CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

This project versioning adheres to Semantic Versioning.

1.15.0 - 2023-08-29

Changed

• Capability key ChromeOptions::CAPABILITY_W3C used to set ChromeOptions is now deprecated in favor of ChromeOptions::CAPABILITY, which now also contains the W3C compatible value (goog:chromeOptions).
• ChromeOptions are now passed to the driver always as a W3C compatible key goog:chromeOptions, even in the deprecated OSS JsonWire payload (as ChromeDriver supports this since 2017).
• Improve Safari compatibility for <select multilpe> element.
• Remove no longer needed compatibility layer with old Symfony.
• Docs: Document exception throwing in findElement.

Fixed

• Handle unexpected response when getting element(s) by throwing an exception, not triggering fatal error.

1.14.0 - 2023-02-09

Added

• PhpWebDriverExceptionInterface as a common interface to identify all exceptions thrown in php-webdriver.

Changed

• Require PHP ^7.3.
• Capabilities must be either explicitly provided or retrievable from Selenium Grid when resuing session with createBySessionID().
• Throw UnexpectedResponseException instead of UnknownErrorException in findElement() and findElements() methods.
• Throw custom php-webdriver exceptions instead of native PHP SPL exceptions.
• Do not mix internal non-W3C WebDriver exceptions, separate them into own namespaces.

1.13.1 - 2022-10-11

Fixed

• Do not fail when using isDisplayed() and capabilities are missing in WebDriver instance. (Happens when driver instance was created using RemoteWebDriver::createBySessionID().)

1.13.0 - 2022-10-03

Added

• Support for current Firefox XPI extension format. Extensions could now be loaded into FirefoxProfile using addExtension() method.
• setProfile() method to FirefoxOptions, which is now a preferred way to set Firefox Profile.
• Element isDisplayed() can now be used even for browsers not supporting native API endpoint (like Safari), thanks to javascript atom workaround.

Changed

• Handle errors when taking screenshots. WebDriverException is thrown if WebDriver returns empty or invalid screenshot data.
• Deprecate FirefoxDriver::PROFILE constant. Instead, use setProfile() method of FirefoxOptions to set Firefox Profile.
• Deprecate getAllSessions() method of RemoteWebDriver (which is not part of W3C WebDriver).
• Increase default request timeout to 3 minutes (instead of 30 seconds).

Fixed

• Throw UnknownErrorException instead of fatal error if remote end returns invalid response for findElement()/findElements() commands.

1.12.1 - 2022-05-03

Fixed

• Improper PHP documentation for getAttribute() and getDomProperty().
• Unsafe use of static:: when accessing private property in DesiredCapabilities.
• PHP 8.1 deprecations in the Cookie class.

Changed

• Docs: Extend findElement()/findElements() method documentation to better explain XPath behavior.
• Add @return and @param type annotations to Cookie class to avoid deprecations in PHP 8.1.

1.12.0 - 2021-10-14

Added

• RemoteWebElement::getDomProperty() method to read JavaScript properties of an element (like the value of innerHTML etc.) in W3C mode.
• WebDriverCommand::newSession() constructor to create new session command without violating typehints.

Changed

• Allow installation of Symfony 6 components.

Fixed

• PHP 8.1 compatibility.

1.11.1 - 2021-05-21

Fixed

• RemoteWebElement::getLocationOnScreenOnceScrolledIntoView() was missing polyfill implementation for W3C mode and not working in eg. Safari.

1.11.0 - 2021-05-03

Added

• FirefoxOptions class to simplify passing Firefox capabilities. Usage is covered in our wiki.
• FirefoxDriver to easy local start of Firefox instance without a need to start the geckodriver process manually. See wiki for usage examples.
• Method ChromeDriver::startUsingDriverService() to be used for creating ChromeDriver instance with custom service.

Fixed

• Driver capabilities received from the browser when creating now session were not set to the instance of ChromeDriver (when ChromeDriver::start() was used).

Changed

• Deprecate ChromeDriver::startSession. However, the method was supposed to be used only internally.
• KeyDown and KeyUp actions will throw an exception when not used with modifier keys.

1.10.0 - 2021-02-25

Added

• Support for sending Chrome DevTools Protocol commands (see details in wiki).
• Option to specify type of new window (window or tab) when using $driver->switchTo()->newWindow().

