codeigniter4 · paulbalandan · Feb 22, 2026
diff --git a/system/Database/BaseBuilder.php b/system/Database/BaseBuilder.php
@@ -2260,24 +2260,6 @@ protected function _insertBatch(string $table, array $keys, array $values): stri
         return str_replace('{:_table_:}', $data, $sql);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Allows key/value pairs to be set for batch inserts
-     *
-     * @param mixed $key
-     *
-     * @return $this|null
-     *
-     * @deprecated
-     */
-    public function setInsertBatch($key, string $value = '', ?bool $escape = null)
-    {
-        if (! is_array($key)) {
-            $key = [[$key => $value]];
-        }
-
-        return $this->setData($key, $escape);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Compiles an insert query and returns the sql
      *
@@ -2709,28 +2691,6 @@ protected function _updateBatch(string $table, array $keys, array $values): stri
         return str_replace('{:_table_:}', $data, $sql);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Allows key/value pairs to be set for batch updating
-     *
-     * @param array|object $key
-     *
-     * @return $this
-     *
-     * @throws DatabaseException
-     *
-     * @deprecated
-     */
-    public function setUpdateBatch($key, string $index = '', ?bool $escape = null)
-    {
-        if ($index !== '') {
-            $this->onConstraint($index);
-        }
-
-        $this->setData($key, $escape);
-
-        return $this;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Compiles a delete string and runs "DELETE FROM table"
      *
@@ -3550,18 +3510,6 @@ protected function setBind(string $key, $value = null, bool $escape = true): str
         return $key . '.' . $count;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns a clone of a Base Builder with reset query builder values.
-     *
-     * @return $this
-     *
-     * @deprecated
-     */
-    protected function cleanClone()
-    {
-        return (clone $this)->from([], true)->resetQuery();
-    }
-
     /**
      * @param mixed $value
      */

diff --git a/system/Database/BaseConnection.php b/system/Database/BaseConnection.php
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
  * @property-read bool       $pretend
  * @property-read string     $queryClass
  * @property-read array      $reservedIdentifiers
- * @property-read bool       $strictOn
  * @property-read string     $subdriver
  * @property-read string     $swapPre
  * @property-read int        $transDepth
@@ -193,17 +192,6 @@ abstract class BaseConnection implements ConnectionInterface
      */
     protected $compress = false;
 
-    /**
-     * Strict ON flag
-     *
-     * Whether we're running in strict SQL mode.
-     *
-     * @var bool|null
-     *
-     * @deprecated 4.5.0 Will move to MySQLi\Connection.
-     */
-    protected $strictOn;
-
     /**
      * Settings for a failover connection.
      *

diff --git a/system/Database/Forge.php b/system/Database/Forge.php
@@ -108,15 +108,6 @@ class Forge
      */
     protected $createTableStr = "%s %s (%s\n)";
 
-    /**
-     * CREATE TABLE IF statement
-     *
-     * @var bool|string
-     *
-     * @deprecated This is no longer used.
-     */
-    protected $createTableIfStr = 'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS';
-
     /**
      * CREATE TABLE keys flag
      *
@@ -565,7 +556,7 @@ public function createTable(string $table, bool $ifNotExists = false, array $att
             return true;
         }
 
-        $sql = $this->_createTable($table, false, $attributes);
+        $sql = $this->_createTable($table, $attributes);
 
         if (($result = $this->db->query($sql)) !== false) {
             if (isset($this->db->dataCache['table_names']) && ! in_array($table, $this->db->dataCache['table_names'], true)) {
@@ -586,13 +577,11 @@ public function createTable(string $table, bool $ifNotExists = false, array $att
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param array $attributes Table attributes
+     * @param array<string, mixed> $attributes Table attributes
      *
      * @return string SQL string
-     *
-     * @deprecated $ifNotExists is no longer used, and will be removed.
      */
-    protected function _createTable(string $table, bool $ifNotExists, array $attributes)
+    protected function _createTable(string $table, array $attributes)
     {
         $processedFields = $this->_processFields(true);
 

diff --git a/system/Database/MySQLi/Connection.php b/system/Database/MySQLi/Connection.php
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ class Connection extends BaseConnection
      */
     public $foundRows = false;
 
