Which one to choose? CI v1.6.3 or v1.7?

[eluser]felyx[/eluser]
I read that the new version has a couple of problems like the active records not working how it should but I might be in a missunderstanding. Can you please give me an advice which version to go with because I am starting a new project (first CI project for me) and does not want to realise later that I should have choosen the other one because of bugs and problems.. :roll:
Thank you in advance!

[eluser]Popcorn[/eluser]
The new version is fine. I've used it on a few projects and had no issues. I doubt you'll run into anything big, also CodeIgniter can be upgraded at a later time so I wouldn't worry about it.

[eluser]xwero[/eluser]
If there are problems check the user guide downloads page where you can find the SVN trunk url for the latest code.

[eluser]Chris Williams[/eluser]
I've found that 1.7 fixes a serious issue with the mySQL driver on my ISP. I was having to hack it every time I uploaded a new project. Now, no problem at all.

[eluser]got 2 doodle[/eluser]
IMHO go with v1.7, if you are learning CI there will likely not be anything broken that will affect you. It's more than likely that errors people are finding are due to the upgrade process or in a subtle change in the libraries example $this->db->get_where() used to be $this->db->getwhere() prior to v1.6.

The documentation is always updated with the version release and it's not a bad idea to read the changelog to get an idea of what was changed and why.

Developing an app in 1.7 right now, so far no problems. I started with v1.5.4 and the upgrades have always gone quite smoothly.

I don't think that Ellis Labs would release something that was not fully tested, but every now and then something gets through.

doodle

[eluser]BeingDefined[/eluser]
The CI upgrade process is really easy. I went from 1.6.0 to 1.7 and I thought i would have broken pieces everywhere but really the only thing I had to do was add the constants config file and everything else worked without a modification

[eluser]felyx[/eluser]
Thanks for the fast answers, you helped me a lot now I am sure I will start using version 1.7.

[eluser]therealmaloy[/eluser]
geeks

IMHO, borrowed, sorry got 2 doodle, just wanting to add with this nice thread.

I guess in CI, the upgrade is for the better good, implementing from the newest stable release is most likely beneficial for us. i guess that's suppose to be the purpose of going up.

ahahaha, not for some out there which they are trying to be in contradiction to this ideology; spaghetti codes, bloating pile of junk and the likes i don't wanna mention product names ahahahaha.

[eluser]mamen[/eluser]
Yes Use New Version