The 9.0 version uses the new plugins cakephp/authentication(read more) and cakephp/authorization(read more) instead of CakePHP Authentication component. This version is compatible with CakePHP 4.x and the plugin code was updated to remove all deprecations.

Improvements and Changes

• Migration to CakePHP 4
• Improved routes
• Improved integration tests
• Compatible with cakephp/authentication
• Compatible with cakephp/authorization
• Added/removed/changed some configurations to work with new authentication/authorization plugins, please check Migration guide for more info.
• Events constants were moved/removed from AuthComponent to Plugin class and their values was also updated, please check Migration guide for more info.
• Migrated usage of AuthComponent to Authorization/Authentication plugins.