We are very pleased to announce the release of Yii Framework version 2.0.38. Please refer to the instructions at https://www.yiiframework.com/download/ to install or upgrade to this version.

Notable changes in this version, additionally to some bug-fixes:

• PHP 8 support.
• Latest MySQL and PostgreSQL versions up from 10 are good and added to our test pipelines.
• Fixtures with circular dependencies are now loaded once instead of throwing exception.
• Fixed CVE-2020-15148: remote code execution in case application calls unserialize() on user input containing specially crafted string. Details are available in a security advisory.
• Some Vagrant-related enhancements were added to both basic and advanced application templates.

Thanks to all Yii community members who contribute to the framework, translators who keep documentation translations up to date and community members who answer questions at forums.

There are many active Yii communities so if you need help or want to share your experience, feel free to join them.

A complete list of changes can be found in the CHANGELOG.