+    /**
+     * Strict SQL mode
+     */
+    protected bool $strictOn = false;
+
     /**
      * Connect to the database.
      *
@@ -124,22 +129,19 @@ public function connect(bool $persistent = false)
             $this->mysqli->options(MYSQLI_OPT_INT_AND_FLOAT_NATIVE, 1);
         }
 
-        // Build init command for strictOn and timezone
         $initCommands = [];
 
-        if ($this->strictOn !== null) {
-            if ($this->strictOn) {
-                $initCommands[] = "sql_mode = CONCAT(@@sql_mode, ',', 'STRICT_ALL_TABLES')";
-            } else {
-                $initCommands[] = "sql_mode = REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(
-                                    @@sql_mode,
-                                    'STRICT_ALL_TABLES,', ''),
-                                ',STRICT_ALL_TABLES', ''),
-                            'STRICT_ALL_TABLES', ''),
-                        'STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,', ''),
-                    ',STRICT_TRANS_TABLES', ''),
-                'STRICT_TRANS_TABLES', '')";
-            }
+        if ($this->strictOn) {
+            $initCommands[] = "sql_mode = CONCAT(@@sql_mode, ',', 'STRICT_ALL_TABLES')";
+        } else {
+            $initCommands[] = "sql_mode = REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(
+                                @@sql_mode,
+                                'STRICT_ALL_TABLES,', ''),
+                            ',STRICT_ALL_TABLES', ''),
+                        'STRICT_ALL_TABLES', ''),
+                    'STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,', ''),
+                ',STRICT_TRANS_TABLES', ''),
+            'STRICT_TRANS_TABLES', '')";
         }
 
         // Set session timezone if configured
@@ -148,13 +150,10 @@ public function connect(bool $persistent = false)
             $initCommands[] = "time_zone = '{$timezoneOffset}'";
         }
 
-        // Set init command if we have any commands
-        if ($initCommands !== []) {
-            $this->mysqli->options(
-                MYSQLI_INIT_COMMAND,
-                'SET SESSION ' . implode(', ', $initCommands),
-            );
-        }
+        $this->mysqli->options(
+            MYSQLI_INIT_COMMAND,
+            'SET SESSION ' . implode(', ', $initCommands),
+        );
 
         if (is_array($this->encrypt)) {
             $ssl = [];

diff --git a/system/Database/OCI8/Forge.php b/system/Database/OCI8/Forge.php
@@ -34,15 +34,6 @@ class Forge extends BaseForge
      */
     protected $createDatabaseStr = false;
 
-    /**
-     * CREATE TABLE IF statement
-     *
-     * @var false
-     *
-     * @deprecated This is no longer used.
-     */
-    protected $createTableIfStr = false;
-
     /**
      * DROP TABLE IF EXISTS statement
      *

diff --git a/system/Database/SQLSRV/Connection.php b/system/Database/SQLSRV/Connection.php
@@ -565,40 +565,6 @@ private function isUniqueConstraintViolation(): bool
         return false;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the last error encountered by this connection.
-     *
-     * @return array<string, int|string>
-     *
-     * @deprecated Use `error()` instead.
-     */
-    public function getError()
-    {
-        $error = [
-            'code'    => '00000',
-            'message' => '',
-        ];
-
-        $sqlsrvErrors = sqlsrv_errors(SQLSRV_ERR_ERRORS);
-
-        if (! is_array($sqlsrvErrors)) {
-            return $error;
-        }
-
-        $sqlsrvError = array_shift($sqlsrvErrors);
-        if (isset($sqlsrvError['SQLSTATE'])) {
-            $error['code'] = isset($sqlsrvError['code']) ? $sqlsrvError['SQLSTATE'] . '/' . $sqlsrvError['code'] : $sqlsrvError['SQLSTATE'];
-        } elseif (isset($sqlsrvError['code'])) {
-            $error['code'] = $sqlsrvError['code'];
-        }
-
-        if (isset($sqlsrvError['message'])) {
-            $error['message'] = $sqlsrvError['message'];
-        }
-
-        return $error;
-    }
-
     /**
      * The name of the platform in use (MySQLi, mssql, etc)
      */

diff --git a/system/Database/SQLSRV/Forge.php b/system/Database/SQLSRV/Forge.php
@@ -94,15 +94,6 @@ class Forge extends BaseForge
      */
     protected $fkAllowActions = ['CASCADE', 'SET NULL', 'NO ACTION', 'RESTRICT', 'SET DEFAULT'];
 
