.

• Added support for unix sockets
• Added NOT IN condition in WHERE statements

• Added named integer lists support to OPTION with associative array (@alpha0010)
• Deprecated special case OPTION for field_weights and index_weights
• Forced Connection to use utf8 charset (@t1gor)

• Expression support for OPTION value

• Replaced getConnectionParams() and setConnectionParams() with getParam(), getParams(), setParam() (thanks to @FindTheBest)
• Deprecated getConnectionParams() and setConnectionParams()
• Added ConnectionInterface

• HHVM support
• Added escaping of new MATCH features by lowercasing the search string

• Created Helper class to contain non-query-builder query methods, all returning SphinxQL objects
• Deprecated all non-query-builder query methods in SphinxQL class
• Improved $sq->enqueue() in SphinxQL class to have a parameter to append any custom SphinxQL objects
• Added $sq->query() method to SphinxQL to allow setting SQL queries without executing them

• Deprecated SphinxQL::forge() with static Connection and implemented SphinxQL::create($conn)
• Added array and * support to MATCH columns (thanks to @FindTheBest)
• Added Expression support to MATCH value

• Refactored to be fully OOP
• Changed code style to be PSR-2 compliant
• Removed all unnecessary static keywords
• Removed old bootstrap file for fuelphp

• Added Connection::ping()
• Added Connection::close()
• Fixed uncaught exception thrown by Connection::getConnection()

• Removed Array typehints
• Removed unsupported charset argument

• Fixed composer bootstrap
• Removed Sphinxql prefix on Connection and Expression classes

• Added Queue support

• Fixed composer bootstrap

• Improved phpunit tests

• Initial release