Fixed

• Actually start ChromeDriver in W3C mode if it is supported by the browser driver. Until now, when it was initialized using ChromeDriver::start(), it has always been unintentionally started in OSS mode.
• ChromeOptions were ignored when passed to DesiredCapabilities as ChromeOptions::CAPABILITY_W3C.
• Clicking a block element inside <a> element in Firefox (workaround for GeckoDriver bug 1374283).

Changed

• Throw DriverServerDiedException on local driver process terminating unexpectedly and provide full details of original exception to improve debugging.
• Do not require WEBDRIVER_CHROME_DRIVER environment variable to be set if chromedriver binary is already available via system PATH.
• Mark PhantomJS deprecated, as it is no longer developed and maintained.
• Deprecate RemoteWebDriver::newWindow() in favor of $driver->switchTo()->newWindow().
• Don't escape slashes in CURL exception message to improve readability.

1.9.0 - 2020-11-19

Added

• Support of SameSite cookie property.
• Command RemoteWebDriver::newWindow() for W3C mode to open new top-level browsing context (aka window).
• PHP 8.0 support.

1.8.3 - 2020-10-06

Fixed

• Make alertIsPresent() condition working in W3C mode.
• RemoteWebDriver::create() cannot be used without providing the second parameter (which is in fact optional).
• ChromeDriver::start() starts in inconsistent state mixing W3C/OSS mode.
• Modifier keys are not released when sending NULL key in GeckoDriver (workaround for GeckoDriver bug 1494661).
• Do not set unnecessary binary value of goog:chromeOptions while keep the object in proper data type required by ChromeDriver.

1.8.2 - 2020-03-04

Changed

• Reimplement element equals() method to be working in W3C mode.
• New instance of RemoteWebDriver created via createBySessionID() by default expects W3C mode. This could be disabled using fifth parameter of createBySessionID().
• Disable JSON viewer in Firefox to let JSON response be rendered as-is.

Fixed

• Properly read fifth parameter whether W3C compliant instance should be created when using createBySessionID().
• Creating of Firefox profile with libzip 1.6+ (eg. on Mac OS Catalina).

1.8.1 - 2020-02-17

Fixed

• Accept array as possible input to sendKeys() method. (Unintentional BC break in 1.8.0.)
• Use relative offset when moving mouse pointer in W3C WebDriver mode.

1.8.0 - 2020-02-10

Added

• Experimental W3C WebDriver protocol support. The protocol will be used automatically when remote end (like Geckodriver, newer Chromedriver etc.) supports it.
• getStatus() method of RemoteWebDriver to get information about remote-end readiness to create new sessions.
• takeElementScreenshot() method of RemoteWebElement to do the obvious - take screenshot of the particular element.
• Support for sending custom commands via executeCustomCommand(). See wiki for more information.

Changed

• The repository was migrated to php-webdriver/php-webdriver.
• The Packagist package was renamed to php-webdriver/webdriver and the original facebook/webdriver was marked as abandoned.
• Revert no longer needed workaround for Chromedriver bug 2943.
• Allow installation of Symfony 5 components.
• Rename environment variable used to pass path to ChromeDriver executable from webdriver.chrome.driver to WEBDRIVER_CHROME_DRIVER. However the old one also still works to keep backward compatibility
• If subdirectories in a path to screenshot destination does not exists (using takeScreenshot() or takeElementScreenshot() methods), they are automatically created.
• When zip archive cannot be created during file upload, throw an exception instead of silently returning false.
• WebDriverNavigation and EventFiringWebDriverNavigation now both implement new WebDriverNavigationInterface.

Fixed

• WebDriverExpectedCondition::presenceOfElementLocated() works correctly when used within WebDriverExpectedCondition::not().
• Improper behavior of Microsoft Edge when retrieving all cookies via getCookies() (it was causing fatal error when there were no cookies).
• Avoid "path is not canonical" error when uploading file to Chromedriver.

1.7.1 - 2019-06-13

Fixed

• Error Call to a member function toArray() if capabilities were already converted to an array.
• Temporarily do not send capabilities to disable W3C WebDriver protocol when BrowserStack hub is used.

1.7.0 - 2019-06-10

Added

• WebDriverCheckboxes and WebDriverRadios helper classes to simplify interaction with checkboxes and radio buttons.

Fixed

• Stop sending null values in Cookie object, which is against the protocol and may cause request to remote ends to fail.