-    /**
-     * CREATE TABLE IF statement
-     *
-     * @var string
-     *
-     * @deprecated This is no longer used.
-     */
-    protected $createTableIfStr;
-
     /**
      * CREATE TABLE statement
      *

diff --git a/system/Database/Seeder.php b/system/Database/Seeder.php
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 use CodeIgniter\CLI\CLI;
 use CodeIgniter\Exceptions\InvalidArgumentException;
 use Config\Database;
-use Faker\Factory;
-use Faker\Generator;
 
 /**
  * Class Seeder
@@ -66,13 +64,6 @@ class Seeder
      */
     protected $silent = false;
 
-    /**
-     * Faker Generator instance.
-     *
-     * @deprecated
-     */
-    private static ?Generator $faker = null;
-
     /**
      * Seeder constructor.
      */
@@ -104,20 +95,6 @@ public function __construct(Database $config, ?BaseConnection $db = null)
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Gets the Faker Generator instance.
-     *
-     * @deprecated
-     */
-    public static function faker(): ?Generator
-    {
-        if (! self::$faker instanceof Generator && class_exists(Factory::class)) {
-            self::$faker = Factory::create();
-        }
-
-        return self::$faker;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Loads the specified seeder and runs it.
      *

diff --git a/tests/_support/Config/Registrar.php b/tests/_support/Config/Registrar.php
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ class Registrar
             'swapPre'  => '',
             'encrypt'  => false,
             'compress' => false,
-            'strictOn' => true, // @todo 4.7.0 to remove in v4.8.0
             'failover' => [],
             'port'     => 5432,
         ],
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ class Registrar
             'swapPre'     => '',
             'encrypt'     => false,
             'compress'    => false,
-            'strictOn'    => true, // @todo 4.7.0 to remove in v4.8.0
             'failover'    => [],
             'port'        => 3306,
             'foreignKeys' => true,
@@ -100,7 +98,6 @@ class Registrar
             'swapPre'  => '',
             'encrypt'  => false,
             'compress' => false,
-            'strictOn' => true, // @todo 4.7.0 to remove in v4.8.0
             'failover' => [],
             'port'     => 1433,
         ],
@@ -119,7 +116,6 @@ class Registrar
             'swapPre'  => '',
             'encrypt'  => false,
             'compress' => false,
-            'strictOn' => true, // @todo 4.7.0 to remove in v4.8.0
             'failover' => [],
         ],
     ];

diff --git a/tests/system/Database/BaseConnectionTest.php b/tests/system/Database/BaseConnectionTest.php
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ final class BaseConnectionTest extends CIUnitTestCase
         'swapPre'    => '',
         'encrypt'    => false,
         'compress'   => false,
-        'strictOn'   => true,
         'failover'   => [],
         'dateFormat' => [
             'date'     => 'Y-m-d',
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ final class BaseConnectionTest extends CIUnitTestCase
         'swapPre'  => '',
         'encrypt'  => false,
         'compress' => false,
-        'strictOn' => true,
         'failover' => [],
     ];
 
@@ -84,7 +82,6 @@ public function testSavesConfigOptions(): void
         $this->assertSame('', $db->swapPre);
         $this->assertFalse($db->encrypt);
         $this->assertFalse($db->compress);
-        $this->assertTrue($db->strictOn);
         $this->assertSame([], $db->failover);
         $this->assertSame([
             'date'        => 'Y-m-d',

diff --git a/tests/system/Database/Builder/UpdateTest.php b/tests/system/Database/Builder/UpdateTest.php
@@ -253,9 +253,7 @@ public function testUpdateBatch(): void
     public function testSetUpdateBatchWithoutEscape(): void
     {
         $builder = new BaseBuilder('jobs', $this->db);
-        $escape  = false;
-
-        $builder->setUpdateBatch([
+        $builder->setData([
             [
                 'id'          => 2,
                 'name'        => 'SUBSTRING(name, 1)',
@@ -266,7 +264,7 @@ public function testSetUpdateBatchWithoutEscape(): void
                 'name'        => 'SUBSTRING(name, 2)',
                 'description' => 'SUBSTRING(description, 4)',
             ],
-        ], 'id', $escape);
+        ], false);
 
         $this->db->shouldReturn('execute', new class () {});
         $builder->updateBatch(null, 'id');