Deprecated

BlowfishAuthenticate

3.0.0 Since 2.4. Just use FormAuthenticate with 'passwordHasher' setting set to 'Blowfish'

CacheHelper

This class will be removed in 3.0. You should use a separate response cache like Varnish instead.

ConsoleShell

3.0.0 Deprecated since version 2.4, will be removed in 3.0

EmailComponent

3.0.0 Will be removed in 3.0. Use Network/CakeEmail instead

HttpResponse

3.0.0 This class is deprecated as it has naming conflicts with pecl/http

MediaView

3.0.0 Deprecated since version 2.3, use CakeResponse::file() instead

MemcacheEngine

3.0.0 You should use the Memcached adapter instead.

Sanitize

3.0.0 Deprecated since version 2.4

Scaffold

3.0.0 Dynamic scaffolding will be removed and replaced in 3.0

ScaffoldView

3.0.0 Dynamic scaffolding will be removed and replaced in 3.0

Set

3.0.0 Will be removed in 3.0. Use Hash instead.

String

3.0.0 Deprecated since version 2.7, use CakeText class instead.

ThemeView

3.0.0 Deprecated since 2.1, use View class instead

AclComponent::grant()

3.0.0 Will be removed in 3.0.

AclComponent::revoke()

3.0.0 Will be removed in 3.0.

App::pluginPath()

3.0.0 Use CakePlugin::path() instead.

AuthComponent::mapActions()

3.0.0 Map actions using actionMap config key on authorize objects instead

AuthComponent::redirect()

3.0.0 Since 2.3.0, use AuthComponent::redirectUrl() instead

AuthComponent::password()

3.0.0 Since 2.4. Use Security::hash() directly or a password hasher object.

AuthComponent::loggedIn()

3.0.0 Since 2.5. Use AuthComponent::user() directly.

BaseAuthenticate::_password()

3.0.0 Since 2.4. Use a PasswordHasher class instead.

BehaviorCollection::attach()

3.0.0 Will be removed in 3.0. Replaced with load().

BehaviorCollection::detach()

3.0.0 Will be removed in 3.0. Use unload instead.

CakeRequest::onlyAllow()

3.0.0 Since 2.5, use CakeRequest::allowMethod() instead.

CakeTestCase::assertEqual()

3.0.0 This is a compatiblity wrapper for 1.x. It will be removed in 3.0

CakeTestCase::assertNotEqual()

3.0.0 This is a compatiblity wrapper for 1.x. It will be removed in 3.0

CakeTestCase::assertPattern()

3.0.0 This is a compatiblity wrapper for 1.x. It will be removed in 3.0

CakeTestCase::assertIdentical()

3.0.0 This is a compatiblity wrapper for 1.x. It will be removed in 3.0

CakeTestCase::assertNotIdentical()

3.0.0 This is a compatiblity wrapper for 1.x. It will be removed in 3.0

CakeTestCase::assertNoPattern()

3.0.0 This is a compatiblity wrapper for 1.x. It will be removed in 3.0

CakeTestCase::assertNoErrors()

3.0.0 This is a compatiblity wrapper for 1.x. It will be removed in 3.0

CakeTestCase::expectError()

3.0.0 This is a compatiblity wrapper for 1.x. It will be removed in 3.0

CakeTestCase::expectException()

3.0.0 This is a compatibility wrapper for 1.x. It will be removed in 3.0.

CakeTestCase::assertReference()

3.0.0 This is a compatiblity wrapper for 1.x. It will be removed in 3.0

CakeTestCase::assertIsA()

3.0.0 This is a compatiblity wrapper for 1.x. It will be removed in 3.0

Controller::httpCodes()

3.0.0 Since 2.4. Will be removed in 3.0. Use CakeResponse::httpCodes().

Controller::header()

3.0.0 Will be removed in 3.0. Use CakeResponse::header().

Controller::validate()

3.0.0 This method will be removed in 3.0

Controller::validateErrors()

3.0.0 This method will be removed in 3.0

Controller::disableCache()

3.0.0 Will be removed in 3.0. Use CakeResponse::disableCache().

Controller::flash()

3.0.0 Will be removed in 3.0. Use Flash::set() with version 2.7+ or Session::setFlash() prior to 2.7.

Controller::postConditions()

3.0.0 Will be removed in 3.0.

Controller::_beforeScaffold()