Changed

• Force Chrome to not use W3C WebDriver protocol.
• Add workaround for Chromedriver bug 2943 which breaks the protocol in Chromedriver 75.

1.6.0 - 2018-05-16

Added

• Connection and request timeouts could be specified also when creating RemoteWebDriver from existing session ID.
• Update PHPDoc for functions that return static instances of a class.

Changed

• Disable sending 'Expect: 100-Continue' header with POST requests, as they may more easily fail when sending via eg. squid proxy.

1.5.0 - 2017-11-15

Changed

• Drop PHP 5.5 support, the minimal required version of PHP is now PHP 5.6.
• Allow installation of Symfony 4 components.

Added

• Add a visibilityOfAnyElementsLocated() method to WebDriverExpectedCondition.

1.4.1 - 2017-04-28

Fixed

• Do not throw notice Constant CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS already defined.

1.4.0 - 2017-03-22

Changed

• Cookies should now be set using Cookie value object instead of an array when passed to to addCookie() method of WebDriverOptions.
• Cookies retrieved using getCookieNamed() and getCookies() methods of WebDriverOptions are now encapsulated in Cookie object instead of an plain array. The object implements ArrayAccess interface to provide backward compatibility.
• ext-zip is now specified as required dependency in composer.json (but the extension was already required by the code, though).
• Deprecate WebDriverCapabilities::isJavascriptEnabled() method.
• Deprecate textToBePresentInElementValue expected condition in favor of elementValueContains.

Fixed

• Do not throw fatal error when null is passed to sendKeys().

1.3.0 - 2017-01-13

Added

• Added getCapabilities() method of RemoteWebDriver, to retrieve actual capabilities acknowledged by the remote driver on startup.
• Added option to pass required capabilities when creating RemoteWebDriver. (So far only desired capabilities were supported.)
• Added new expected conditions:
  • urlIs - current URL exactly equals given value
  • urlContains - current URL contains given text
  • urlMatches - current URL matches regular expression
  • titleMatches - current page title matches regular expression
  • elementTextIs - text in element exactly equals given text
  • elementTextContains (as an alias for textToBePresentInElement) - text in element contains given text
  • elementTextMatches - text in element matches regular expression
  • numberOfWindowsToBe - number of opened windows equals given number
• Possibility to select option of <select> by its partial text (using selectByVisiblePartialText()).
• XPathEscaper helper class to quote XPaths containing both single and double quotes.
• WebDriverSelectInterface, to allow implementation of custom select-like components, eg. those not built around and actual select tag.

Changed

• Symfony\Process is used to start local WebDriver processes (when browsers are run directly, without Selenium server) to workaround some PHP bugs and improve portability.
• Clarified meaning of selenium server URL variable in methods of RemoteWebDriver class.
• Deprecated setSessionID() and setCommandExecutor() methods of RemoteWebDriver class; these values should be immutable and thus passed only via constructor.
• Deprecated WebDriverExpectedCondition::textToBePresentInElement() in favor of elementTextContains().
• Throw an exception when attempting to deselect options of non-multiselect (it already didn't have any effect, but was silently ignored).
• Optimize performance of (de)selectByIndex() and getAllSelectedOptions() methods of WebDriverSelect when used with non-multiple select element.

Fixed

• XPath escaping in select*() and deselect*() methods of WebDriverSelect.

1.2.0 - 2016-10-14

• Added initial support of remote Microsoft Edge browser (but starting local EdgeDriver is still not supported).
• Utilize late static binding to make eg. WebDriverBy and DesiredCapabilities classes easily extensible.
• PHP version at least 5.5 is required.
• Fixed incompatibility with Appium, caused by redundant params present in requests to Selenium server.

1.1.3 - 2016-08-10

• Fixed FirefoxProfile to support installation of extensions with custom namespace prefix in their manifest file.
• Comply codestyle with PSR-2.

1.1.2 - 2016-06-04

• Added ext-curl to composer.json.
• Added CHANGELOG.md.
• Added CONTRIBUTING.md with information and rules for contributors.

1.1.1 - 2015-12-31

• Fixed strict standards error in ChromeDriver.
• Added unit tests for WebDriverCommand and DesiredCapabilities.
• Fixed retrieving temporary path name in FirefoxDriver when open_basedir restriction is in effect.

1.1.0 - 2015-12-08

• FirefoxProfile improved - added possibility to set RDF file and to add datas for extensions.
• Fixed setting 0 second timeout of WebDriverWait.