3.0.0 Will be removed in 3.0.

Controller::_afterScaffoldSave()

3.0.0 Will be removed in 3.0.

Controller::_afterScaffoldSaveError()

3.0.0 Will be removed in 3.0.

Controller::_scaffoldError()

3.0.0 Will be removed in 3.0.

Debugger::showError()

3.0.0 Will be removed in 3.0. This function is superseded by Debugger::outputError().

Debugger::output()

3.0.0 Use Debugger::outputAs() and Debugger::addFormat(). Will be removed in 3.0

Helper::__get()

3.0.0 Accessing request properties through this method is deprecated and will be removed in 3.0.

Helper::__set()

3.0.0 This method will be removed in 3.0

Helper::clean()

3.0.0 This method will be removed in 3.0

Helper::_parseAttributes()

3.0.0 This method will be moved to HtmlHelper in 3.0

Helper::_formatAttribute()

3.0.0 This method will be moved to HtmlHelper in 3.0

Helper::output()

3.0.0 This method will be removed in future versions.

ObjectCollection::attached()

3.0.0 Will be removed in 3.0. Use loaded instead.

RequestHandlerComponent::isAjax()

3.0.0 Use $this->request->is('ajax') instead.

RequestHandlerComponent::isFlash()

3.0.0 Use $this->request->is('flash') instead.

RequestHandlerComponent::isSSL()

3.0.0 Use $this->request->is('ssl') instead.

RequestHandlerComponent::isPost()

3.0.0 Use $this->request->is('post'); from your controller.

RequestHandlerComponent::isPut()

3.0.0 Use $this->request->is('put'); from your controller.

RequestHandlerComponent::isGet()

3.0.0 Use $this->request->is('get'); from your controller.

RequestHandlerComponent::isDelete()

3.0.0 Use $this->request->is('delete'); from your controller.

RequestHandlerComponent::setContent()

3.0.0 Use $this->response->type() instead.

RequestHandlerComponent::getReferer()

3.0.0 Use $this->request->referer() from your controller instead

RequestHandlerComponent::getClientIP()

3.0.0 Use $this->request->clientIp() from your, controller instead.

RequestHandlerComponent::mapType()

3.0.0 Use $this->response->mapType() in your controller instead.

Security::inactiveMins()

3.0.0 Exists for backwards compatibility only, not used by the core

Security::generateAuthKey()

2.8.1 This method was removed in 3.0.0

Security::validateAuthKey()

2.8.1 This method was removed in 3.0.0

Security::cipher()

3.0.0 Will be removed in 3.0.

SecurityComponent::requirePost()

3.0.0 Use CakeRequest::onlyAllow() instead.

SecurityComponent::requireGet()

3.0.0 Use CakeRequest::onlyAllow() instead.

SecurityComponent::requirePut()

3.0.0 Use CakeRequest::onlyAllow() instead.

SecurityComponent::requireDelete()

3.0.0 Use CakeRequest::onlyAllow() instead.

SecurityComponent::_authRequired()

2.8.1 This feature is confusing and not useful.

SessionComponent::setFlash()

3.0.0 Since 2.7, use the FlashComponent instead.

SessionHelper::flash()

3.0.0 Since 2.7, use FlashHelper::render() instead.

Validation::notEmpty()

2.7.0 Use Validation::notBlank() instead.

Validation::between()

Deprecated 2.6. Use Validator::lengthBetween() instead.

Validation::ssn()

Deprecated 2.6. Will be removed in 3.0.

View::getVar()

3.0.0 Will be removed in 3.0. Use View::get() instead.

View::addScript()

3.0.0 Will be removed in 3.0. Superseded by blocks functionality.

ViewBlock::append()

3.0.0 As of 2.3 use ViewBlock::concat() instead.

SecurityComponent::$requirePost

3.0.0 Use CakeRequest::allowMethod() instead.

SecurityComponent::$requireGet

3.0.0 Use CakeRequest::allowMethod() instead.

SecurityComponent::$requirePut

3.0.0 Use CakeRequest::allowMethod() instead.

SecurityComponent::$requireDelete

3.0.0 Use CakeRequest::allowMethod() instead.

SecurityComponent::$requireAuth

2.8.1 This feature is confusing and not useful.

SecurityComponent::$disabledFields

3.0.0 Superseded by unlockedFields.

3.0.0 Will be removed in 3.0. Please use Cache::write() instead.